Hagan on the stump
State Sen. Kay Hagan was on the stump in Greensboro this evening, speaking the Guilford County Democratic executive committee and local Dems at the Golden Corral over on Wendover. Hagan, a Democrat, is aiming to unseat Republican U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Dole.
She played to a crowd of about 50-75 folks and was introduced by Don Vaughan, who hopes to take her state Senate seat. The short take:
- * She delivered what is apparently becoming a stock line for her: "I think we need to send Miss Liddy Dole a pair of ruby red slippers and let her click her heels three times and go home to Kansas."
- * The far better line of the evening: "My husband can vote for me."
- * Last of the read meat: Hagan said that for years, the state was represented by "Senator No," a reference to Jesse Helms. "Now we have Senator Who?...We're now going to have Senator Can Do, and that's going to be Kay Hagan."
- * Hagan spent a good deal of her speech outlining her accomplishments in Raleigh, including helping to land more Smart Start funding for Guilford County, bolstering state support for the furniture market and helping to keep payday lenders out of the state.
- * She told the crowd that a remake of her website is in the works and would be online within two weeks.