Washington, D.C. – We’ve been telling you for many months that the Democrats have already resigned themselves to the fact that Cheri Beasley doesn’t have a shot in North Carolina. Now, North Carolina Democrats are getting angry.
As a point of reference, two years ago the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee (DSCC) and Senate Majority PAC (SMP), dumped $60 million into North Carolina to help Cal Cunningham (he lost). This cycle, the money has dried up.
More from ABC News:
… operatives are seeing spending go to other purple states but not to North Carolina.
“The investment is incongruous. It’s not necessarily that there’s none of it, it’s just that it’s not keeping pace with — A, what is needed to win in North Carolina; and B, what is being given elsewhere across the country,” one Democratic strategist who’s worked closely with campaigns in the state told ABC News…
More recently, however, Democrats in North Carolina say they’re getting short-changed by the national party, though top operatives in Washington insist they support Beasley and that the money will be there for her as November nears…
National Democrats could still swoop in later to boost Beasley. But the funding so far pales in comparison to what’s being funneled to Pennsylvania and Wisconsin as well as the $6.5 million and $27.6 million initially invested in North Carolina by the National Republican Senatorial Committee and Senate Leadership Fund, SMP’s GOP counterpart, respectively…
“I think it’s been surprising the lack of out-of-state money that has not yet come in North Carolina,” said Michael Bitzer, a politics professor at Catawba College. “From a North Carolina point of view, I think that there feels like a missed opportunity to get invested. But if you look at the broader range of races that Democrats have to deal with … they’re limited in terms of where they’ve got money to direct to those other races as well.”…
Two years ago, the DSCC and SMP combined to shower $60 million on Cunningham, albeit in a year with fewer vulnerable incumbents.
But privately, national Democrats bristle at questions on whether they’re making North Carolina a priority.
When asked whether North Carolina is considered as competitive as Pennsylvania or Wisconsin, one Democrat involved in Senate races replied, “Kiss my a–.”
Statement from NRSC Spokesman T.W. Arrighi: “The hard truth that Democrats in North Carolina are facing is that Cheri Beasley is not a strong candidate in the eyes of the national party…nor in the eyes of North Carolinians for that matter. Ted Budd is a rock-solid candidate who meets the moment in a state in which Joe Biden’s agenda is deeply, deeply unpopular. Beasley’s unwavering support for every Democrat proposal in Congress since she began her race is proof as to why money spent on her candidacy is money wasted.”
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