In 2002, Erskine Bowles attacked Elizabeth Dole's proposal for Social Security reform through private accounts. Now he's saying little about Richard Burr's similar position.
The 2002 election results had some surprises, and some outcomes that were easily predicted. Key point: only about 4,500 votes statewide kept the Republicans from winning both chambers of the North Carolina General Assembly.
In this topsy-turvy political season, confident predictions are impossible, especially for the campaign to succeed U.S. Senator Jesse Helms. But for what it’s worth, if Republican Elizabeth Dole’s (likely) margin of victory over Democrat Erskine Bowles exceeds 6 points, there could be some coattails down the ballot.
In making a final review of key elections to watch on Nov. 5, it’s worth paying attention to trends in county commissioner races in North Carolina. Republicans made gains into the mid-1990s, only to give back some of them in the late-1990s. What’s next?
Democrats use fear in their attempts to stampede North Carolinians toward socialistic programs.
Social Security’s future is one of the most important issues that any candidate can discuss, but based on the quality of the discussion in the U.S. Senate race so far, North Carolinians have a right to be confused about it.
The Locke Foundation’s Agenda 2002 poll found Dole leading Bowles by eight points, with moderates and independents breaking in favor of the Republican. But the game isn’t over -- not just yet.
The usual suspects among political observers are all over the map right now in describing the national political climate. Is there an anti-incumbency feeling? A Bush-led GOP resurgence? An economy-led Democratic advantage? There are no clear answers.
The Oct. 14 Senate debate featured Erskine Bowles reversing the usual Democratic strategy in a statewide election in NC. He was a moderate pretending to be a liberal. It was’'t believable.
Dr. Roy Cordato of the John Locke Foundation explains the truth after observing an interesting irony in an Oct. 2 article in the Raleigh News and Observer, in which U.S. Senate candidates Elizabeth Dole and Erskine Bowles accuse each other of supporting the largest tax increase in history.
Erskine Bowles uses demagoguery and misrepresentation in raising Social Security as a campaign issue.
