ratbastid

Let's see about that on Tuesday, shall we?

Even in our good old red-state North Carolina, 8 out of 12 congressional races are very likely to go Democrat--including some rural, traditionally conservative districts. I think this indicates that this year's election isn't about traditional demographics. It's a referendum on the failed policies of the administration and the congress that failed to rein them in. You don't have to be a liberal to disapprove of what's been going on the last couple years.

Interestingly, the exceptions are the district that contains non-metro Mecklenburg County (the county where Charlotte is located), non-metro Guilford County (the county where Greensboro is located), and the 3rd District (which is most of the coast), and one district in the mountains (the 10th--Lenoir is the biggest town there). I'm not surprised by the 3rd or 10th, but the areas immediately surrounding two of the state's largest cities are STRONGLY for their republican congressman--in some cases by 40 points or more. I find that puzzling. I'm willing to shrug and let it be a coincidence, unless anybody has a theory about it.

EDIT: Just figured it out. There aren't actually elections in all those districts. Silly me.

By the way, NCB, you're most likely stuck with Brad Miller for another six years. Good thing too--Vernon Robinson's a total sleazeball. He's run a DIRTY campaign. He sent out this vicious letter implying, among other things, that Miller is gay. He actually push-polled me yesterday in his own voice. Totally shameless.