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Norah O'Donnell: GOP Strategist Says Hagan Will Beat Dole In North Carolina (VIDEO)

Huffington Post | Posted 12.05.2008 | Politics

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MSNBC's Norah O'Donnell reports that a GOP strategist emailed her and said Republican Elizabeth Dole is headed for defeat against Democrat Kay Hagan i...

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GOTV in North Carolina: Labor Takes a Lead

Elana Levin | Posted 12.04.2008 | Politics

Read More: Unite Here, On the Ground 2008, Obama North Carolina, Larry Kissell, Kay Hagan, Labor Unions, Unions, Barack Obama, North Carolina, Politics News
Elana Levin

Last week one of the Change to Win volunteers was outside a polling place and a woman in line called out her name. "Erin! I'm in line here to vote because of you!"

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Obama's Theme of Unity Motivates Unionists

Leo W. Gerard | Posted 12.04.2008 | Politics

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Leo W. Gerard

More than 10,000 Steelworkers have volunteered their time to ensure Barack Obama's election.

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Seth Colter Walls

Swing State Dems Talk Up Obama's Ground Game

HuffingtonPost.com | Seth Colter Walls | Posted 12.04.2008 | Politics

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In 2000 and 2004, more Republicans voted early than Democrats in Florida -- to the tune of more than 100,000 ballots in both elections. According to ...

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Early Voting Flood in Swing States Predicts Obama Tsunami

Erik Ose | Posted 12.04.2008 | Politics

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Erik Ose

Banking base voters early is now allowing the Obama campaign to focus its energy in the home stretch on independent and undecided voters.

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The Most Important Race of All

Junior Johnson | Posted 12.04.2008 | Politics

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Junior Johnson

If you asked a pollster, they'd probably tell you I'm the last person they'd expect to speak out for a Democratic presidential candidate a few days before the election.

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NC: Faces from the Frontlines

Maital Guttman | Posted 12.04.2008 | Politics

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Maital Guttman

I am a filmmaker from LA who returned to my home state of North Carolina to film the frontlines of this battleground state and this short video reveals the faces of NC supporters of Obama.

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2.5 Million In North Carolina Have Voted Early

The Charlotte Observer | Posted 12.04.2008 | Politics

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More than 2.5 million N.C. voters cast their ballots early this year, more than doubling the previous record of 1.1 million, set in 2004. That's an a...

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North Carolina: Hopeless Hoi Polloi or Step In the Right Direction?

Val Strange | Posted 12.03.2008 | Politics

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Val Strange

Wilmington, NC--Past elections may have tagged North Carolina red, but the prevailing electorate is ambiguous about color. Though the state is geograp...

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The World Holds its Breath -- WE KNOW THE RESULTS

Linda Bergthold | Posted 12.02.2008 | Politics

Read More: Polling Methodology, Virginia, Pennsylvania, Indiana, New Hampshire, Ohio Vote, Dixville Notch, Missouri Results, Florida, Election Results, Barack Obama, 2008 Presidential Election, North Carolina, Politics News
Linda Bergthold

Obama has a lead that can overcome the Bradley effect or snow, sleet or rain, or the pundits constant need to keep this thing alive by mentioning obscure polls that show McCain getting closer.

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Kay Hagan, Elizabeth Dole Senate Election Results: Hagan Defeats Dole

Huffington Post | Posted 12.01.2008 | Politics

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***Check Back For Updates And Results As They Become Available*** ***UPDATE, 11/4 8:54 pm*** CNN and NBC project that Kay Hagan has defeated Elizabe...

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Openly Gay Newcomer Rises From Precinct Leader to Candidate for N.C. State Office

Wes Isley | Posted 12.01.2008 | Home

Read More: GLBT Vote, North Carolina, Obama Volunteers, Barack Obama, Hometown Heroes, Stokes County Board of Commissioners, Glbt, Chicago, Wake Forest Baptist Church, Gay and Lesbian Rights, Election 2008, Campaign 2008, Young Democrats, Virginia Foxx, North Carolina Obama, Home News
Wes Isley

Q&A with Wade Boyles For someone who had never volunteered for a political campaign until this year, Wade Boyles, 36, of Winston-Salem, N.C., hasn't ...

