I live in NC 11, AT's election analyst Richard Baehr doesn't. The lefties based in Asheville have been trying to unseat Taylor for years because he is a wealthy businessman and large landowner.  They haven't yet succeeded. Taylor's opponent last time was favored by many outsider analysts, too, and she had experience as an elected official.  Heath Shuler may not be as liberal as she was, but he is a political novice and lightweight who moved back into the district after a long absence.  His local base is in Waynesville, a much smaller town than Asheville, the base of Taylor's last opponent. Charles Taylor's constituent services are excellent, his voting record is generally in line with the voters in the District and I don't get any sense that there is the anti—incumbent backlash aimed at him in particular.   This summer I watched Taylor work a largely Democrat crowd at a local community center where he delivered a check for their building...(Read Full Post)