Dems want to challenge Kissell

[ccharles000]

Still burning over Rep. Larry Kissell's health care vote, some Democrats in North Carolina's 8th Congressional District are courting a Charlotte attorney to mount a primary challenge.

The courtee is Chris Kouri, a former Ivy League football player who ran for the seat in 2002, upsetting a better known Democrat in the primary before losing to Republican Robin Hayes, Jim Morrill of The Charlotte Observer reports.

"I think it’s a legitimate groundswell," said Mecklenburg County Democratic chairman Joel Ford. "Chris Kouri is entertaining it. And I believe that if Chris gets enough grassroots support he’ll run."

Kouri, general counsel and director of community relations for Lowes Motor Speedway, declined comment. But the effort to unseat Kissell, a first-term Democrat in what was a district long-held by Republicans, underscores the lingering passion over health care.

Kissell, of Montgomery County, was one of 39 Democrats who voted against the health care bill that passed the House by five votes last month. He was one of just eight from a district carried by President Barack Obama last year.

A Kissell spokeswoman declined to talk about a possible challenge. "The Congressman is doing the people's business and is focused on that," said Haven Kerchner. "He has no comment on politics or his race next year."

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[LastNaturalist]

1. Kissell's safe.

I'm so sick of these lefties who wanted to ditch their idiot conservative Republican by electing a moderate Democrat, and then are surprised that their moderate Democrat is a... moderate.