Submitted by Guest28451 (not verified) on Sat, 02/11/2012 - 6:13pm.
The State Dems know more then likely McCrory is going to win the election no matter who runs in Bev Perdues slot so McIntyre would be sacrificing himself for nothing and if the 7th district were left wide open Pantano would likely waltz in and trounce a guy like Barfield in a whitewash. The Dems are somehow hoping they can convince SE NC that Mike is still a 'Blue Dog' when he is anything but... So in order to save power Mike is being the good little Democrat per the powers that be.
Its not hard to figure out what happened
The State Dems know more then likely McCrory is going to win the election no matter who runs in Bev Perdues slot so McIntyre would be sacrificing himself for nothing and if the 7th district were left wide open Pantano would likely waltz in and trounce a guy like Barfield in a whitewash. The Dems are somehow hoping they can convince SE NC that Mike is still a 'Blue Dog' when he is anything but... So in order to save power Mike is being the good little Democrat per the powers that be.