President visits as his support in N.C. wanes

[leftchick]

watch out Charlotte, backdrop boy is coming....

http://www.charlotte.com/mld/observer/news/local/14274631.htm

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A recent poll by Raleigh's conservative Civitas Institute found that 46 percent of N.C. voters approve of the president's job performance, while 42 percent endorse his handling of the war in Iraq.

At a Capitol Hill news conference Wednesday, U.S. Rep. Walter Jones, a conservative Republican from Pitt County, called for a full debate about the war. And in a phone interview, Republican Rep. Howard Coble of Greensboro questioned an Iraq strategy he described as "conspicuously missing or flawed."

Bush could find more skeptics in a CPCC audience organized in part by the Charlotte World Affairs Council, according to Chris Alexander, a council board member and director of Davidson College's Dean Rusk International Studies Program.

"People are, quite frankly, tired of hearing the same old song about `9-11 changed everything,' `We have to be concerned about security and terrorism,' (and) `Wasn't it great that we got rid of Saddam,' " he said. "A lot of people no longer find that argument compelling."

[rpannier]

1. Trying to push it a few points lower I see

Has he given any speeches since Jan 1, 2002, where his numbers have improved?

[rodeodance]

2. hear hear--this man is right on the button!

.."People are, quite frankly, tired of hearing the same old song about `9-11 changed everything,' `We have to be concerned about security and terrorism,' (and) `Wasn't it great that we got rid of Saddam,' " he said. "A lot of people no longer find that argument compelling."

[BOSSHOG]

3. Is his support in its last throes?

bush doesn't give a fuck about his support in North Carolina. Obviously those people are wrong and should be punished.

[MADem]

4. 46%---STUNNING!! Stunning that so many could be so STUPID

Haven't they lost enough of their youngsters yet in the Monkey's foolish adventure???

http://icasualties.org/oif/USMap.aspx?hndState=North%20Carolina

[Tight_rope]

5. I'm starting to truely believe that the people in NC are retarded!

[pecwae]

6. Not all in NC.

Not all in Raleigh or the Triangle.

[LostinVA]

8. Correct -- Mainly Western NC (sans Asheville) and Eastern NC

Fayettenam, and some pockets here and there. Alot of NC is quite purple... and some areas are VERY blue.

I just can't believe the Western NCers still support him, even after literally almost all their manufacturing jobs have left the state... but these are the same people who supported Eric Rudolph... hiding and feeding him for years...

[leftchick]

7. well I am not!

there are a few liberals here! Very few. :(

[onehandle]

9. My super-lefty father in-law is active in the NC Democratic party.

They have their frustrations, but have their victories too.

This is one of those massive job loss states that Should have gone blue in 2004, but didn't because "we're at war".

[supernova]

10. Wash your keyboard with soap!

And apologize to all of us DUers who happen to call this beautiful, nutty place home. :P