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(84,711 posts)but the mainstream of the Party never gave her the exposure or the money she needed.
The indictment of Dem Governor Easley, and then the allegations that our first term Dem Governor (Beverly Perdue) who decided at the last minute not to run for second term because she had some problem with campaign funds used for travel left Dems scrambling.
Add to all those woes for our Dem Governor... the Dem Executive Party Chair (who was from outside NC) had a sexual allegations scandal and had to resign but then the Party Chair refused to resign over the scandal himself and served as a weakened Party Chair coming into this election is what helped cause ALEC and Art Pope to be able to take charge.
We Progressive Dems were doing good (in the Howard Dean years) but the Party Old Guard decided it was "business as usual" and thus we have Repugs GONE WILD...and it's going to be a tough time for us. We just have to hope the Repugs implode in their own glee over what they done by such over-reach that they will be voted out in 2014...but, we still have the Governor and Art Pope. Sad to say but, if there's anything scandelous out there about either that it comes to light sooner rather than later.