The North Carolina Democrat is ducking next year’s election herself.
North Carolina’s Governor Bev Perdue is reportedly set to announce that she will not seek re-election for governor this year, several sources are reporting.
The Post quotes two sources familiar with the plan for the Democratic Governor.
Perdue, who is the host governor for the 2012 Democratic National Convention, was set for a rematch of her 2008 race with Republican and former Charlotte mayor Pat McCrory, who announced on Wednesday that he will announce his gubernatorial run next Tuesday morning in Greensboro.
A few months ago, Perdue floated the idea of canceling next year’s congressional elections so Congress, removed of accountability to the voters, could solve the recession or something. Last time Congress considered itself unaccountable, it passed ObamaCare. Later, Perdue said she was joking about the election canceling, but audio of her speech proved that she wasn’t. Or, maybe she just has the driest sense of humor since Steven Wright.
Perdue is the second North Carolina Democrat to retire from politics today. Rep. Brad Miller is also out.
President Obama carried North Carolina in 2008. These Democrat retirements suggest he won’t carry it in 2012.
I am surprised her ego let her do that. Ever since her party lost control of the legislature, you could tell her power was near zero. Her public appearances have been almost non-existent. A lot of speculation is that her verbal gaffes were becoming so bad, that her press staff was extremely reluctant to have her make any public addresses. That was particularly apparent after Hurricane Irene. In past storms, governors usually toured the state and were active in recovery for weeks and months. This time, she did her photo-ops the day after the storm and the day the Feds were in town. After that, she never seemed to go east of I-95, where the storm was felt. I say good riddance.
Her ego has nothing to do with it. The Dem Party knows she lost the race with that statement, before there was even a race. The ads write themselves. “The Democrat who doesn’t believe in Democracy.” You cannot run without fund-raising, and no one is gonna pour money down that particular rat hole. They simply have better places to spend their money, even the DNC.
” The ads write themselves. “The Democrat who doesn’t believe in Democracy.””
Doesn’t really distinguish her from the others.
But… but… but… the ascension of King Baracky the First was supposed to cement a thousand years of Democrat dominance!
Shortest. Millennium. Ever.
All apologies to Godwin, but the King Obama era of Democrat dominance turned out to be even shorter than the Third Reich, which was also supposed to be a thousand years, if memory serves.
Lots of Dems “retiring” all over the country. The professional rats know when to abandon ship.
Note:
Voluntary retirement allows a sitting legislator to keep any moneys in his re-election war chest.
It’s a matter of dollars and $en$e, folks.
Hey, Stephen Wright deserves better than to be compared to the likes of her!
Y, Steven Wright is funny, these people are just a sick joke.