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First Read:  NORTH CAROLINA: Some said fresh polling in North Carolina suggested that incumbent GOP Elizabeth Dole had fallen further behind since airing an ad that tried to tie Democratic rival Kay Hagan to atheists." ****** Hagan's response ad, by then way, is masterful.  Especially the "bearing false witness" part.  With one phrase, she rebuts the criticism that she's an atheist, and she … Read More

Research 2000 poll of early voters in North Carolina.  It looks good: President McCain (R) 40 Obama (D) 52 Senate Dole (R) 40 Hagan (D) 58 Governor Purdue (D) 55 McCrory (R)  37 

There are lots of reasons to vote.  One of them is to cancel out some of the morons who DO vote for all the bad reasons. Right?

All the other major NC papers — from Charlotte to Raleigh to Asheville to Greensboro to Fayetteville, and more — have already made their endorsements.  All of them went for Obama. Yesterday, the Winston-Salem Journal finally made its endorsement (after saying it was going to sit this election out).  It went for McCain. It's one of the saddest mealy-mouthed endorsements … Read More

Dole unconvincingly asserts she is not attacking Hagan's faith, but then she attacks Hagan again for, uh, not being bigoted against atheists.  Or something. This second ad is only slightly less disgusting than the first. The ad purports to just be "giving the facts", but this ad, like the other one, actually skews the fact: WHAT THE RECORD SHOWS On … Read More

Rather than type it myself, I'll just let Steve Benen do it for me: Recent polling shows Sen. Elizabeth Dole (R) trailing in her re-election fight in North Carolina against Democrat Kay Hagan, so it stands to reason that she's getting a little desperate. I didn't think she'd get this desperate. Sen. Elizabeth Dole's latest advertisement suggests her Democratic opponent, … Read More

As of yesterday, the ninth of 17 early voting days, voters had cast 1,088,825 early votes in North Carolina.  By comparison — in all of North Carolina 2004 early voting, 1.1 million early votes were cast. The stats: Party: Democrats 58%, Republicans 25%, Unaffiliated 17%. Gender: Women 56%, Men 43% Race: Whites 66%, Blacks 30%

From WSJ's Washington Wire: Nearly half a million North Carolina voters have already cast their ballots, either with a mail-in absentee ballot or by casting one in person. That means nothing Republican presidential hopeful John McCain and his Democratic opponent, Barack Obama, say or do between now and Election Day can change the choice made by about 9% of the … Read More

This time from North Carolina GOP politicians: Warming up a crowd in North Carolina on Saturday, Republican Rep. Robin Hayes offered the diagnosis that “liberals hate real Americans that work and achieve and believe in God.” His remarks came shortly after he had said he would “make sure we don’t say something stupid, make sure we don’t say something we don’t … Read More

It seems like McCain supporters in this state are doing their best to make sure that North Carolina comes off as some sort of hick state stuck in the days of segregation and prejudice. Obama called "socialist" and "Muslim" in Fayetteville diner (from Politico) Dead bear with Obama signs around its neck at Western Carolina University Groups of protesters (mostly white) shouting … Read More

Jill at Brilliant at Breakfast, as well as a few other sites, have taken pains to point out this about North Carolina ballots… VOTING A STRAIGHT DEMOCRATIC TICKET WILL NOT RESULT IN A VOTE FOR OBAMA. YOU MUST MAKE YOUR PRESIDENTIAL SELECTION SEPARATELY. As Jill points out, “This is not a vote suppression issue, it’s just appallingly bad design and … Read More

(1)  Go to a one-stop voting site. (2)  Bring with you and present an acceptable form of identification. (3)  Fill out a voter application form. (4)  Vote Democratic!  But remember, voting straight ticket Democrat does not include the races for President or any of the judicial races, so don't forget Obama or any of your Democratic Judges. * First, cast … Read More