NC Senate Race: Blue-Bowles contest looms (Edwards' Senate seat up for grabs)

News & Observer ^ | Sept. 9th, 2003 | ROB CHRISTENSEN

[jern]

Constitution Day; mykdsmom

[Constitution Day]

NC ping!
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[mabelkitty]

Bowles is a screaming creepy guy.

Run commercials of his talk-show appearances during impeachment and he'll be dead in the water by primary season.

[southernnorthcarolina]

Interesting that the "party of the people" has had so many uber-wealthy candidates willing and able to heavily finance their own campaigns -- including both Edwards and Bowles. Well, in the second case, it's more like his wife's money; like Senator Heinz-Kerry, Bowles married very well (in the financial sense).

Note also that New Jersey's John Corzine, chairman of the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, is, along with Wisconsin's Democratic Senator Herb Kohl, fabulously wealthy (not, as Seinfeld might say, that there's anything wrong with that), and ran the most expensive race in Senate history in 2000, outspending Republican Bob Franks $63 million to $6 million on the way to a 50-47 win. So the first word of advice fron the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee chairman, no doubt, is "be rich." Don't expect anything more than token help from the national Democratic Party for poor ol' Dan Blue.

[NeoCaveman]

A whole darn state with Blue-Bowles? Sounds a little painnful.

[Piquaboy]

An exchange of pretty boy Edwards for Irksome Bowels does not seem like much of a deal to me.

[RANGERAIRBORNE]

Yeah, the headline writer had a LOT of fun with this one- and the editor must have been asleep. (Sorry to hear that Edwards' "seat is up for grabs"- sounds like there must be a lot of perverts down there...)

[Aegedius]

I have to believe that Bowles' wife will eventually put a stop to this nonsense. He spent several million of her dollars in the last ego trip, and heaven knows how much of her family's money has been squandered in his "investment banker" business. Also, if other textile businesses are on hard times, one would think that Springs Industries, and its owners, would not be awash in cash either.

[Constitution Day]

LOL!!

[Kuksool]

Ping!

[Kuksool]

I wonder what the NC FReepers, who complained about Liddy Dole being a RINO last year, think of Richard Burr.

[1Old Pro]

There is nothing more Irksome than Bowles.

[Constitution Day]

I can't speak for all of them, but Burr is no RINO.

I am behind him 100%.

[Kuksool]

I agree that Burr is a solid conservative. I was making references to last year on FR. There were FR posters who were so furious with Liddy Dole being the GOP nominee that they threatened to vote for Bowles.

[Constitution Day]

To be honest with you, I wasn't happy with Dole in the least, and I voted for Snyder in the primary.

That having been said, there was NO way I was going to vote for Irksome Bowels.
I did vote for her in the general election, and have taken a wait-and-see approach as to her voting record [I'm a pragmatist like that].
After all, we are stuck with her until the next election at the very least, and I don't think any amount of foot-stomping or complaining will change that.

I am anxious to see what her ACU ratings for 2003 will be. [Burr's '02 rating was 96].

[southernnorthcarolina]

I wonder what the NC FReepers, who complained about Liddy Dole being a RINO last year, think of Richard Burr.

Certainly Congressman Burr is no "Republican in Name Only"; in my opinion (other FReepers will disagree), neither is Elizabeth Dole.

Con's statement that he was anxiously awaiting the next ACU ratings prompted me to ask the FReeper community about up-to-date ratings, if they exist. But I am confident that Liddy will at least support the President on judicial nominations and the like, and won't often depart GOP orthodoxy on other matters. She won't be a "movement conservative," but I'll be surprised if she does anything that will cause conservative outrage.

Some, in my judgment, are too quick to affix the RINO label to those whose positions are not in 100% accord with whatever is desired. Certainly, Mrs. Dole is no Olympia Snowe or Arlen Specter. Exactly where she'll be on the ideological spectrum is yet to be determined.

[fieldmarshaldj]

Let's pray for a nice brutal primary for the 'Rats. ;-)

[Kuksool]

I second that! As long as Burr keeps his guard up during the campaign season, he should be able to beat either Blue or Bowles. There are 3 potential Dem candidates who could easily beat Burr. They are former Gov. Jim Hunt, Michael Jordan, and NC Senate Majority Leader Marc Basnight. Good thing these 3 men have made no signs toward running for the Senate.

[fieldmarshaldj]

Mike would never want to take the pay cut. ;-)