DEMS need to continue to work hard for AMERICA and STEAMROLL the GOP in sweet road kill pancakes.

I live in NC and I'm kind of surprised by this...although I am happy if it is true. He is far too partisan and our state is suffering. I'm not sure who might replace him, but I would love to see him replaced. He's not representing his state as much as he's pushing through his own agenda. Although, it is surprising to see that so many in the state are willing to say so. Things have become so partisan and republicans are very vocal here, especially since Obama got elected. But then, the republicans had most convinced they'd win NC last Nov. too and they didn't. I guess it's like it was back then...the republicans are loud as they protest the current administration, but the democrats are staying vigilant. I hope this holds true through 2010.

Pundit,

Buh-Bye!!

It's interesting how the Congress always gets negative approval ratings but yet they keep sending third-term, fourth-term and fifth-term Senators back into the Congress.

Bush's approval rating was dipping in 2004 yet he won the Presidency again. And Clinton's approval rating was above 50% yet Al Gore lost the Presidency in 2000.

Sometimes I think these approval rating polls are pointless. They certaintly aren't indicative of voter trends.

..Only dragged down by the GOP's Record Low 9% Approval ratings http://www.gallup.com/poll/123491/Approval-Congress-Falls-21-Driven-Democrats.aspx?CSTS=alert LMAO

And your 4 remaining Solid (+10%) & ONE leaning (+5% to 9%) RED sphincter states Vs. 29 Solid & 8 leaning BLUE states!

Only four states can be considered solidly Republican -- Utah, Wyoming, Idaho, and Alaska, with Alabama falling into the leaning Republican category.

That leaves a total of eight states that are competitive in terms of party identification, with none showing a party advantage of greater than two points.

These include Mississippi (+1 Republican)

North Dakota and Nebraska (even)

And Kansas, Arizona, Texas, South Carolina, and Montana (all +2 Democratic). http://www.gallup.com/poll/122003/Political-Party-Affiliation-States-Blue-Red-Far.aspx

Pundit,

Blah ba blah blah ba blah.......

Same sh!t...different day.....give it up, you are wasting your time.

People are beginning to wake up and realize you are an idiot......

Buh-Bye...We Wonners!!!! 2010 is around the corner!!!! The wave is getting closer to the beach, destined to hit and fizzle!!

2010, the balance will be resored

Sorry, "progressives." There are far more conservatives than liberals in North Carolina--that is a fact. Get over it.

Hey, Stella. Uh, evidently not.

Stella, what is conservative about you cons;

* Tripling the national debt under Reagan?
* Doubling the national debt under Bush Sr.?
* Nearly Tripling the national debt under w, while losing -25M US Jobs & oil's 14 times increase from $10 to $147?

Vs. (D)Clinton's 22.7 M Jobs created, 4 consecutive surpluses h ttp://www.usgovernmentspending.com/index.php?year=2000#usgs302a, Tripling US stock markets & Doubling US GNP?

"Reagan is a Conservative, an extreme Conservative. all of the blockheads and dummies are for him." ~VP, George H.W. Bush.

* No wonder; Most recent polls prove; just 17% to 19% remaining Repubs (Max 21.4% average, including always errant partisan outLIER (r)assmussen) with 26% or 1/4 of them supporting the President today i.e.

* 9% Approval (Gallup 10/06/09) http://www.gallup.com/poll/123491/Approval-Congress-Falls-21-Driven-Democrats.aspx?CSTS=alert
* Record low 5/42 Solid & leaning states http://www.gallup.com/poll/122003/Political-Party-Affiliation-States-Blue-Red-Far.aspx
* with just 21% GOP remaining Vs. 34% Dems, 38% Indys, 49% of Indys Support POTUS Obama. http://www.pollster.com/polls/us/party-id.php

will trade him for Virginia Foxx. But that would give Florida the short end of the stick.

Right on

THERE ARE NO SOCIALISTS IN THE U.S. DEMOCRATS BELIEVE IN HELPING PEOPLE, JUSTICE, TRUTH, HONESTY, RECEIVING A SQUARE DEAL, GIVING AT LEAST A SQUARE DEAL. REPUBLICANS BELIEVE IN GETTING ALL THE MONEY (AND POWER AND PLEASURE) YOU CAN, NEVER MIND HOW MANY PEOPLE YOU HURT OR CHEAT ALONG THE WAY. GET REAL!! Republicans at the time of Lincoln & Teddy Roosevelt were in favor of the ordinary person. But their party was corrupted by Nixon, Reagan, and Buxh II. Lee Atwater and Karl Rove and Richard Cheney are major producers of the fiscal wickedness and dishonest campaigns too.
This is why they are often called Repukelicans, just as some on the other side of the aisle should be called Dimmercrats. Real Republicans used to complain about tax-and-spend policies of the Democrats. BUT the spend-but-don't-tax policies of the Reagan and Bush II administrations were far worse. If you don't like high prices, remember that the failure to tax people is responsible for inflation, hugh national debt, and shrinkage of value of the dollar. Major failure of the Bush II adminstration was the restore the tax cuts on big business [not the tax cuts that helped small business] and indeed impose taxes on entertainment to pay for the so-called War on Terror. Nobody is willing to sacrifice anything--except our brave servicemen & servicewomen & their families. Grow up!

Conservatives are simply obstructionist who stand in the way of progress (Aka the Republican Party). And if there is anybody that is a harm to freedom it is Glenn Beck and Rush Limbaugh. Their talks and actions are simply making a mockery out of the 1st amendment.

Having been born and raised in rural North Carolina, and having suffered through Jesse Helms for years, it is absolutely not true that there are more conservative, right wingers in NC than progressives. Jesse Helms never won a landslide in his elections and for more than a few terms, we had one of the best Deomcratic Governors (Jim Hunt) and Senators (Terry Sanford) in the country. North Carolina, like many other supposedly "red" states is very mixed, with rural areas going for the conservatives and the urban areas going more progressive.