Last night in Lincolnton, Daniel Johnson and Congressman Patrick McHenry met for the first of four forums scheduled throughout North Carolina's 10th Congressional District.

After brief appearance in front of TV cameras, Pat leaves town during crisis – even riding a car in a parade hundreds of miles away

State Senator and U.S. Senate Candidate Kay Hagan (D-Guilford) released two new television ads in her race against Elizabeth Dole. 

Nine more stations will answer for pumping it up

By John Hinton
Winston-Salem Journal
September 18, 2008

Pat McCrory’s first TV commercial of the general election continues his pattern of making untruthful claims about Bev Perdue.

Bev Perdue has consistently said that she supports offshore drilling, urging oil companies to use some of their record profits to immediately begin drilling in the untapped 68-million acres currently under lease, almost half of which are located offshore.

Bev Perdue has consistently supported drilling off America’s coast:

• “Well I’m not against offshore drilling per se… you know we’ve got 68 million acres that are already under lease in America right now, and if oil companies would start drilling there right this very minute then the question of what comes about from drilling would be answered.” [WWNC 570AM in Asheville, 8/8/08]

Congressman Patrick McHenry's office says that he will be visiting Western North Carolina this week, and his office says he wants to talk about how to lower gas prices. But up in Washington, D.C., Congressman McHenry votes "no" to every attempt to establish a comprehensive energy policy that would lower gas prices for working families.

-McHenry voted "no" to requiring oil companies to drill on the 68 million acres that they already hold leases for, which could produce 4.8 million barrels of oil and 44.7 billion cubic feet of natural gas daily (H.R. 6251, 6/26/08). Drilling on these public lands could double U.S. oil production and cut oil imports by one-third.

Big Oil is once again rewarding Senator Elizabeth Dole for her loyalty. First they gave her $266,456 in campaign cash, and today they came to her rescue again as she struggles to in her reelection efforts. Americans for Progress, a group founded and funded by Oilman David Koch, today began running a statewide radio ad trying to rewrite Elizabeth Dole’s history of advocating for Big Oil and Gas over working families every chance she gets.

“Elizabeth Dole’s hypocrisy knows no bounds,” said Hagan Campaign Communications Director Colleen Flanagan. “She campaigns across North Carolina pledging to stop outside groups from running ads in North Carolina, but now that her campaign’s in trouble, her Big Oil backers are rushing to her defense. It’s no surprise that Big Oil and Gas would ante up for their favorite Senator – they know when Kay gets to the Senate, they won’t be able to use her as their puppet, pull her strings or use her to do their bidding.”