Taking a look at Gallup's recent Well-Being Index out this week, it has bad news for a certain North Carolina congressman name of The Odious Patrick McHenry.
Rating North Carolina's various small, medium, and large metro areas, keep in mind that Raleigh came in first with one of the best scores in the country for a large metro area.
Raleigh/Cary 68.6
Durham 68.0
Wilmington 67.2
Charlotte/Gastonia/Concord 66.6
Asheville 66.2
Greensboro/High Point 65.2
Winston-Salem 64.1
Fayetteville 64.0
Hickory/Lenoir/Morganton 62.5
You think Patrick's in a bit of trouble considering he's the Congressman from the unhappiest place in North Carolina? Keep in mind that the score for Hickory is less than Las Vegas or New Orleans and only a couple of places above the foreclosure and unemployment capital of America (Modesto, California) and you begin to see why Patrick's gaining some serious primary challengers...both of which have already beaten him soundly in fundraising.
The bad news is both Scott Keadle and Vance Patterson are Teabagger nutjobs that make McHenry look sane. The good news is that may possibly be even too much for the folks of the Unifour to handle.
Maybe. After all, my hometown is pretty damn unhappy.
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