NC Senate PPP Poll out tomorrow: Cooper Leads Burr in North Carolina

[Pirate Smile]

Taegan Goddard's Political Wire

Cooper Leads Burr in North Carolina

Political Wire got an advance look at a Public Policy Polling survey in North Carolina that shows Sen. Richard Burr (R-NC) with a dismal 35% approval rating and trailing Attorney General Roy Cooper (D) in a potential match up.

Complete results will be out tomorrow.

http://politicalwire.com/archives/2009/04/14/cooper_leads_burr_in_north_carolina.html

Maybe that is why Burr is freaking out and trying to start bank runs. Dumbass.

Richard Burr is Trying to Start Bank Runs

Another Burr story out today:

During a speech on the economy last night, Burr related his immediate reaction the week the crisis began.

“On Friday night, I called my wife and I said, ‘Brooke, I am not coming home this weekend. I will call you on Monday. Tonight, I want you to go to the ATM machine, and I want you to draw out everything it will let you take,” Burr said, according to the Hendersonville Times-News. “And I want you to tomorrow, and I want you to go Sunday.’ I was convinced on Friday night that if you put a plastic card in an ATM machine the last thing you were going to get was cash.”

Thanks to deposit insurance, there’s no actual need for people to be worried. But Senator Burr’s effort to whip people into a panic could lead to runs and bank failures. That, in turn, will lead to people losing jobs. People could even lose their business through no fault of their own other than having customers who chose to take the words of a United States Senator seriously. I’m having a hard to imagining what Burr could have been thinking.

http://yglesias.thinkprogress.org/archives/2009/04/richard_burr_is_trying_to_start_bank_runs.php

[Thrill]

1. The only question is will Cooper run. If he does I think he can

win by 8-10 points. Cooper is very popular here

[Tarheel_Dem]

2. Ditto. Where do I sign up? Could we start a draft petition or something? (nt)

[ccharles000]

3. Roy is my top pick but whoever runs against burr I will vote for.