by Mary Katharine Ham When we last saw seven-term Congressman Bob Etheridge of North Carolina, he was helping a young man with a video camera understand that American voters must be prepared to explain themselves to elected officials before asking questions of them in public. The fact that he helped the young man understand this [...]

Thanks to Julia Manning of Spring Hope for writing the following for the Rocky Mount Telegram in response to their Speak Up request:

I do not know Renee Ellmers personally, and since she has not been on the taxpayers’ payroll as an elected official, she has no voting record for me to examine. But I will share with you what I learned from her website.

Mrs. Ellmers is a nurse, and her husband is a doctor. Her experience in the health care industry tells her “Obama health care reform” is not good for America. She knows we need health care reform but not the bill that has been passed.

Q&A: Ellmers, The New Face of Central NC’s GOP By: Billy Liggett, Sanford Herald Aug. 25–DUNN — Her campaign headquarters is an unfurnished, sparsely decorated brick home just blocks from downtown Dunn. Her office is dimly lit, mostly bare and features a photo of her standing with Elizabeth Dole and Laura Bush.And on this particular [...]

– Kim Strassel, Wall Street Journal Political Diary

If Democrats are discovering one thing in this brutal election environment, it’s that there’s little room for error. Just ask North Carolina Rep. Bob Etheridge.

Mr. Etheridge is the congressman who in June was caught on video manhandling two students who approached him on the street with a camcorder to ask if the seven-term Democrat supported the Obama agenda. Mr. Etheridge has fundraised well and was supposed to be an example of an entrenched incumbent who would cruise to victory in the state’s 2nd district. But the videotape incident has given a surprise opening to Renee Ellmers, the GOP challenger.

Renee Ellmers, Republican nominee for North Carolina’s Second Congressional District, appeared Friday on the nationally-syndicated G. Gordon Liddy Show. Please check out the clip and share with your friends. . Tweet

Renee Ellmers, Republican nominee for North Carolina’s Second Congressional District, appeared on NewsMax TV this week. NewsMax, one of the premier conservative new agencies in the U.S., highlighted Renee’s expertise as a health care professional, as well as her commitment to the Reagan principles of lower taxes and smaller government.

by Jim Geraghty, National Review Online I just met with Renee Ellmers, the Republican challenger to Rep. Bob “Who are you? Who are you?” Etheridge, North Carolina Democrat. She notes that for all of the attention on the infamous video of Etheridge getting physical with a young man questioning him, she thinks the bigger turning [...]