I would have posted this in the NC forum but it appears the Obamanites have infiltrated there too:
http://jimnealforsenate.comDear Friend,
Our campaign to unseat Elizabeth Dole continues to build momentum every day. People are tired of career politicians and the special interests that fund them.
A new independent poll (conducted by SurveyUSA for WTVD-TV in Raleigh) shows that I am leading my better-funded rival in the North Carolina Democratic Primary 21 to 18 percent, with 44 percent undecided.
Unlike my opponents, I refuse to take money from the special interests. To compete and win, we need your contribution of $10, $25, $50, or whatever you can afford.
The latest poll confirms what I'm hearing from people across the state. Our message is beginning to resonate with the voters. We want to take our government back from the special interests!
Our campaign is built on meeting the people of North Carolina and listening to their concerns and ideas.
In the last month, I've put 3500 miles on my car and have visited dozens of the 100 counties in North Carolina with 50 days to go to hit the rest.
This year we have the chance to take our government back. The grassroots movement is in full swing. We have a growing list of volunteers across the state. We're building a coalition of young and old, black and white, students and working people.
Please visit my Web site:
http://www.jimnealforsenate.com/.As always, feel free to contact me anytime at (919) 544-1136, or reply to this email, if you have questions or ideas for the campaign.
All my best,
Jim Neal
Here's a great tribute to Edwards from his blog:
http://jimnealforsenate.com/blog/senator-edwards/Senator Edwards
John Edwards has made a lasting imprint on the political landscape of North Carolina and our country. His place in political history has been profound - and I expect that dropping his bid for the presidency is not the end of his legacy.
It was but a decade ago that North Carolina evoked one name in national politics - Jesse Helms. Today, the name that comes to mind is John Edwards.
John Edwards launched his senatorial campaign in 1998 as North Carolina was turning a page, politically and economically. His decisive victory over incumbent “Jessecrat” Senator Lauch Faircloth recolored North Carolina’s political map as a shade of purple, much closer to blue than red. Governor Mike Easley, a Democrat, subsequently has served two successful terms in Raleigh. A majority of our state’s elected officials in Raleigh, be they in the executive branch or either of our two legislatives houses, are firmly in Democratic hands.
On the federal level, our Congressional delegation changed its hue in the 2006 election with Democrats holding a 7-6 edge. That margin would have tilted even more to the Democratic column had my friend Larry Kissel’s congressional campaign garnered another 400 votes against his wealthy, well-financed, four-term incumbent opponent. Larry ran a grass - roots effort with scant support from the Washington establishment but is back in the ring for round II in 2008.
My mom used to say that North Carolina was “a valley of humility situated between two peaks of conceit.” One of those peaks, Virginia, has a Democratic governor, sent another Democrat to the Senate in 2006 and should send former Democratic Governor Mark Warner to Washington as its junior Senator this November.
I’m amused by the provincial mindset among so many pundits and politicians who cling to the notion that North Carolina is part of some red blot of a megastate stretching from the Potomac to the Gulf of Mexico. To those naysayers I have a simple response: John Edwards. He set in motion a realignment which resulted in 53% of all votes in North Carolina being cast for Democratic candidates in the 2006 midterm elections.
Like our politics, our economy and demographics in North Carolina are more varied than beltway insiders presume. Agriculture and the family farm remain an important sector in our predominantly rural state. And our rural communities are hurting from the job losses the textile and furniture industries sustained to global competition and much work remains to be done. At the same time, we have soared nationally as a financial hub with the nation’s largest bank, Bank of America, and the fourth largest, Wachovia, headquartered in Charlotte. The Research Triangle is home to world-class educational institutions and “white coat” industries which provide a platform for expanded economic growth.
Senator Edwards used the bully pulpit of his White House run to champion those left behind as North Carolina and our nation have made the bumpy transformation from mills and manufacturing to the new economy.
I have heard the opinion of folks across the nation that Senator Edwards had chosen to run his campaign on a losing issue: poverty. That’s the way most politicians think of issues— following conventional wisdom rather than their hearts and judgment. Not Senator Edwards, who is much more a winner today than he was ten years ago when he first emerged on the national scene. We as a nation, a people, are also winners for having had his voice calling our attention to the plight of the poorest Americans having no voice in the halls of power. Senator Edwards is and has been an inspiration to me as I seek to win the United States Senate seat occupied by Senator Helms for 30 years.
The impact of Senator and Ms. Edwards and the Edwards campaign isn’t dead. He has elevated the debate in this country. As the wealthiest nation in the world, we have a moral obligation to uplift the neediest amongst us. If not, I imagine that the Edwards will continue to be there to remind us.
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