Jan 07 2010
News & Observer Predicts Kissell Will Lose Reelection
The one true swing congressional district in the state is the 8th, which stretches from Charlotte to Fayetteville.
Freshman Democrat Larry Kissell is already facing a divided party because of his vote against the Democrats’ health care plan. Edge Republicans.
Rob Christensen is no more a gifted psychic than I am, but his logic does hold. Swing districts in landslide years are considerably vulnerable to flipping seats. As Kissell won in 2008 due to voter frustrations with Republicans, he may well lose in 2010 due to voter frustrations with Democrats. He has also fractured the far left of his base over his health care vote, even though he made the right decision on that. The race will definitely be one of the most competitive in the nation and the NRCC is going to put every resource they can into winning it back.
On a semi-related note, Christensen gives the edge to the GOP taking over the North Carolina State Senate for the first time since Reconstruction. I wrote about this myself a few days ago. As they say, great minds think alike.
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