Robin Hayes (R-NC) is toast.

[ncteechur]

A colleague of mine who is very republican said that Robin Hayes is toast come the 2006 mid-terms. He promised the voters in his district--Concord area of NC--Concord Mills--huge textiles area-that he would not under any circumstances vote in favor of CAFTA. He pulled a 180 at the eleventh hour and supported it. Now my colleague who is orignially from that area of the state said that many are completely done with Hayes. I think he will lose in 2006-big time. My colleague who I could not switch to vote against Bush now has big time buyer's remorse. She is totally disgusted with Bush on a number of issues--stem cells, CAFTA, education, vets affairs, Roberts. I told her about the newest pictures of Abu Graib that the Pentagon would not release. She could not believe it.
Too bad she fell for the bush's bullshit and wouldn't listen to the voice of reason before the election.

[Lex]

1. Those people in that district will vote for a Republican even if

he's caught screwing their dog in their kitchen.

[AX10]

3. They would vote for Stalin if he were a Repug too.

[C_eh_N_eh_D_eh]

4. A few hours ago, you could say the same about Ohio district 2.

[safi0]

5. Actually Hayes

Only got 56% last time. With a good candidate Hayes could rpobably be defeated.

[Lex]

9. In all seriousness--that would be great.

Hayes is such a repuke asshole.

Not too long ago, he was on some morning talkshow talking about how Saddam Hussein was connected to 9/11. Even the talkshow host was flabbergasted at his statement.

[wildeyed]

2. I sincerely hope so.

With Hackett doing so well, maybe there is hope. If we can find the right candidate.

[carrowsboy]

8. what's the point?

If they can't win it, they just steal it.

[Cocoa]

6. this is the second time he pulled this

also did it with fast track trade authority.

Publicly came out STRONG against it, then a last minute unexplained shift.

The dems are going to make him pay for this.

[blue sky at night]

7. Thank you for a couple of things.........

you did the right thing, like a lot of us did.....but as you know it was like talking to a brick wall. Thanks for keeping on them......my moronic family and friends are yet to show a crack in their armor. I have a real problem talking to them now, but we are seeing signs!! Your post made my night, although I live in N.E. Ohio so I am watching the Ohio District Two race with great interest,(it is awesome that Hackett is close to winning in a district that has voted straight Repuke for THIRTY years.) I was sickened by Hayes vote, and his B.S. about how they "promised" him what he needed....like restricting Chinese Imports. Right..........keep up the good work and lets turn the Tar Heel a bit Bluer in '06.

[KelleyKramer]

10. Didnt they have a lot of computer voting problems in NC?

Seems I remember some reports after the election last November that there were bad problems.. hope thats not the same area of NC.

[Jane Eyre]

15. No, that was Carteret county in Eastern NC

The computer ate a few thousand votes. It held up the results of the Secretary of Agriculture race because the margin of victory for the Republican candidate was less statewide than the number of votes eaten by the computer. It's a Republican area, and the Democratic candidate bowed out gracefully after a short while because it seemed all too obvious that those ballots would not have made a difference.

However, we still have another statewide election for Superintendent of Public Instruction being held up because the Republican candidate - who clearly had fewer votes - challenged whether or not some 16,000 provisional ballots cast statewide should be counted. The freakin' rightwing judges in this state side with the Republican of course, so now the legislature - the DEMOCRATIC legislature - will meet this month to tell the judges clearly what they meant when they passed legislation concerning provisional ballots. And we will have a Democrat in that office, thank God, even though the Republicans did everything that they could to keep the people's choice from taking office.

[Jane Eyre]

16. Chris Kouri will most likely be running again

He's a good candidate, and should have some name recognition since he ran four years ago. If we had gotten some real money this way, I think that he would have had a shot.

The district is majority Democratic, something like 57% I think. Problem is that there are a lot of Democrats that vote Republican, and a lot of Democrats who don't vote. It was drawn by the Democratic state general assembly to be a Democratic district.

Not only does the district include lots of unemployed textile workers, it also includes a good chunk of military voters from the Fort Bragg/Fayetteville area.

[Nimble_Idea]

11. Hayes will be elected in a landslide

and the reds will continue and may even increase their stranglehold on this nazi territory(aka KKK headquarters of the world) you call NC.

Sorry NC is just headed in the wrong direction big time. They have even begun buring crosses on the front lawns again.

[Lex]

13. NC elected its first openly gay state Senator this past year.

It has had a Democratic Governor, Sec. of State, Attorney General and other heads of state for years and years.

The NC Legislature has a slight edge for the Democrats.

The crosses were burned in Durham because Fred Phelps came to heckle the high school that was putting on a *VERY successful* play about Matthew Shepherd.


Get a clue, pal.

[Cocoa]

14. Public Citizen is not giving up

http://www.commondreams.org/news2005/0801-06.htm

In response to the unprincipled deal-making by Hayes, Public Citizen announced today a new initiative – the CAFTA Damage Report– to track the fallout from Hayes’ flip-flop in terms of the negative impact of CAFTA on working families in the United States, the foreseeable failure of his “deal” to materialize in real change and the political repercussions that Hayes is likely to suffer at the hands of angry constituents.

[Wabbajack]

12. He said he would vote against Fast Track too

and he won anyway.