"I think we ought to suspend, perhaps, elections for Congress for two years and just tell them we won’t hold it against them, whatever decisions they make, to just let them help this country recover. I really hope that someone can agree with me on that." 

Listen to a complete video of Governor Perdue making this statement.  click here 

Contrary to the assertions of her having spoken in hyperbole or that she was making a joke, I would invite you to listen to the audio and decide for yourself whether she was caught in an honest and very frank moment or not. 

A statement that I hope everyone would agree with me on is this.  When the politician comes off the teleprompter, abandons their notes, and shoots from the hip we get to see the true person.  The following defense was made by the Miami Herald, Politics Wires.  You have now heard the audio; do you believe this was a joke or spoken hyperbole?

The founding fathers created a bicameral Congress to have one body represent the people and the other represent the states.  The founders expected conflict and they expected gridlock.  Why does it amaze so many when gridlock occurs?  Why would the governor of a state desire to circumvent the voters and wish for a suspension of elections?  

Governor Perdue, the voters are the ones capable of eliminating gridlock.  If we want the gridlock to end, we will vote the rascals out.  I for one would love to reduce the number of your party that is in the Senate, the primary source of gridlock today.  It has been nearly three years since that body approved a budget.  This is unconscionable.  All Harry Reid has to do is to call the House passed Budget to the floor. 

All Harry Reid needs to do is to put the President's Job Bill on the floor.  Reid is the sponsor.  However, he knows the bill is pure election year tomfoolery.  This is his and the President's attempt to fool those who do not watch every day into believing their problem in life is that Republicans are keeping them down.  Business versus Labor, Rich versus Poor, Hispanic versus White, Black versus White, the list goes on.  This president has been the most divisive president in American History and my first priority is to do what I can to stop him and his agenda.  That requires another election for both the White House and for the Senate.  The sooner we remove Obama from the White House, Reid from his Majority Leader role in the Senate, the sooner gridlock will end, and the sooner we can begin a real economic recovery. 

Yet Bev Perdue apparently had one too many Boilermakers.  She wants to suspend Congressional elections for two years.  What do you suppose she would do with the presidential election if she had the opportunity?