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The Mayors' Message to Washington: Funnel Aid Through the Cities
By Mary C. Curtis - Politics DailyIn a week when attention was paid to politics and partisanship on a national level, mayors meeting with President Obama and cabinet officials were preoccupied with concerns closer to home like unemployment and the economy. It's not that results from the Senate race in Massachusetts didn't intrude on last week's agenda. "Clearly, it created a silent pause," Charlotte, N.C., Mayor Anthony Foxx told me after he met with local reporters on Saturday. But he said the nearly 300 mayors at the conference were focused on the No. 1 issue everywhere – jobs. It was the first time at the conference ...
A Win for Democrats in Charlotte Offers Lessons (Maybe)
By Mary C. Curtis - Politics DailyThe day after his election as the mayor of Charlotte, Anthony Foxx received a congratulatory phone call from Barack Obama. The 38-year-old Foxx -- the youngest mayor-elect in the history of North Carolina's largest city, the second black man chosen for the job -- was excited by the recognition. But the president had good reason to take notice. While a mayoral race may not be the best barometer when tracking national political trends, the election of the city's first Democratic mayor in 22 years was a bright spot of good news on a day when Democrats needed some, particularly when you add in a ...
Testing the Democrats (and the Obama Factor) in North Carolina
By Mary C. Curtis - Politics DailyIn the 2008 election, Barack Obama at the top of the ticket had the power to turn red states blue. In 2010, it may be a different story, particularly in those borderline states more accurately described as purple.With polls showing uncertainty about health-care reform and the war in Afghanistan, increasingly confident Republicans and anxious Democrats are watching fluctuating polls in governors' races in New Jersey and Virginia. While North Carolina is not quite as high on the national elections radar, a 2010 Senate contest is already feeling the Obama effect, and a mayor's race this year ...
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