GOP leaders went to Rocky Mount on Monday to whip up support for a challenge to Democratic Rep. Randy Stewart.
Party chairman Tom Fetzer and House Republican leader Paul Stam asked Republicans to put up money, give time or even run against Stewart, the Rocky Mount Telegram reports.
Fetzer told the small crowd at Gardner’s Barbecue Restaurant he believes the Democratic Party is on its heels after passing an unpopular tax package in the General Assembly and said the timing of the national health care debate could lead to an influx of conservative voters for the congressional mid-term election.
"This health care bill is very, very bad for senior citizens," Fetzer said. "If this bill passes, it will end health care as we know it, and it will be the end of the Democratic Party."
Republicans are targeting seats they believe will be vulnerable in 2010 as part of an effort to try to win a majority in the legislature, which has been dominated by Democrats for all but a few of the last 100 years.
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