Breaking: Cooper by EIGHT, TEN and FOURTEEN. (But hey, Trump’s coming.)
And The Streak lives on. If this keeps up, we may start owing the estate of the late great Ray Stevens some royalty $$$$.
Seriously, The Streak we’re referring to is Roy Cooper‘s amazing, year-long streak – over 30 – of polling wins. We’re talking GOP and DEM polls, too. Here are the three latest:
Trafalgar Group is GOP-friendly. Carolina Forward is, decidedly, NOT. And WRAL? Well …..
It’s interesting that Team Whatley cannot (or won’t) produce a poll showing their guy with a lead. Even Tillis and Dole had polls where they led.
Despite the spin of Whatley’s spokesman, this ain’t a great spot to be in at the onset of early voting. (That starts Thursday, by the way.)
You can make excuses about the leanings of the pollsters. But three dozen polls over a year coordinating to make Whatley look bad? Good luck selling that.
As a reminder, Elizabeth Dole currently holds the record for receiving the worst beat-down of any NCGOP candidate for US Senate in the last 50 years. She lost to Kay Hagan in 2008 by 8.5 percent.
The way these polls are headed, Mike Whatley is at risk of receiving a beating worse than Mark Robinson‘s 2024 experience. Robinson lost to Josh Stein by 14.6 points.
Whatley coming back from this and winning would be on par with what Harry Truman did against Thomas Dewey in 1948.
Remember, we were told THIS is the only guy who can compete with Cooper. THE ONLY GUY.
Have no fear, though. Trump is coming back to the state on October 20 for a rally in Greenville. His rallies worked miracles for Darline Graham in South Carolina. Perhaps lightning might strike again on this side of the border.
The rally is reported to benefit Laurie Buckhout in NC-01 as well as Whatley. But Greenville is home to Congressman Greg Murphy. There’s no word as to whether he’ll be part of the rally. Maybe he should be. He’s one of the two incumbents we heard were deadlocked with their no-name Democrat opponents (in internal polling). The other? David Rouzer in NC-07.
The drive-by media is already test-driving the spin that this is a revolt against Trump by the unwashed masses. Actually, a lot of it is voters angry at being promised a lot of action in 2024 and then getting no action on any of it in the ensuing two years. That’s with GOP control of The White House, the US House, and the US Senate.
Mike Whatley and Laurie Buckhout were both hand-picked to run in NC by the Trump political machine. The fields were cleared and they were flooded with cash. Once the primary passed, those DC-run campaigns plummeted downhill at record speed. Those two races offer clear messages about the perils of turning over complete control of your candidate recruitment and campaign management to DC (and, some would argue, Raleigh).
Buckhout and Whatley are lost causes. Now, we need to ensure that those two don’t hamstring and take down some quality candidates down the GOP ticket.
Whatley has not done one thing to bring in the base of the party. He refuses to tell Tillis to shut up or to disagree with him. And the NCGOP leadership is worse than ever.
?- Whatley covered for Tillis when he was NCGOP chair and even now as a candidate will not denounce him. He wants to wave the Trump endorsement with 1 hand and pat Tillis on the back with the other. Even as Tillis continues to attack Trump, Whatley and the NCGOP are silent!!
Whatley tried to bury 53 county censures and block the convention vote to censure Tillis. He appointed Robin Ramsey, a Tillis staffer, to the Resolutions Committee to keep it from the floor, but good prevailed! Whatley even gave Tillis an NCGOP Hall of Fame award AFTER the censure!!
Oh and my reward to writing that censure and getting Rule 5 overturned, Tillis and Whatley had me fired as a pro-life fundraiser. Yes – you read that correctly. Tillis made the call and stated it was because I was working to elect John Kane.
Of course, I have slept like a baby every night since. Why would anyone want to work for a pro-life organization that takes a knee to Thom Tillis?
But why was Whatley so threatened by me and John Kane that he had me fired?
I hate the thought of Senator Cooper, but I will never vote for Whatley!
The bloodbath that will be November should lead to a total purge on Hillsborough Street!
A lot of conservatives are revolting this year, the problem is, they should have done it years ago. The NCGOP has steadily gone down hill since the Harnett lynching, and now the piper’s bill has come due.
I FIRMLY DISAGREE THAT LAURIE BUCKOUT IS A LOST CAUSE. I PREDICT THAT SHE WILL BE VICTORIOUS THIS YEAR. THE TRUMP RALLY WILL GREATLY BENEFIT HER CAUSE INDEED. ROUZER AND MURPHY SHOULD WIN THEIR RACES AS WELL. PRESIDENT TRUMP HAS DONE ALL HE COULD DO IN THE LAST 2 YEARS WITH LITTLE HELP FROM CONGRESS – SO HE IS THE ONLY ONE THAT CAN FIRE VOTERS UP ! ! AMERICA 1ST !