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Re: New hires for N.C. Democrats

Gosh — Thu, 28 May 2009 07:39:40 -0400

Welcome Whalen.

Re: New hires for N.C. Democrats

awbeal — Wed, 27 May 2009 08:14:32 -0400

"Most recently he was Whalen's Senate communications director."??? Do you mean most recently, he was Shuler's House office communications director?

Re: New hires for N.C. Democrats

BitterEXdemocrat — Wed, 27 May 2009 07:05:40 -0400

WHY would a nice 28 year old guy want to 'direct' the most corrupt state party of corruption in America? WHAT will he DO to clean it up? WILL the 'crackkks allow cleansing? He will have had enough within a few months...STRIVE to be SMARTER than the controlling party of SLAVERY in NC wants you to be!

Re: New hires for N.C. Democrats

GrayJ — Wed, 27 May 2009 00:43:13 -0400

"Most recently is was Whalen’s Senate communications director." ??????

Re: New hires for N.C. Democrats

TheBigGuy — Tue, 26 May 2009 20:04:45 -0400

Time to remove this "Culture of Corruption" from Raleigh. I believe a clean slate of fiscal conservatives can find enough pork to eliminate the need to cut Trooper/Teacher pay. With 2 or 3 more pending indictments and our electorate may finally see the light.

Re: New hires for N.C. Democrats

mrclean — Tue, 26 May 2009 19:41:45 -0400

Who cares.Another group of libs.All the NC dems have done is made us one of the highest taxed states in the country,huge budget deficits,corruption from top to bottom and out of control unemployment and low wages-
Sounds like a real track record there-If the media and N&O hadn't been in bed with them for the past 70 years we might of had decent government.

New hires for N.C. Democrats

ryanteaguebeckwith — Tue, 26 May 2009 17:39:16 -0400

North Carolina Democrats hope that Andrew Whalen can do in the flatlands what he did in the mountains.

Whalen has been named executive of the state Democratic Party and will lead the party as it goes after Republican Sen. Richard Burr's seat next year, Rob Christensen reports.

Whalen, 28, managed the last two campaigns of Democrat Health Shuler who captured the mountain congressional seat in 2006 from Republican incumbent Charles Taylor and then held on to the seat last fall against Ashevillle City Councilman Carl Mumpower. Most recently he was Whalen's Senate communications director.

He replaces Caroline Valand, who is now chief of staff for Lt. Gov. Walter Dalton.

David Young, the state party chairman from Asheville, hired Whalen after watching him up close.

Shuler is one of several people being courted by the national Democratic Party to challenge Burr next year.

Before working for Shuler, Whalen managed two state House races in Virginia.

Also hired was C. Payne Lucas Jr., who will be director of party affairs and development. He will focus on organizing and training. He worked last year for the election of Barack Obama, working as Franklin County Field director for the Campaign for Change in 2008.

He worked the previous 13 years in business and job recruitment.