Oh yeah — it just dawned on me—– both of North Carolina’s senators are from the Triad:
Richard Burr and Kay Hagan have pledged to place North Carolina interests over party politics in the U.S. Senate.
But political analysts said last week that they will watch closely to see how well Burr, a first-term Republican, and Hagan, a newly elected Democrat, are able to keep those commitments.
Especially given that millions of dollars in outside Democratic money played a pivotal role in Hagan’s successful advertising campaign against incumbent Elizabeth Dole.
FDA regulation of tobacco will more than likely come up, and because it’s “is likely to have more support with a stronger Democratic grip on Congress in 2009, Hagan is expected to be able to oppose regulation without it hurting her position within the party.”
