Newton’s 3rd Law

February 21, 2012 - byCarter Wrenn
The Democrats in Raleigh haven’t looked this befuddled in years – redistricting is one source of their bewilderment but the roots of their disorder run deeper: In every state election for two decades the Raleigh Democrats have outraised Republicans by millions – this year the Democrats are staring at empty coffers and Phil Berger has raised more money than all 19 Democratic State Senators combined.

In 2008 the NCAE (the mighty teacher’s union) poured millions into Bev Perdue’s campaign – last month in one stroke Thom Tillis eviscerated the union’s government subsidy by ordering the state to stop collecting its dues for it.

After most elections when you lose you sit back, nurse your wounds, learn from your mistakes, then come out swinging – instead after they lost the Democrats in Raleigh sank into a blue funk: Governor Perdue vacillated and prevaricated and Joe Hackney and Martin Nesbit never once climbed up on their legislative soap boxes the way Phil Berger did when he served as Minority Leader in 2010.

Last year Phil Berger and Thom Tillis set out to redraw the fault lines of state politics – and they’ve done it, emasculating the long dominant Democratic legislature and ushering in a new era.

After most one-sided elections like 2010 the pendulum swings back in the other direction, lifting the loser’s ship off the rocks but this time the tides aren’t lifting the Democrats and they won’t win in November by hoping Newton’s Third Law will turn back the hands of the clock.
 
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Newton’s 3rd Law

February 21, 2012/Carter Wrenn
The Democrats in Raleigh haven’t looked this befuddled in years – redistricting is one source of their bewilderment but the roots of their disorder run deeper: In every state election for two decades the Raleigh Democrats have outraised Republicans by millions – this year the Democrats are staring at empty coffers and Phil Berger has raised more money than all 19 Democratic State Senators combined.

In 2008 the NCAE (the mighty teacher’s union) poured millions into Bev Perdue’s campaign – last month in one stroke Thom Tillis eviscerated the union’s government subsidy by ordering the state to stop collecting its dues for it.

After most elections when you lose you sit back, nurse your wounds, learn from your mistakes, then come out swinging – instead after they lost the Democrats in Raleigh sank into a blue funk: Governor Perdue vacillated and prevaricated and Joe Hackney and Martin Nesbit never once climbed up on their legislative soap boxes the way Phil Berger did when he served as Minority Leader in 2010.

Last year Phil Berger and Thom Tillis set out to redraw the fault lines of state politics – and they’ve done it, emasculating the long dominant Democratic legislature and ushering in a new era.

After most one-sided elections like 2010 the pendulum swings back in the other direction, lifting the loser’s ship off the rocks but this time the tides aren’t lifting the Democrats and they won’t win in November by hoping Newton’s Third Law will turn back the hands of the clock.
 
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