VOTE HAUNTS: Nearly two weeks after U.S. Rep. Larry Kissell bucked his party and voted against health care legislation, Democrats in his district are seething. The talk is that Kissell may face a serious primary challenge. (Charlotte Observer)
PORTRAIT PLEASES: Rene Dickerson was nervous as he prepared [...]
The NYT has a great graphic detailing key numbers about the districts of Democrats who voted against the health bill – like the percentage of uninsured and the voting percentage in the Obama/McCain race. It’s great information and also highlights just how strange Rep. Larry Kissell’s vote against reform [...]
Kissell quietly announced his opposition to the House health care bill shortly before the floor vote. After voting against health reform, he went silent.
The Richmond County Republican Party Chairman Lee Butler actually made a good point about Kissell’s position:
He said the announcement felt like a [...]
Rep. Larry Kissell is North Carolina's newest representative in Congress, elected in 2008 from the NC-8 (which includes all the counties on the South Carolina border, from the eastern suburbs of Charlotte to Cumberland County and Fayetteville). Most analysts agree that Kissell won his seat against' [...] 
U.S. Rep. Larry Kissell's vote against health care reform legislation ranked as one of the toughest votes in the House, and also one of the most bizarre, according to Washington Post blogger Chris "The Fix" Cillizza.
Cillizza gamed out the five toughest votes for the [...]
While the U.S. House gave ObamaCare an initial victory Saturday night, a majority of the North Carolina delegation voted against it, including three Democrats: Heath Shuler, Larry Kissell, and Mike McIntyre.
Of the three, the 7th District’s McIntyre is the longest-serving member and represents a Democratic-leaning district. Why did he vote [...]
All three NC Dems we’ve been following most closely voted “No” on health reform:
Rep. Larry Kissell
Rep. Mike McIntyre
Rep. Heath Shuler
While some national organizations have Larry Kissell listed as in the pocket of the insurance industry, when I contacted North Carolina Health Care of for American Now they said that they haven't given up on Rep. Kissell to do the right thing.
NC HCAN believes that Kissell may misunderstand the bill's [...]
Rep. Larry Kissell (D-8th District) reportedly will vote NO on the job-killing, freedom-killing health care bill known as HR 3962.
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In 2007, I was fortunate enough to become a 'reporter' by way of becoming a radio talk show host in Colorado. I began interviewing candidates in Colorado and had several candidates on my show who went on to successful victories. And, being an ex-Pat from North Carolina, I took [...]
Keep up the pressure. This oppression of American freedom has to be stopped.
The Obama Administration’s push for health care reform suffered a severe blow from North Carolina’s Eighth U.S. Congressional District after Democratic Rep. Larry Kissell announced he will vote “No” on the bill being presented.
In a statement, Kissell said [...]
U.S. Rep. Larry Kissell has $244,952 in his campaign account, according to federal campaign finance records.
Kissell, a Biscoe Democrat, raised $99,000 from individuals and $305,000 from political action committees.
Contributors included Anne B. Wilkins of Cary, a consultant ($2,000); Ronald J. Bernstein of Durham, chief executive of cigarette company [...]
Candidate Larry Kissell was singing a much different tune on health care reform last year than Congressman Larry Kissell is today. Take a look at our latest video.
(Link updated by James)
[...]Candidate Larry Kissell (NC-8) sounds a much different tune on health care reform than his current stated intention as Congressman Larry Kissell to vote against the historic health care reform bill close to a vote in the House:
Click here to view the embedded video.
Share and Enjoy:[...] Rep. Larry Kissell has never once said he would not support a public health insurance option. In the latest whip count Kissell acknowledged he will support a bill with a public option as long as it meets the same criteria President Obama set out - it must be deficit neutral, [...]
Most of you noticed my alarm at discovering that Tim D'Annunzio, one of the Repubs trying to unseat Larry Kissell, attends a church affiliated with a borderline fascist strain of charismatic Christianity. I take things like this very personally, since I was almost suckered into joining a similar outfit when' [...]
Republicans continue to line up to challenge 8th District Democratic Congressman Larry Kissell.
The latest to join the field is Hal Jordan, a Charlotte IBM executive, who received a lot of attention three years ago when he came within 30 votes of knocking off scandal-plagued Democratic House Speaker [...]
As a general rule of thumb, I will not post press releases from the NRCC or the DNC (yet that doesn’t stop them from sending me 10 a week) because they typically are just cheap partisan pot shots. This one, however, I do think has some legitimate merit.
Earlier this month, [...]
