The Berger-Page Republican Primary Got Ugly Fast

 

Check out the "Berger War Room" on X, billing itself as "the unofficial fan page and rapid response defender of NC Senate President Pro Tem Phil Berger and his reelection campaign." Whoever's writing it is making a career out of harassing rival candidate Sam Page, dogging him recently about the late filing of required reports about campaign money-raising -- "You got something to hide?" That was the taunt.

Pretty sinister, that. The fact is Sam Page has little to hide because he's raised so little campaign cash. He seems confident that what he has to offer the voters of Rockingham County is worth more than all Berger's million plus. What's he going to do with a big pile of money when everyone in Rockingham already knows him as a rock solid conservative and has known him for two decades in service as sheriff. If Page actually beats Berger for that NCSenate seat, it'll prove once again that you can't buy love.