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In the North Carolina and Oregon Democratic US Senate primaries this year, two great progressive candidates ran for the nomination: Jim Neal (NC) and Steve Novick (OR). The DSCC, who is not supposed to pick sides in a primary, appears to have secretly funded their preferred candidates anyway (Kay Hagan (NC) and Jeff Merkley (OR)).

If the DSCC leaders personally had a preference, that’s fine. BUT IT IS NOT OK TO FUNNEL MONEY TO ONE CANDIDATE OVER ANOTHER IN A DEMOCRATIC PRIMARY!!!! That's unfairly taking sides and deliberately influencing an election, and that is not what the Democratic Party is about.

(Crossposted from the Daily Kos)

PAC Donations according to the FEC...

Kay Hagan... $146,000
Jim Neal.... ZERO

So which one is the people's candidate and which one is the special interest candidate?

Jim Neal and Kay Hagan on who they endorse for the NC primary. Obama or Clinton?

Jim Neal is a Democrat running for US Senate in North Carolina. He is running against Kay Hagan in North Carolina’s primary on May 6th. Many people have discounted Jim Neal because he is openly gay. Sure, he is openly gay. He is also openly white, openly male, openly down-to-earth, openly progressive, openly against the status-quo, and openly an AMAZING candidate.

Video and clips from the Kay Hagan - Jim Neal debate in Greensboro on April 29th, 2008. Found them at the Spartan TV site and on You Tube.

Full video can be seen at...
http://www.spartantelevision.com/

Clips can be seen at...
http://www.youtube.com/user/uncgspartandebate

Fox 8 in High Point is covering the Jim Neal-Kay Hagan debate tonight startint at 7pm.

http://media.myfoxwghp.com/live/index1.html

http://www.myfoxwghp.com/myfox/pages/News/Politics/Detail?contentId=6398...

I support Barack Obama and Jim Neal.

Both Barack Obama and Jim Neal are inspiring progressive Democrats. Both Obama and Jim Neal wish to change America for the better, and are willing to fight for those who are unable to fight for themselves. Both Obama and Jim Neal have had uphill battles to climb to fight the Washington establishment, and both have been discounted at some point.

If you are inspired by Obama, I think you will also be inspired by Jim Neal. If you support Obama, I urge you to support Jim Neal as well.

The UNC Tarheel today quotes Kay Hagan as saying not taking special interest PAC money is "unrealistic."