State GOP aims to get gains over Democrats
Democrats say they've been good stewards for state
RALEIGH (AP) - North Carolina's awful economy and a new chapter of campaign and ethics investigations made governing difficult for Democrats in 2009. Those same troubles threaten to shift the state's political landscape away from Democrats if the issues stick around for most of 2010.
State Democrats contend their tough decisions on North Carolina's budget headed off worse problems, but Republicans say they think that those decisions and investigations of former Gov. Mike Easley and other Democrats give them an opportunity to run the majority party out of power in November.
"The cycle of corruption in this state, in which the Democrats have been largely if not wholly responsible for, and the billion-dollar tax increase in the middle of the recession -- those are going to be the two cornerstones of our message in 2010," said state GOP Chairman Tom Fetzer. "I think North Carolinians are ready for a sea change."
RALEIGH (AP) - North Carolina's awful economy and a new chapter of campaign and ethics investigations made governing difficult for Democrats in 2009. Those same troubles threaten to shift the state's political landscape away from Democrats if the issues stick around for most of 2010.
State Democrats contend their tough decisions on North Carolina's budget headed off worse problems, but Republicans say they think that those decisions and investigations of former Gov. Mike Easley and other Democrats give them an opportunity to run the majority party out of power in November.
"The cycle of corruption in this state, in which the Democrats have been largely if not wholly responsible for, and the billion-dollar tax increase in the middle of the recession -- those are going to be the two cornerstones of our message in 2010," said state GOP Chairman Tom Fetzer. "I think North Carolinians are ready for a sea change."
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