Bothwell to run as Independent against Shuler

Submitted by scharrison on Mon, 03/28/2011 - 11:35am

There's more than one way to sack the quarterback:

ASHEVILLE — Councilman Cecil Bothwell is mounting a challenge to Rep. Heath Shuler for the 11th Congressional District. Bothwell will run as an independent in 2012, facing Shuler and an as-yet-unknown Republican nominee.

Hopefully Cecil will still actually be in the 11th District after it's redrawn.

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Neither party in Washington is worthy of affiliation

Submitted by usernamehere on Mon, 03/28/2011 - 11:46am.

I'd love to see more independent-minded folks run for federal office.

And that includes the office of President.

 

Agreed!!!!!!!!

Submitted by Connie Mack Berry Jr on Mon, 03/28/2011 - 12:25pm.

Although there are many traditional conservatives, Bothwell said he believes there are also many Libertarian-leaning conservatives that may find some of his positions appealing, like ending the drug war and repealing the USA Patriot Act.* Story

He got my support on those two issues big time....

ballot access

Submitted by TrueMeckDem on Wed, 03/30/2011 - 8:45am.

Hopefully Cecil has done his research and knows what he is up against to get on the ballot. NC has the third toughest ballot access laws in the US

A Change Would Do You Good

Submitted by Jake Gellar-Goad on Wed, 03/30/2011 - 12:41pm.

My thoughts on Rep. Shuler.