Perdue’s Prospects
2011-12-19 - by
Governor Perdue had to hate reading the N&O this morning.
First there’s a front-page story regurgitating her flight problems, with a boost from Democratic scold Joe Sinsheimer. Then Dome quotes a professor from his perch at UVA opining about her tough path to reelection.
This is why Democrats are wringing their hands about her chances next year.
But they should be heartened by her first reelection shot: the fundraising appeal that positions her as the bulwark against the Republican legislature: “You see, the Republicans know that there’s only one person standing between them and their agenda for North Carolina. That’s Governor Perdue.”
I think the message would be stronger, though, if it focused on “the legislature,” not Republicans. “Republicans” sounds partisan. Nobody likes “the legislature.”
Voters care a lot more about jobs and schools than the flight flap. So far as campaign finance laws go, all politicians are viewed as equally untrustworthy. And Pat McCrory may get his own day in the dock.
Republicans seem to believe the bad economy will deliver the election to them. But polls show that voters don’t blame Obama and the Democrats; they know he inherited the problems. So why would they blame Perdue? And she’s getting aggressive about North Carolina’s job successes.
Perdue’s chances are not that bleak.
Perdue’s Prospects
2011-12-19/
Governor Perdue had to hate reading the N&O this morning.
First there’s a front-page story regurgitating her flight problems, with a boost from Democratic scold Joe Sinsheimer. Then Dome quotes a professor from his perch at UVA opining about her tough path to reelection.
This is why Democrats are wringing their hands about her chances next year.
But they should be heartened by her first reelection shot: the fundraising appeal that positions her as the bulwark against the Republican legislature: “You see, the Republicans know that there’s only one person standing between them and their agenda for North Carolina. That’s Governor Perdue.”
I think the message would be stronger, though, if it focused on “the legislature,” not Republicans. “Republicans” sounds partisan. Nobody likes “the legislature.”
Voters care a lot more about jobs and schools than the flight flap. So far as campaign finance laws go, all politicians are viewed as equally untrustworthy. And Pat McCrory may get his own day in the dock.
Republicans seem to believe the bad economy will deliver the election to them. But polls show that voters don’t blame Obama and the Democrats; they know he inherited the problems. So why would they blame Perdue? And she’s getting aggressive about North Carolina’s job successes.
Perdue’s chances are not that bleak.