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12. Oddly enough, that is an encouraging thought.
Wed Nov 7, 2012, 12:10 PM
Nov 2012

We came a long way despite Jesse Helms. Maybe we're seeing the last gasp of the old white racists, instead of a new takeover.

I'm so sorry. ananda Nov 2012 #1
Yes, it's depressing, but the wonderful national results make me feel strong. yardwork Nov 2012 #2
agree... but Tom Byron Nov 2012 #31
As I said in another thread, we're regressing in NC Hissyspit Nov 2012 #3
And now that there are even MORE conservatives in the general assembly ncgrits Nov 2012 #11
.... yardwork Nov 2012 #17
Oddly enough, that is an encouraging thought. yardwork Nov 2012 #12
This is the bittersweetness of the 2012 election. I am extremely concerned! nc4bo Nov 2012 #4
It's possible that the Republicans will overreach and North Carolinians will reject them. yardwork Nov 2012 #10
yep. fuggedy fuggedy fuggedy fuggedy fugg struggle4progress Nov 2012 #5
Well said. yardwork Nov 2012 #8
At least Mike McIntyre appears to have won Daniel537 Nov 2012 #6
That's one ray of light. yardwork Nov 2012 #7
I've no cogent words yet...still trying to process our state that shifted the car back into R. NRaleighLiberal Nov 2012 #9
I am so sorry. LisaL Nov 2012 #13
I think you have enacted an awesome plan. Let your neighbors suck on THAT for a while. nt ncgrits Nov 2012 #14
Good for you! We gardeneners are going to have to unite in the years ahead. yardwork Nov 2012 #15
My front yard.....just now NRaleighLiberal Nov 2012 #20
Awesome! Is that an aster by your mailbox? It's beautiful. yardwork Nov 2012 #22
it's actually a perennial chrysanthemum called Country Girl NRaleighLiberal Nov 2012 #30
LOL. mmonk Nov 2012 #28
Take heart in knowing that they'll screw it up. Barack_America Nov 2012 #16
Very true. yardwork Nov 2012 #18
It happened in Alaska, too. Blue_In_AK Nov 2012 #19
This is obviously the Republican strategy - takeover of states. yardwork Nov 2012 #21
I just read that our bipartisan coalition is no more. Blue_In_AK Nov 2012 #23
I was thinking about this today MFrohike Nov 2012 #24
Remember the hysterics the Republicans had when the Democrats redistricted in 1990? yardwork Nov 2012 #27
Republicans are notorious for over-reaching. bluestate10 Nov 2012 #25
North Carolina voters are already in the middle. The problem is the redistricting. yardwork Nov 2012 #26
In late spring of 2013, I plan a trip mmonk Nov 2012 #29
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