The Democrats' Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Week | Eastern North Carolina Now

Publisher's note: I received this post from North Carolina Representative Bill Cook, who I believe received it from someone in the NC Republican Party, and it summed up so well the really bad year that North Carolina Democrats are having. Sadly for this party of Andrew Jackson, the Democrats of our state have been preaching how important it is to raise taxes while still in this Great Recession that hit North Carolina about as hard as anywhere else in the U.S.A. We will continue to report their message, just as long as these Democrats are brave enough to continue to promote it.

    This week, the Democratic Party suffered a string of losses that has left them in disarray. When Governor Perdue decided not to seek re-election last week, there was a scramble to find her replacement. The Democratic Machine Bosses found their candidate: his name was Erskine Bowles.

    The News & Observer reported about a "major lobbying effort to get Bowles to run", the Charlotte Observer editorial board wrote a puff piece trying to convince Bowles to jump in, and Democratic operatives began to boast to the press about their candidate-of-choice. After all of this, Bowles opted not to run.

    But this was just the beginning. Soon after Bowles's decision, former Speaker Hackney decided against seeking re-election. Then US Rep. Heath Shuler decided not to seek re-election. And as if that wasn't enough for a moderately warm Thursday in February, former US Rep. Bob Etheridge threw his name in the ring for Governor.

    Result: The Democrats have a shunned Lt. Governor, a trial-lawyer who supports the occupy movement, and a former US Rep who assaulted a college student outside of a Washington, D.C. fundraiser running for the top spot on their statewide ticket.
North Carolina Governor Candidate Pat McCroy speaks to supporters in Beaufort County, June, 2011.     photo by Stan Deatherage
How Do We Continue Our Momentum?
    By helping spread our message! If you like what we say, please share it with your personal and social networks. When the Democrats behave badly, tell your friends! The truth is an ugly thing for Democrats in this state. Here are a few quick tips about this week to help us spread.

    1.) The Democrats are going to have to convince themselves that they believe in their gubernatorial candidates.

    2.) Erskine Bowles, their would-be-savior, was losing in the head-to-head polling against Pat McCrory.

    3.) It seems that all of the Democratic nominees support increasing the sales tax by 15%. If they want to get into an auction style bidding war to see who can raise taxes the most, then let them. Their only solution to anything is, as always, "more taxes."

    4.) It should be noted that the Democrats support "Taxing the 99%." The sales tax hits lower and middle class families first, and taxes them the worst.

    5.) All of the Democrats who retired and decided not to run were cognizant of Obama's failures and unpopularity- and not wanting their political fortunes attached to his, opted to pursue other opportunities.