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North Carolina Provides Insight Into Changing Southern Politics

Yuna Shin | Posted 11.30.2008 | Home

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Yuna Shin

Wilmington, N.C. -- Polls have shown Obama slightly ahead of McCain in North Carolina for the last few weeks. Can this be true? North Carolina has n...

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The Fraternity of John McCain

Val Strange | Posted 11.30.2008 | Politics

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Val Strange

Cindy McCain filed by, ignoring me also. But I didn't let her off the hook, either. She eventually, and without looking, spared me her left hand.

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Virginia=Win; North Carolina=Landslide

Cenk Uygur | Posted 11.30.2008 | Politics

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Cenk Uygur

Unless something gargantuanly unexpected happens, if they call Virginia for Obama, you will know at that moment that he is the next President of the United States.

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Top McCain Advisor Learned Slime Tactics From Jesse Helms

Erik Ose | Posted 11.28.2008 | Politics

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Erik Ose

During the '84 NC Senate race, one of Helms' top aides responsible for implementing a gay-bashing strategy was McCain advisor Charlie Black.

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North Carolina the Hot Spot; Biden Rallies Greensboro with Calls for Unity

Wes Isley | Posted 11.28.2008 | Home

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Wes Isley

Greensboro, NC--Since North Carolina has emerged as a battleground state in the presidential race, it's getting difficult to keep up with which candid...

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Texas Family on Canvassing "Vacation" in Swing State NC

Joan and Elizabeth Cheever | Posted 11.28.2008 | Home

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Joan and Elizabeth Cheever

JOAN: It began with the news of voter list purging. Ten days ago, the media identified six "swing" states as having "problems" with voter registratio...

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North Carolina's Undervote Problem

New York Times | Posted 12.22.2008 | Politics

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In Florida's "butterfly ballot" debacle of 2000, voters in Palm Beach County were so confused by the odd layout that many appear to have voted for the...

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Early Voting Numbers Climb In N.C., Mostly the Work of Obama Volunteers

Kelly Nuxoll | Posted 11.27.2008 | Home

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Kelly Nuxoll

DURHAM, N.C. -- On a drizzly Saturday outside Durham, almost 1300 residents waited for ten to forty-five minutes outside Southwest Elementary School t...

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McCain Campaign Tried Using Assault Hoax to Slime Obama

Erik Ose | Posted 11.24.2008 | Politics

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Erik Ose

According to one of the actual police reports documenting the charade's unraveling, Ashley Todd says she can't remember whether she mutilated her own face, or had someone else do it.

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Keith Olbermann Has A New Worst Person: Robin Hayes (R-NC)

Howie Klein | Posted 11.24.2008 | Politics

Read More: Robin Hayes, Larry Kissell, Political Extremism, Cafta, North Carolina, Lies, Congressional Elections, Election 2008, Politics News
Howie Klein

If any member of Congress personifies a willingness to sell out his constituents' economic interests for the sake of special interests, it is Robin Hayes.

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Political Activism Turning Into Criminal Acts in North Carolina

Tim Ayers | Posted 11.23.2008 | Home

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Tim Ayers

We as a nation cannot truly progress so long as there exists a critical mass of partisan peoples who feel the need to demonize one another. Blind partisanship that is driven by malice and contempt is a sad state of affairs and potentially dangerous.

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NC Mailer: Dole's Opponent Will Advance "Radical Homosexual Agenda"

Think Progress | Posted 11.23.2008 | Politics

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The North Carolina Republican State Executive Committee has sent out homophobic mailers targeting Senate candidate Kay Hagan (D), who is challenging S...

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Just When You Thought You Were American -- Conservatives Say Not So Fast

Burns Strider | Posted 11.22.2008 | Politics

Read More: 2008 Elections, Congressman Hayes, Congresswoman Bachmann, Mississippi, Palin, Washington DC, Liberal, American Dream, Election, Barbara Jordan, North Carolina, Politics News
Burns Strider

Palin has decided that you are not a real American, maybe you are even anti-American, if you either don't have the same views as they do or you are from the wrong part of the nation, or both.

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