Neal takes campaign one voter at a time
Monday, March 31st, 2008
By Staff
The first-time candidate for U.S. Senate hopes “old-fashioned grass-roots” campaign can carry him to victory.
By Mark Binker
Staff Writer
GREENSBORO - Between stump speeches and coffee stops, Jim Neal spends his campaign day folded into the front passenger seat of a Ford Escape hybrid, shoes off and feet on the dash.
"I hate shoes," Neal said as the small truck pulled out of a parking lot and onto Market Street, hitting the road for a recent event in Davidson .
To some degree, all candidates for statewide office spend time on the road, talking to gatherings large and small. But Neal has embraced a road warrior mentality as a hallmark of his campaign.
The Chapel Hill Democrat is one of two leading contenders for his party's nomination to take on U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Dole this fall. To beat Dole, Neal said, he needs to practice in-person campaigning on a grand scale, winning over voters one at a time, hoping they will, in turn, win over their friends and neighbors. (more…)
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