Talk:Larry Kissell

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2010 election selection

This info I added to the 2010 election section was removed for being to encyclopedic by User:Arbor8:

On January 12, 2010, David Weigel of the Washington Independent wrote that Kissell “is comfortably ahead of several credible Republican challengers,” his advantage being “his vote against the health care bill,” which apparently “insulated him from some of the ill will toward national Democrats in the district."^[1] Historically voting 96% of the time with his party, he at times received flack from the Democrats for voting with the wishes of his district on the Health Care reform and Cap and Trade bills, amongst others.^[2] The down turn in the economy also posed a threat to his reelection, something the GOP focused on in the campaign.^[3]

I am proposing these changes, can you let me know what you think :)

Kissell faced Republican challenger Harold Johnson, a longtime sportscaster at WSOC-TV in Charlotte. The North Carolina 8th is a district that primarily votes republican in national elections, but this race between a democratic incumbent and a well known republican candidate was characterized by Kissell's willingness to vote on the lines of his district on a few major issues, despite his 89% support rate of Obama and 93% of his party's legislation in his first two years in office.^[4] His primary dissents were against two high-profile pieces of democratic legislation, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and the new Cap and Trade legislation.^[5]^[6] The Service Employees International Union, a large contributor to Kissell's 2008 campaign, drafted independent candidate Wendell Fant to replace Kissell due to his stance on health care.^[7] Eric Heverlig, a political scientist from UNC Charlotte, explained Kissell's strategy in Time Magazine: "with the typical midterm election dynamics, and in a district that has a record of supporting Republicans for Congress and President, Kissell knew he had to be more concerned about convincing some Republicans and Independent voters that he wasn't in lockstep with Nancy Pelosi" in order to be successful.^[8] Although some polls showed the race within a point, Kissell ultimately took 53 percent of the vote to Johnson's 44 percent.

I think the issues that determined this election are interesting and notable, and I would like to see it represented on this page so I am starting a discussion about it. DerickDiamond (talk) 02:14, 14 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

I agree that these issues are interesting and notable, but I don't think that the National Review or the American Spectator is a Reliable for this type of analysis. Arbor8 (talk) 17:20, 16 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Alright I removed both those articles as citations, I cited an article from cnn and an article from the New Yorker. (I updated my draft above with these sources). Let me know what you think, the New Yorker is the article where the analysis is conducted. Thanks!DerickDiamond (talk) 21:50, 16 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

References

^ David Weigel (January 12, 2010). "Swing District Dem in Good Shape After Bucking Party on Health Care". The Washington Independent. Retrieved 4 May 2012.
^ David N. Bass (April 21, 2010). "Larry Kissell's Health-Care Tightrope". National Review Online. Retrieved 4 May 2012.
^ Mike Tuggle (February 2, 2010). "Twilight of the Blue Dogs?". The American Spectator. Retrieved 4 May 2012.
^ Robert Yoon (July 30, 2010). "CNN 100: Obama factor looms over North Carolina 8th". CNN 100. CNN Politics. Retrieved 14 May 2012.
^ Robert Yoon (July 30, 2010). "CNN 100: Obama factor looms over North Carolina 8th". CNN 100. CNN Politics. Retrieved 14 May 2012.
^ Ryan Lizza (November 5, 2010). "The Obama Agenda and the Midterm Wave". The New Yorker. Retrieved 16 May 2012.
^ Kevin Bogardus (06/10/10). "SEIU drafts independent candidate against Kissell". The Hill. Retrieved 20 May 2012. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
^ Feifei Sun (October 21, 2010). "North Carolina's 8th Congressional District: Larry Kissell vs. Harold Johnson". Time Magazine. Retrieved 20 May 2012.

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[1] David Weigel (January 12, 2010). "Swing District Dem in Good Shape After Bucking Party on Health Care". The Washington Independent. Retrieved 4 May 2012.

[2] David N. Bass (April 21, 2010). "Larry Kissell's Health-Care Tightrope". National Review Online. Retrieved 4 May 2012.

[3] Mike Tuggle (February 2, 2010). "Twilight of the Blue Dogs?". The American Spectator. Retrieved 4 May 2012.

[4] Robert Yoon (July 30, 2010). "CNN 100: Obama factor looms over North Carolina 8th". CNN 100. CNN Politics. Retrieved 14 May 2012.

[5] Robert Yoon (July 30, 2010). "CNN 100: Obama factor looms over North Carolina 8th". CNN 100. CNN Politics. Retrieved 14 May 2012.

[6] Ryan Lizza (November 5, 2010). "The Obama Agenda and the Midterm Wave". The New Yorker. Retrieved 16 May 2012.

[7] Kevin Bogardus (06/10/10). "SEIU drafts independent candidate against Kissell". The Hill. Retrieved 20 May 2012. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)

[8] Feifei Sun (October 21, 2010). "North Carolina's 8th Congressional District: Larry Kissell vs. Harold Johnson". Time Magazine. Retrieved 20 May 2012.

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