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"Considering the lack of prospects among the NC GOP these days (the party had to bring E. Dole out of Washington to run), this wrestler might win the party nomination. But a fall campaign is something else."

Flair sure couldn't do any worse than Richard Vinroot did, could he?

Unlike Liddy Dole, Flair actually lives in North Carolina and isn't just a carpetbagger being parachuted in on us.

One of the few shortcomings of Jesse Helms is that he did not build up a political organization to assist like-minded Republicans nor put forth a successor to himself. I know he helped to get John East and Lauch Faircloth elected senator, but neither were successful in the long run. And he never did much to recruit serious gubernatorial candidates in NC. Of course, the fact that Jesse concentrated on being senator is one of the reasons that he was immensely effective. He will be sorely missed in January. And by March the voting record of EDole will be shown to be decidedly non-Helms in nature.