They smear and lie about their opponenets at all levels--when you have a failed record and poor performance-that is all you are left with. They even make up good poll numbers. Whether it's the Congress, Carolina or the County--all the Dems can do is lie--their candidates are poor. Having so-called experience and being on boards is no substitute for poor performance---remember health care and the deceit in that process; the stimulus fiasco and all the failure by dems in raleigh and locally. This is a year to send them a message--their rhetoric and smears is no excuse for high unemployment, a stagnated economy and leaders like Pelosi , reid and all the local gems. Give Republicans a chance--the dems lost our trust with their poor choices and arrogance.