NC Republican Party Uses Clay as It's "poster child" -- Democrats

Clay Aiken not a good GOP poster child, Democrats say
Winston-Salem Journal

Democrats said last week that Republicans might want to be more careful choosing the poster child for their fundraising efforts.

As part of a silent auction to raise money for the state GOP, Republicans offered two tickets to a Clay Aiken concert Dec. 22 at the RBC Center in Raleigh. The opening bid for the two seats was $120.

But Schorr Johnson of the N.C. Democratic Party saw a contradiction. "Interesting way to raise money - Clay Aiken's a registered Democrat!" Johnson said in an e-mail to reporters.

Johnson had registration records to show that Aiken is registered as a Democrat in Raleigh.