Not at all sure what the marriage amendment has to do with Price and Miller. I do not believe that Miller will take the steps to run against David Price it would do neither or the Democratic Party in NC any good short or long term. I hope the challenge to the gerrymandering redistricting will fall in Federal court but barring that I hope Miller elects to run against Holder(he moved into the 13th in order to run before and can again) who I would love to see eat the dirt of defeat in November of 2012. Miller is the likely only one who might have a shot to block Holders political ambitions who I think long term is jockeying to take the idiot Burrs seat or Hagans.

If it comes to a primary between these two, Price would be my choice.

I'm not sure how the article misses it, but Rep. Price's voting record is more progressiv­e than Rep. Miller's when taken as a whole. Miller voted seven times to reauthoriz­e the PATRIOT Act, and he voted for the defense authorization bill that allowed the government to imprison American citizens on a whim. I cannot forgive those votes as someone who cares about civil liberties.

Rep. Price has also been out front on what I view as moral issues, like opposition to the war in iraq, the repeal of DADT, and he was the first NC dem to support of the Respect for Marriage Act. Miller has sometimes followed Price's lead on progressive issues but not always (see Patriot Act, defense above). Price voted against the Patriot Act extensions Miller supported, and against the defense bill. The list goes on, but Price is the more progressiv­e candidate and he's been a leader.

Both are good progressives--with Price being more progressive. We need more good dems in Congress, but not at the expense of leaders like Price.

Jeff Frank is right. Brad Miller has followed David Price's lead on many, many progressive issues and if it does come down to a choice between the two of them, the choice should be David Price.

James mentioned that the district as drawn favors Price, and it should. Although the article notes that the new 4th is about 1/3 Miller voters from the old 13th, it fails to mention that the new 4th is also about 1/3 Price voters from the old 4th - and that Price has represented about 75% of the new 4th during his career.

I too hate the idea of a matchup between these two congressmen, but if forced to choose I will choose David Price every day.

Both Miller and Price are excellent candidates and one could only hope they do not have to face each other in the upcoming election. However, David Price is clearly the correct choice, as he has not only displayed a healthy evolution on certain key issues but he has amassed decades of legislative accomplishments as a progressive. It is much easier to point out a few mistakes by a candidate who has served for twenty-two years (Price) than one who has only served eight (Miller); while one may not agree with some of Price’s stances, he has proved himself a true progressive with the capability to adapt to a changing electorate. Unfortunately, Miller has not gone through decades of governing over a changing electorate and we have simply not seen how easily or if he is capable of adapting.

I am new to North Carolina politics, but it sure seems obvious to me that the legislature is radically right wing in this state--and I've lived in eight states. McCrory is a nightmare--he wants to "resurrect" all the vetoes from Perdue and make sure "they become law." There's a good reason they were vetoed in the first place--they were a radical right wing "to do" list from the get go--and they need to go period.

I was just reading up on George Holding--another law and order Rudy Guiliani type who wants to "cut cut cut"--look out Washington. How many times have we heard that one--a right wing conservative comes riding into town to save society? Only--gee, he's cutting my meagre social security, he's cutting my medicare, he's cutting taxes for Wall Street bankers, etc., etc. "It was not political" when he went after Edwards and Easley, etc.

George DeMarse
Wake Forest