Gov Bev Raiding Team BO Bench
Beverly Perdue is apparently bent on cobbling together remnants the campaign team that helped Barack Obama carry the state in his 2008 presidential run. And the NCGOP is eating it up as fodder to take shots at Perdue, as evidenced by the “congratulatory” message posted on the party’s website:
NCGOP Congratulates Governor Perdue on Latest Job Creation Announcement
Perdue hires “Obama Campaign” Operative to advise her for $120,000, paid for by North Carolina taxpayers
RALEIGH, NC – Today, North Carolina Republican Party Chairman Robin Hayes made the following statement regarding Governor Perdue’s recent hire of Stephen Neuman. According to the News and Observer, Mr. Neuman is “a major Obama campaign figure” and will “serve as her $120,000-per year senior advisor.”
“We congratulate Governor Perdue on creating another government job – hiring an out of state political operative for $120,000 per year to help her get re-elected in 2012. Rather than working with Republicans in the General Assembly to balance the budget without raising taxes and creating a business climate where the private sector can grow and create jobs, Governor Perdue again proves she is only concerned with one job, her own.”
Neuman is the latest operative from Team BO to join Team Bev. Perdue’s political consultant, Marc Farinella, previously worked as the state director of the Obama effort in North Carolina.
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