The state's crime families jointly own the North Carolina franchise of the Democrat Party, who in turn hold all the reigns of state government in Raleigh. All the marbles, including the deteriorating governor's mansion.
The Republicans, such as they are, held the state House for two terms in the nineties, and a righteous war against the RINOS has ensued ever since. The "Democrat Party" has owned the state Senate in North Carolina since 1866.
7 posted on 08/22/2009 10:36:55 AM PDT by Prospero
(non est ad astra mollis e terris via)