Schumer sees blue skies in Hagan’s Senate bid
Thursday, July 24th, 2008
By Staff
The U.S. Senate's chief political Democrat puts the North Carolina race at a midtier level on his ranking of winnable seats in November.
Sen. Charles Schumer of New York, who heads the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, called Kay Hagan a good challenger, but the race is close, he told Dome on Wednesday.
Schumer put North Carolina on par with other senatorial races he called "even or close" in states such as Oregon, Minnesota, Mississippi, Kentucky and Maine.
That mirrors the predictions of other political punditry outfits such as the Cook Political Report, which recently shifted North Carolina into the "leans Republican" category and away from solid Republican.
Polls in recent months showed Hagan gaining on incumbent Sen. Elizabeth Dole, then slipping after Dole launched a major advertising blitz.
Schumer confirmed the DSCC has committed millions of dollars to advertising for Hagan and said the organization is setting up an "extensive" on-the-ground field network of staff on Hagan's behalf.
"That shows our commitment," Schumer said. He would not go into further details.
Schumer listed North Carolina as one of the states in which presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama helps the party's candidate.
And he praised Hagan.
"Kay Hagan's on fire," Schumer said. "She's doing great. That's a seat we're real strong in." (more…)
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