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Well, I live in Western NC (Hickory to be precise) and have been involved in GOP campaigns since 1978, and I consider myself a strong and committed Conservative. I admit I am skeptical about Elizabeth Dole's change in regards to gun control and even more concerned about her stance on abortion. However, I am currently willing to listen to her views and give her a chance. This is going to be an incredibly hard fought campaign and much money is going to be spent.

It is difficult for a Republican to win a statewide office in this state. We have only had 2 GOP governors in over a hundred years and with the exception of Sen. Helms and the late Sen. John East we traditionally sent Democrats to the Senate. I have always respected Mrs. Dole and one thing is for sure, in order for a Republican to win he/she will have to appeal to conservative Democrats in the eastern part of NC.

The one thing that I can assure the rest of this country is that if Mrs. Dole was currently a US Senator she would have never pulled the stunt that Jumpin' Jim Jeffords did, that I can assure you.

If I lived in North Carolina, she would have my vote. I have freinds there, who claim to be moderate or independent. They are certainly independent in the way that they vote. In fact I believe the majority of voters are in this catagory, thus they chose to vote or not vote. Not many hard line party members anywhere, anymore. I believe in the conservative issues and in a state like N.C., that is getting more liberal, any conservative who can get in that Senate is desperately needed. I would be interested knowing from her where she stands on the issues that we concern ourselves with at this time, economy, war, homeland security, energy, etc. Just listening to the "so called drilling debate" on the senate floor, hildebeast just stood up to debate, so I had to turn her off. This bill does not have a chance, too bad, since Murchowski has been addressing this issue for months. Daschle is a meanspirited jerk, as well as Jeffords..........