Front page Raleigh N & O: Dems think Burr may be vulnerable

[mnhtnbb]

Oh, goody. With the ease that Dole went down last year, the NC state Dems are anxious to replace Burr--if only they can convince a good candidate to run. Word is, they're trying to convince Attorney General Roy Cooper to run.

RALEIGH -- Republican Sen. Richard Burr says he has little doubt that this is the calm before the storm and that next year North Carolina once again will be the focus of a national battle for control of the U.S Senate.

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Two statewide polls show Burr's approval rating in the mid-30 percent range, regarded as a dangerously low number for an incumbent.

That's why Democrats, fresh off defeating Republican Sen. Elizabeth Dole last November, are now looking to bump off Burr in November 2010 and gain a filibuster-proof Senate for President Barack Obama.

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Pearce notes that Dole was defeated in part because the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee spent nearly $12 million -- much of it early in the race -- to define Dole as old and ineffective.

"If the Democrats came after him now, like they came at Dole, they could just about cripple him," said Pearce, who was the chief strategist for Democrat Erskine Bowles, Burr's 2004 opponent. "He doesn't have any definition with the public. He won in 2004 largely on the basis of national tide."



For the whole article, be sure to click on "Next Page" at the bottom since most of the first page is devoted to Repub point of view.

http://www.newsobserver.com/politics/story/1482403.html

[NC_Nurse]

1. That would be great. Cooper would be wonderful.

[davidinalameda]

2. I'm sure some of the political purists will be out in force

calling Cooper a DINO or something equally as stupid because I'm sure that he's not a liberal as people around him want him to be

so many people don't understand that not everyone can be a screaming leftist and get elected in states like North Carolina

[mnhtnbb]

3. It was tough getting anybody to run against Dole--which is why Kay Hagan was nominated--

but I wish we could find a favorite daughter (Elizabeth Edwards if her cancer hadn't returned and her husband behaved like a dick) or son to run.

[dysfunctional press]

4. how about john edwards trying to get his old job back...?

oh, wait...nevermind.

[mnhtnbb]

5. LOL

Fat chance.

:rofl:

[LonePirate]

6. Burr is a typical bloviating and exaggerating Repug

His race may be tight but there is no way his race will be a focus for control of the Senate. The Senate will remain safely in Democratic hands after the 2010 elections. The Repugs have no chance of reaching 45 seats, let alone 50 or 51. That party seems more likely to drop to 35 seats than to climb to the magical 51 seat barrier.