In North Carolina, a good night for Republicans. [View all]

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As summarized in this blog post at the loathsome wral.com in North Carolina, we are in trouble in North Carolina. The Republicans who seized power for the first time in a century in 2010 expanded their hold on our state legislature yesterday (thanks to extreme gerrymandering in the wake of 2010 census). The Rethugs now have a veto-proof majority in both the NC house and senate, not that they need it, because we just elected a Republican governor for the first time in 20 years. North Carolina didn't just turn red, it turned Tea Party.

Here comes fracking, offshore drilling, destruction of environmental protections, destruction of public education, defunding of health and human services. North Carolina wrote anti-gay bigotry into our state constitution last spring. The teabaggers have control and they are a fine collection of greedy ignorant good ol boys in the pockets of the Koch brothers.

I believe that this is the new Republican strategy. They may not be able to win on a national level, but they can pour money into state elections and confuse the low-information voters enough to seize control of states.

http://www.wral.com/in-nc-a-good-night-for-republicans/11745841/