From the Independent Weekly comes Rep. Bill Faison’s (D-Orange and Caswell) comments to the Chapel Hill town council about voters and the upcoming election: (emphasis is mine)
Rep. Bill Faison said polls he’s taking “at the end of a handshake” have him worried that local frustration with Washington, D.C., will trickle into the November election.
“They tell me that they are real unhappy with the Democrats, they’re real unhappy with Republicans and they don’t think much of the independents, which puts at risk whether or not they will go to the polls and vote,” said Faison, warning that political turnover could result in deep cuts that will limit the scope of social programs and education.
Rep. Faison has it right about the frustration, but he’s kidding himself if he doesn’t yet realize that fiscal conservatives can’t wait to vote this cycle, whether the race is national or local.
