Predict the 2014 Senate result

[Vern]

If the Republicans want to win in NC, they need a women to face Hagan.

[Vern]

If the Republicans want to win in NC, they need a women to face Hagan.

I heard Liddy Dole hasn't had a job for 4 years...

Absolutely not. She threw away a seat more spectacularly than Allen but not quite Akin-territory.

Yea, she would not win. I'm not sure who it will be, but if Republicans want this seat back, IMO, it is going to be with a woman Republican, not a male.

[Vern]

Tim Tillis or Renee Elmers over Kay Hagan (Hagan and Obama won the state in 08, since then GOP has take the statehouse, senate and gov, and Obama lost in 12) (furthermore, her approval rating is in the 30s) My money says NC reverts back to its true conservative form (this is the state if Jesse Helms after all)

The trouble is that those are both very weak candidates- Ellmers fits in the Bachmann mold, and Tillis is associated with the extremely unpopular and tea-party controlled General Assembly. Both of them could be successfully painted as radicals by a Hagan campaign with any skills.

Also, N.C. Is a totally different state then it was. Everywhere but rural area are left leaning and them areas are growing very fast. Hagan is safe right now.