RNC: N.C. not a 'battleground'

ryanteaguebeckwith — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 08:56:55 -0400

A spokeswoman for the Republican National Committee says North Carolina will not be a battleground in November.

Regional press secretary Katie Wright said that recent claims by James Carville and Wisconsin Gov. Jim Doyle that the state could be in play are not credible. She compared them to predictions in 2004 that John Edwards would help deliver the state.

In that election, North Carolina supported Bush by about 13 points.

"I highly doubt that two of the Senate's most liberal members are going to win in a state that Republicans have not only won by double digits the last two cycles but hasn't voted Democratic since 1976," Wright said in an e-mail to Dome. "We are confident North Carolina voters will continue to see the stark contrast between the Democrat candidates and John McCain's experience, knowledge and positive vision for the future."

She noted that Republicans haven't lost in North Carolina since 1976.

Seeing red

ryanteaguebeckwith — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 17:37:30 -0400

Seeing red

"The Senate's most liberal member is not going to turn the state blue."

— Republican National Committee spokeswoman Katie Wright, arguing that the Barack Obama campaign's claim that North Carolina would be a general election "battleground" is overstated, on March 12, 2008.

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