Charlie Cook says Barack Obama will help North Carolina Democrats.
Speaking to political reporters at Elon University this afternoon, the editor of The Cook Political Report said that he doesn't think Senate candidate Kay Hagan or gubernatorial candidate Beverly Perdue needs to tie themselves too closely to Obama to benefit.
Though Perdue sent black voters a mailer in the Democratic primary with a photo of herself and Obama and Hagan has echoed many of his campaign themes, neither has appeared at a campaign rally to date.
(Both were at a Charlotte event that was canceled because of plane difficulties, however.)
Still, Cook said that Obama's extensive field operation in North Carolina will bring a higher percentage of young voters and black voters to the polls who will support other Democrats on the ballot, regardless of how closely tied the candidates are to Obama.
"While they're in the neighborhood, they'll probably pull the donkey's tail," he said.
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Re: Cook: Obama will help N.C. Democrats
Mr. Terrell,
The N&O to my knowledge does not have a history of printing everything a marginal candidate for office has to say, sorry.
For the record Mr. Blue lives in Hedingham last I checked; a decent middle class neighborhood. Far from an elitist area.