Posted on 02/02/2012 1:44:04 PM PST by sunmars
Rep. Heath Shuler (D-N.C.) will not run for re-election this year, a source close to the Congressman told Roll Call.
The Blue Dog Democrat had decided against a bid in a redrawn 11th district, which was made substantially more Republican than his current district during GOP-led redistricting.
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Shuler raised $559,000 in 2011. Currently has $384K on hand.....running for Gov are we Heath?
And we should be scared
Just like when he was a quaterback, he folds under pressure.
No doubt he is going after Perdue’s job, her retiring and then him is not a coincidence.
He’s finished.
that was 3 days ago, a long time in politics. May well be forced into it.
Shuler raised $559,000 in 2011. Currently has $384K on hand.....running for Gov are we Heath?
Oh crap. I didn’t think of that. He probably would win too. NC loves Shuler for his conservativeness. I hope he does NOT run for Gov. Oh I am sure some will say.....what? They all hate him in NC. Not true. But I would be happy if they did.
I heard on the radio, just today I think, that the contract to fix the latest rock slide to close I-40 was given to Phillips & Jordan, one of Shuler’s largest contributors, who is/was Shuler’s partner in the real estate development business, and employer of Shuler’s brother.
I wish McHenry and Myrick would follow him out the door
Shuler makes Ryan Leaf look like Montana.
It’s a shame Congressman Billybob isn’t around to see this. He worked for years to get Shuler out of there.
Darn.. So much for thinking NC was getting rid of both “suspend elections for two years” gov Perdue -and- Pelosis blue lap dog Shuler. I do hope he personally recognized the malevolent democratic party.
Darn.. So much for thinking NC was getting rid of both “suspend elections for two years” gov Perdue -and- Pelosis blue lap dog Shuler. I do hope he personally recognized the malevolent democratic party.
Virginia Foxx is ok?
I was surprised that Shuler hadn’t announced his retirement earlier, since it would have been nearly impossible for him to win in the redrawn NC-11. This makes it a 100% certain GOP pickup.
The question now is, will Shuler run for governor instead? He recently said that he wouldn’t, but with Erskine Bowles nt running there will be a lot of pressure on what NC Democrats refer to as a “conservative Democrat” to run. But my gut tells me that Shuler won’t run, and that Congressman Mike McIntyre, who actually is a conservative Democrat and whose district was redrawn to make it extremely difficult for him to win reelection (with his Lumberton base and heavily Dem precincts in Wilmington stripped out and replaced with heavily Republican and exurban Johnston County), will run instead.
As you may know, Bob Etheridge is running for Governor. It will be interesting if a whole batch of Congressmembers decide to take a run and form a circular firing squad while Pat McCrory waits to take on the damaged Dem nominee. Of course, at the rate we’re going, McCrory may be the only thing to win in NC if Slick Willard hijacks the nomination.
As low as my opinion is of Romney, I have no doubt that he (or Santorum, or Newt) would carry NC over Obama. If we’re stuck with Romney as the nominee, he will pick a conservative runningmate and ride Obama’s unpopularity (and the much lower black and youth turnout as compared to 2008) to victory in NC. Frankly, I’d be more worried about VA.
Of course, I hope it doesn’t come to that.
Well, there won’t be a “we.” If Willard hijacks the nod, I’m out. McCain was the last straw. I’ve spent years writing and outlining exactly why Willard is remotely unfit for any political office (along with all the other Trojan Democrats) and there is nothing that can be told, sold, coerced or bribed from me that will change my mind. I will not vote for anyone who is offensive and antithetical to my belief system, values and conscience, and I’ll be damned to have the left wing make my “Republican” choice for me. This primary has already gone way past “Twilight Zone” proportions, as if 2008 wasn’t enough of a complete abomination.
When I fight an enemy, I expect to meet them face to face, not get stabbed from behind. The pro-big government party establishment is just as much our enemy as the Democrat party, and our worst nightmare is a national Combine based on the IL model, and it appears that’s exactly what we have. If that is the case, the GOP will have to be destroyed just as the Whig Party was, so that something new that supports true government reform and the vast shrinkage that not only should be done, but will have to be done, in order to save this country.
And just as an aside, whatever “Conservative” whom were to run with Willard to give him political legitimacy will be thoroughly ruined with respect to their political future. It won’t be like Palin again. Besides, Willard only likes puppets, anyhow, ones who can be swiftly used and discarded. Just ask poor Kerry Healey. She didn’t even know what hit her.
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