http://projects.newsobserver.com/under_the_dome/etheridge_happy_in_the_house Comments for "Etheridge happy in the House?" en http://projects.newsobserver.com/under_the_dome/etheridge_happy_in_the_house <!-- Begin check for Blog Icon --> <img src="/sites/projects.newsobserver.com/files/etheridgehead_100.jpg" class="blog-icon" /> <!-- End check for Blog Icon --> <!-- Begin check for Teaser Toggle --> <div class="field-item"><p>U.S. Rep. <a href="/dome/profiles/bob_etheridge">Bob Etheridge</a> has weighed in on the Senate race. </p><p>&quot;My focus is on serving the constituents I represent in the Second District and my new appointment as North Carolina&#39;s only member on the House Ways and Means Committee,&quot; he said in a statement. &quot;During these unsure times, my priorities are job creation and growing North Carolina&#39;s economy.&quot;</p><p>That&#39;s a pretty classic Washington non-answer, although it seems to be in line with Dome&#39;s earlier <a href="/under_the_dome/if_not_cooper_then_who">theorizing</a> that Etheridge is not particularly interested in the race.</p><p><a href="/under_the_dome/shulers_phone_ringing_about_senate_race">Previously:</a> Rep. <a href="/dome/profiles/heath_shuler">Heath Shuler&#39;s</a> phone ringing on race. </p></div> <div class="node-blog-teaser-footer"> <div class="node-blog-teaser-comments"><a href="http://projects.newsobserver.com/under_the_dome/etheridge_happy_in_the_house#comment"><img src="http://www.newsobserver.com/images/front_new/icon_discussion.gif" width="11" height="7" border="0" /> Comments (0)</a> <!-- If permissions, display edit link at end of teaser --> <!-- End edit link code --> </div> </div> <!-- End check for Teaser Toggle --> <!-- BEGIN AUDIO ATTACHMENT CODE --> http://projects.newsobserver.com/under_the_dome/etheridge_happy_in_the_house#comment Bob Etheridge Heath Shuler Senate &#039;10 Under the Dome Mon, 18 May 2009 17:54:55 -0400 ryanteaguebeckwith 13954 at http://projects.newsobserver.com