The recent New York Times editorial lambasting North Carolina?s hard turn to the right met with apparent indifference in the General Assembly, where Republican Sen. Tom Apodaca said he cared more about what the Wall Street Journal thought. As if in response, the Journal?s editorial page came through with a piece on Friday praising Senate President Pro Tem?s Phil Berger?s tax plan.
?The burning heart of liberal activism and indignation this summer can be found, of all places, in the charming capital city of the Tar Heel State,? the Journal?s Stephen Moore writes.
Moore turns to the old ?agitators? label for the ?Moral Monday? protesters (avoiding the governor?s pitfall of also calling them ?outsiders?), and concludes they?re mad about everything ? especially the prospect of the GOP cutting back funding for some of the ?left-wing groups sponsoring these rallies.?
Moore?s piece concludes that the Senate Republicans? tax overhaul will spur growth and create jobs. What it means, politically, down the road in a swing state is an open question, he concedes.
?But as longtime Republican strategist Marc Rotterman told me last week, there is a potentially fatal flaw to the whole ?Moral Monday? strategy: ?The core problem is the protesters are denouncing policies like tax cuts and welfare reforms that may be unpopular with the New York Times, but are very popular with mainstream North Carolinians.?? Moore writes. ?That is the big bet the state's Republicans are making -- and come November 2014, we'll see if it pays off.?
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