North Carolina Rep. Bob Etheridge has decided against running for the Senate in 2010, according to informed sources, a choice that hands Democrats another setback in their recruiting efforts against Sen. Richard Burr (R). […]
Attorney Cal Cunningham, who also drew some interest from the DSCC, announced earlier this week he also would not run, although it’s likely that national party strategists will make another run at him in the wake of the Etheridge decision. Secretary of State Elaine Marshall is also running.
The writing for this one was pretty much on the wall ever since we got word that the DSCC wanted Etheridge to bury his announcement at the end of the week. Perhaps Cal Cunningham’s decision to pull the plug was a tad premature — but now he’ll have what appears to be the undivided interest of the DSCC. Will he have a change of heart, Kay Hagan-style?
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One less open House seat in the South to worry about.
and I kind of want to see a good healthy primary to build up name rec and such.
She is an excellent candidate and has won 4 statewide elections by wide margins. She is the best candidate to take on Burr and she will unseat him next year.