Once a bright spot for President Barack Obama, North Carolina is now more like a political migraine less than four months before Democrats open the party’s national convention in Charlotte.
The causes are plenty.
Labor unions, a core Democratic constituency, are up in arms. Democratic Gov. Bev Perdue isn’t running for re-election; Democrats say she was likely to lose. The state Democratic Party is in disarray over an explosive sexual harassment scandal. Voters recently approved amending the state constitution to ban gay marriage, a position that runs counter to Obama’s. And unemployment in the state remains persistently high.
“Nobody can sugarcoat the fact that we got problems here,” said Gary Pearce, a former Democratic consultant who was an adviser to former Democratic Gov. Jim Hunt. Pearce was referring specifically to state party woes but could have been talking about any of the troubles here for Democrats.
Read more at Official Wire. By Mitch Weiss, AP.
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Isn’t this the State that the Mrs. said was famous for its great BBQ and that’s why they picked NC for the Demwitts convention. Maybe it’s time for North Carolina to have a large BBQ.
It is about time that some one be a THORN in the side of THE DEMOCRATS ( RAT’S ).
Unemployment a hallmark of the democrat party. Most of the states suffering today or have high taxes have democrat leadership and then they wonder why their having so many difficulties. We have two ways of doing things one is pro business and the other is high taxes and build the nanny state. I am not wondering!