Last Thursday, Governor Easley (Democrat), supported Jim Black (Democrat) by saying that he should remain as Speaker of the House. He did leave himself a way to back out by saying that the members of the House should decide if Black should be removed from the speaker's position -- that's not how a leader should behave.

In reality, it may not be the House itself that gets to decide if Jim Black will remain in his position. The State Board of Elections (run by Democrats) already said that Black broke the law and asked the District Attorney to investigate (which could result in criminal charges).

However, Jim Black is not likely to go quietly, and although some democrats are finally showing the courage to call for his resignation, their leader, Governor Easley, refuses to go against the party. At a time when more people than ever in North Carolina are self-identifying themselves as conservative and the Democrat party is identifying as liberal, the Democrat party MAY be in trouble.

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