Roger Sharpe Foxx NC 5th

The primaries have me pretty exhausted, but I feel the need to post this now.

In 2006, Roger Sharpe, a relative unknown with less than six months of prep time came within 24,000 votes of unseating millionaire incumbent Virginia Foxx.

Looking over the results in MS-01, LA-06, and IL-14, and taking into account the high turnout this time around, I cannot help but think that Roy Carter has a real shot here.

I realize that many here are focusing on races closer to home, but I encourage those who can to throw a little support to Roy.

The longer Foxx stays in, the harder it will be to unseat her. To be totally honest, I thought that 06 was our only real shot. But now the window has opened wider.

Thanks for listening.

Some time back, I blogged on Virginia Foxx playing fast and loose with the truth in an attempt to smear NC-5th Democratic challenger Roger Sharpe.

Apparently hitting Roger personally didn't work, so, true to Republican form, Foxx attacks the other "enemy of the GOP": the media.

In a fund-raising letter, Foxx not only accused the Winston-Salem Journal of being biased against her, but also out-and-out lied about the paper's editorial policy and her campaign's use of the editorial page.

Luckily, unlike much of the mainstream media, the Journal didn't back down. Instead, editorial page editor Linda Brinson hit back hard in an article published today.