In the last election the Republicans made their first major inroads into the administrative offices of the Capitol in many years. Since then the Democrats in North Carolina have done nothing to shore up their crumbling base, instead things have gotten much worse. Right now the speaker of the house, Jim Black, is under investigation for a million things and everyone in the party is choosing to stand behind him. They also forced through the lottery in a very questionable manner, something that is not going to sit too well with a large group of voters in this state. North Carolina is one state the Republicans don't have to worry about.
Now I must say I played a part in giving the Republicans a chance in North Carolina. Tired of the Governor's office raiding the state pension plan to pay for new programs that we can't afford, I decided it was time for some of the people in the Capitol to go packing. I have to say that they have done absolutely nothing to regain my trust in their ability to run the state, and in fact now I don't even believe that they can run it without doing it ilegally.
The point of all this is really to think of NC as a small part of the whole United States. If the Democratic party is doing no better in other states then I don't think things look to good for their chances nationally in 2006.
