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heagarty — Thu, 05 Jul 2007 17:57:28 -0400

No one outside of Raleigh, or the respective hometowns of the potential candidates, knows much about ANY of these candidates.

For that matter, no one in North Carolina knows much about the INCUMBENT council of state members.

As far as money goes, you can't always buy your election, but money sure helps. Of course it matters. Money is also a good indicator of support if it represents a lot of donations, not just a few large ones.

With a long ten months before the primary, it's pretty significant that all three candidates have raised so much. Dalton and Dellinger have already raised more than what some incumbent council of state members spent on their entire campaigns in 2004(more than Troxler, Berry, Marshall, Merritt, Atkinson, or Long), and that Besse has already cleared the $100K hurdle.

Dalton's Record

Senate — Thu, 05 Jul 2007 15:59:41 -0400

Alone should be enough to assure Dellinger or Beese's nomination. He's knee deep in the cess pool that is the General Assembly. He couldn't walk out and leave the corruption behind, it will stick.

Are any Republicans being mentioned as possible candidates?

Re: Dellinger's money

UniqueMaterial — Thu, 05 Jul 2007 07:23:47 -0400

Does his money matter when he has so little name recognition across the state?

Sure - some people have heard of him - even *I* have heard of him. Sorry, Hampton. You need to make more noise because at the end of the day -

It's not always all about the money. The news just makes it seem that way.