(N. Carolina) Senate race expected to be far different from 2002

The Herald Sun ^ | 8/15/2003 | AP

[AdvisorB]

Ferrell Guillory seems to be hoping that Dole's wide margin of victory in 2002,is just an anomaly.

[el_texicano]

I suspect this is just another of the DemocRATS political wet dreams.

[mtbrandon49]

I hope your right. The way this senate seat and our governors race have been in the past you never know whats going to happen.

[mtbrandon49]

I should have put (NC) on the title.

[mtbrandon49]

Thanks!

[Admin Moderator]

;)

[11th Earl of Mar]

Burr would be running on the same ticket with President Bush if he wins the GOP primary. But if the president's popularity continues to slip, so too will the advantages of running with an incumbent president.

Did Bush win North Carolina in 2000?

[mtbrandon49]

Bush won NC in 2002.

[mtbrandon49]

OOOps! I meant 2000.

REP George W. BUSH 1,608,390
DEM Al GORE 1,241,307
LIB Harry BROWNE 12,284
RFM Pat BUCHANAN 8,716

[Rebelbase]

Richard Burr will make a great senator.

[mtbrandon49]

I sure hope we can get him in there. The metro areas in NC are filling up with transplants (mostly democretins).

[upchuck]

Ping-a-ling

[mykdsmom]

NC Ping!

[bert]

Just an ordinary dream......not nearly exciting enough for wet.

[Windom Earle]

The President's won NC in 2000 by the second largest margin of any state, second only to his home of Texas.

As to the big turnout in 2002, it wasn't necessarily generated by Sen. Dole. Great pains were taken to put into place a turn out the vote machine during the last 72 hours. That was the lesson learned from 2000, where our margins in final polls always shrank to something less at the election. We just weren't turning people out.

This guy is full of it. The only thing the Dems have going for them is that Paul Shumaker is big in Burr's campaign.

[jmaroneps37]

rat media psyops droppings - period.

[Kuksool]

The NC Senate seat is no slam dunk. NC Senate races have been narrowly won. Below are the vote totals of NC Senate contests in recent history.

1990 Jesse Helms 53% Harvey Gantt 46%

1992 Lauch Faircloth 50% Terry Sanford 47%

1996 Jesse Helms 53% Harvey Gantt 47%

1998 John Edwards 51% Lauch Faircloth 47%

2002 Liddy Dole 54% Erskine Bowles 45%

I would rate Richard Burr as the slight favorite in this race. President Bush's coattails will greatly aid Burr's Senate campaign.

[NCSteve]

This is the kind of junk the media was tossing around in 1994. Richard couldn't possibly beat a powerful Democrat tobacco lawyer. Sandy Sands had the full might of the Hunt machine behind him. But Richard has a strong work ethic. He buckled down and organized a grass-roots campaign that was a joy to behold. He was everywhere. We worked our butts off for him.

At the time, I was the president of a Parent-Teacher organization at a dinky elementary school way out in the middle of nowhere and I invited Richard to come to our school carnival. I told him it was a courtesy and if he didn't show up, I would completely understand. I was down setting up the dunking booth and I looked up and there he was. He told me he wouldn't have missed it for the world. He couldn't stay long, but by the time he left, he had all but the meanest, ugliest Democrat votes sewed up. That's the kind of person Richard is and that's the kind of loyalty he generates.

He's been a great Representative and he'll be a great Senator. I feel honored to count him among my friends.

[ncweaver]

Do you know where Rep. Burr stands on the prescription drug bill??