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.
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Re: RNC: N.C. not a 'battleground'-Boy, are they scared!
North Carolina is VERY much a Battleground state this election cycle! That old, tired conventional theory about 'Edwards didn't win his own state so NC is solid republican' is just wrong. The '04 campaign was poorly run, up against great odds and republican dirty tricks and still Democrats won all across the board from the Governor's Office on down. With very few exceptions, below the Federal level, NC is a DEMOCRATIC state. Period! With the republicans now expossed as failures at all levels and the former republican Congress and the Bush administration breaking the law every chance they get, the people are looking for a MAJOR change and the Democratic Party is that change.