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Where was this guy in 2000 when the following were running for office and won in NC?

GOVERNOR:
Mike Easley (D)

LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR:
Beverly Perdue (D)

SECRETARY OF STATE:
Elaine Marshall (D)

STATE AUDITOR:
Ralph Campbell Jr. (D)

ATTORNEY GENERAL:
Roy Cooper (D)

STATE TREASURER:
Richard Moore (D)

SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION:
Mike Ward (D)

STATE AGRICULTURE COMMISSIONER:
Meg Scott Phipps (D)

STATE INSURANCE COMMISSIONER:
Jim Long (D)

It seems to me that winning statewide in NC as a Repubican is growth industry, but one that most aren't up to the task for. This state elected John Edwards to the senate only 4 years ago. The only way a GOP candidate can win is to have huge amounts of favorable name ID and cash. Parker can work on the name ID by running for any of the above posts in 2004. Right now, no one has the cash and positive name ID that Dole has in NC (in either party).

Jim Synder needs to drop out of the race NOW because otherwise he will split the conservative vote in the primary and allow the so-called "moderates" to boost Dole's campaign to victory. The ONLY way conservatives can beat Dole is if all NC conservatives rally around a SINGLE candidate is opposition to her-- the person who has the greatest chance of winning the general election. That man is Jim Parker.

The ONLY reason Liddy is a "Republican" is because she married Bob. Otherwise, she was raised a yellow-dog Democrat in the south and was one of Lyndon Johnson's biggest supporters. You think that would make her appealing to the N.C. RINOs who miss Sam Ervin and the old bigoted Democrat rule, but even THEY won't back Liddy because she's been out of the state for 40 years and is therefore viewed as a Kansasan, despite her slight southern accent. The RINOs will take BOWLES over Dole (heck, they want the Democrat controlled legislature to run everything!)

I know our "national" Republican "leaders" think she'd be a great candidate in the general election, but if you look at their track record of backing primary candidates in Illinois (Ryan), California (Riordan), etc., you'll see they are clueless about state races.

Good job getting the word out on Jim Parker. He knows the people of North Carolina, and he believes in the Republican Party and its platform. Parker is the only shot North Carolinians have of a conservative to balence out the liberal voting record of pretty-boy John Edwards. If I lived in the tar heel state, I'd vote for him in a second.

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