[HitmanLV]

The GOP could turn it around. It would help if they actually tried, of course. :-)

[saganite]

I'm in Taylor's district (as is congressman billybob). If Taylor loses here in a conservative district the Republican party nationwide is in serious trouble.

[Clintonfatigued]

btt

[ContemptofCourt]

44% repub, 37% dem, 19% other. What is the makeup of this district compared to the poll stats?

[saganite]

Your link isn't working.

[southernnorthcarolina]

Taylor trailing in the polls is not all bad news. He is, even by many nonpartisan accounts, ethically challenged. It wouldn't be such a bad idea to purge him from the body politic; my only reservation is that it is (barely) possible that this race could determine which party is in control -- and Rep. Taylor, for all his shortcomings, at least votes "right" for the most part, and surely would when it comes to electing the House leadership.

But that's a risk I'd take. The odds of the House majority coming down to this race are long indeed.

NC-11 isn't all that conservative. It certainly leans conservative and Republican, as most Southern mountain areas, coal mining areas excepted, do. But there are a couple of rural Dem counties, and more significantly the rather bohemian city of Asheville, to cut into the traditional mountain Republicanism. But should Schuler be elected this year, the odds are good he'd fumble the ball (again), and be a one-term wonder, especially if the '08 Dem presidential nominee is Hillary! or another liberal. And that, to me, bodes well for Congressman Billybob.