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No big surprise. Of course Jesse Helms wants to endorse the person who will be his successor, even if they don't agree all the time. No one really has a chance against her in the primaries, and she will very likely win the general race.

Her only position of great concern was her strong pro-gun control stance, but she has smartly moderated it in preparation of representing her largely pro-gun Republican constituents. A lot of people here seem to think she is pro-choice, which is not true. She is pro-life (with the whole rape/incest/mother's life exception), but she has said she doesn't want to make it an issue, so you can take that as you will. I'm fairly certain she would vote for a PBA ban and against public funding, which is really what's important anyway.

There's not a chance that as a senator, Dole would be a RINO of the Specter/Snowe/Collins variety. She will probably support Bush a large majority of the time.

Her only position of great concern was her strong pro-gun control stance, but she has smartly moderated it in preparation of representing her largely pro-gun Republican constituents.

moderate, middle of the road; where one is just before turning left.

There's not a chance that as a senator, Dole would be a RINO of the Specter/Snowe/Collins variety.

No, she's going to be of a variety much worse. Giver her three weeks to two months top in Washington and she will have

1)be seen at a majority of Sen John 'Catch that Ambulance' Edwards press conferences giving 'bipartisan' support from everything including abortion and taking the guns out of the hands of the public
2)have her picture taken at least three times with Hitlery at one of her 'for the children' crusades and
3)call a RINO of the Specter/Snowe/Collins variety too conservative and not caring about the average American.

This woman is just using the Republican party as a way to get elected into office. Taking Jesse's seat is a cake walk and she won't even really have to campaign for it. It's being handed to her. She is a carpetbagger on a scale worse than Hillary IMO

I suspect that Helms is so fearful that the Democrats will sweep NC in November that he will hold his nose and "endorse" Mrs. Dole. He probably thinks that "only" she can win, when in reality perhaps any Democrat of the John Edwards school will reduce the NC GOP to rubble, much as the Demos have done to the GOP already in GA, MO, CA, and other states. The GOP just can't excite its shrinking base to bother to come to the polls.

>> There's not a chance that as a senator, Dole would be a RINO of the Specter/Snowe/Collins variety. She will probably support Bush a large majority of the time. <<

Liddy Dole worked for LYNDON JOHNSON (of all people!) to initiate his "great socity" socialist programs, and the ONLY reason she "joined" the Republican Party MUCH LATER was because she married Bob. She was a registered liberal 'RAT the last time she lived in North Carolina. She did a mediore job when she worked under Reagan and Bush, where all she did is introduce new federal regulations and complain Reagan was too right wing and "macho" for female votes. She did not come out for ANY conservative issue in her Presidential campaign last year, but she did come out in support of several liberal ones. In short, there is nothing to support your theory that she won't morph into Olympia Snowe if elected. She's also not likely to stick around for mulitiple terms because of her age.

Now, here's a REAL Republican candidate that will CONTINUE Helms' record:

And don't tell me only "moderate" Republicans can win in N.C. On the contrary, in the last twenty years or so, the only Republicans who won there were conservatives (Helms, Faircloth, East, etc.) Parker has money, charisma, intelligence, and most of all, conservativism. Vote for Parker, NOT Dole.

"Her only position of great concern was her strong pro-gun control stance, but she has smartly moderated it in preparation of representing her largely pro-gun Republican constituents."

And you trust her? What makes you think she isn't just a liberal in reality - who will quit pretending being anything else the day after elected?

I'd rather have a flaming liberal for one term - who won't be able to get anywhere with Bush - than another McCain who will hold the GOP hostage with constant threats to defect.

Liddy Dole's recent voter registration: is it illegal?