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americablog.com - 11/6/2008
AP calls North Carolina for Obama
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North Carolina is blue. 364 Electoral Votes : President-elect Obama has won North Carolina, a symbolic triumph in a state that hadn't voted for a Democrat in more than a generation. The Associated Press declared Obama the winner Thursday after canvassing counties in North Carolina to determine ...
charlotteobserver.com - 11/5/2008
North Carolina: No decision for President
— charlotteobserver.com — (Observer Staff and Wire Reports) America awoke this morning with a new President-elect, but North Carolina remains... one of two states in which the presidential race hasn't been decided. The results are too close to call in the Tar Heel state and in ... (more) North Carolina: No decision for President

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newsobserver.com - 11/6/2008
Obama unoffical winner in North Carolina
— newsobserver.com — Democrat Barack Obama is the unofficial winner in North Carolina, but the victory over Sen. John McCain... won't be sealed until provisional ballots are counted and certified next month. >Unofficial returns show Obama ahead by 13,746 votes. Trends over ... (more) Obama unoffical winner in North Carolina

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Senator Polliwog (aka Lindsey Graham) on Barack Obama, Michael Phelps, and North Carolina
rightwingwatch.org - 11/7/2008
Senator Polliwog (aka Lindsey Graham) on Barack Obama, Michael Phelps, and North Carolina
— rightwingwatch.org — Barack Obama claimed the state of North Carolina today, which hasn’t gone to a Democrat since Jimmy... Carter. But before we could reflect on this historic triumph, we were reminded of something we read last week, which made us think of this:  ... (more) Senator Polliwog (aka Lindsey Graham) on Barack Obama, ...

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BuzzFlash Mailbag for November 06, 2008
BuzzFlash.org - Progressive News and Commentary with an Attitude | Fight Ignorance: Read BuzzFlash — ... the fun was only just beginning! Finally, exhausted I turned out the light at 1:00 and tried to sleep. Finally, intelligence and articulation and education are all to be found in our president. Finally, maybe, just maybe our nation will come together as one without the nasty partisanship that has been so much a part of the national landscape. Finally, we can all be proud of being Americans once again. Gail Duncan Cary, North Carolina [BuzzFlash Note: Keep celebrating. NC was called for Obama today.] Subject: One month after bailout, another gas guzzler One month after the ...

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CONFIRMED: North Carolina Ballots/Procedures Are Costing Presidential Votes
confederateyankee.mu.nu 10/29/2008 — McClatchy is reporting that the North Carolina ballot design is going to screw up the election. North Carolina voters are more likely than those in other states to cast ballots in national elections without making a choice for president. Unlike...
Poll Porn
eschatonblog.com 10/29/2008 — Kissell beating Robin Hayes. North Carolina Congressman Robin Hayes, reeling from recent remarks about "Liberals hating real Americans," has lost his lead in North Carolina's 8th Congressional District race. Hayes trails Democrat Larry Kissell 51-46 ...
I Think I'm Dumb, or Maybe Just Happy
reason.com 10/29/2008 — The New York Times edit board is suddenly very concerned with the North Carolina ballot, as 1) long ago, Dixiecrats exempted the presidential race from the button that lets you vote straight ticket and 2) Obama is narrowly ahead in the polls there. ...
North Carolina Extends Early Voting
thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com 10/31/2008 — The North Carolina Board of Elections today announced that it would extend early voting hours on Saturday.
Early Voting Extended In North Carolina
tpmelectioncentral.talkingpointsmemo.com 11/1/2008 — More good news for Obama on the early voting front: It's been extended in North Carolina, reports the Charlotte Observer . North Carolina Republicans, predictably, are outraged by the extension -- not because Obama is leading McCain in early ...
Heye: Not-So-Straight Ticket
article.nationalreview.com 10/31/2008 — An obscure rule change North Carolina Dems created could keep Obama from winning the state.
Obama Wins North Carolina
thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com 11/6/2008 — North Carolina has not voted for a Democrat for president since Jimmy Carter.
News Orgs Projecting Obama The Winner In North Carolina
tpmelectioncentral.talkingpointsmemo.com 11/6/2008 — Barack Obama has won North Carolina, according to projections from NBC News , the New York Times and the Associated Press , with Obama leading by 14,000 votes out of over 4.2 million cast. Not everyone has called the race yet, but assuming ...
North Carolina Called For Obama
huffingtonpost.com 11/6/2008 — RALEIGH, N.C. — President-elect Obama has won North Carolina, a symbolic triumph in a state that hadn't voted for a Democrat in more than a generation. The Associated Press declared Obama the winner Thursday after canvassing counties in ...
Obama wins North Carolina
dailykos.com 11/6/2008 — AP has called it, making it Obama 364, McCain 162, with Missouri and a single Nebraska EV still undecided (McCain leads both by the narrowest of margins with provisional and other outstanding ballots still being counted). Congratulations North ...
From Jesse to Barack — The Moderate Voice
Helms, not Jackson. Yes, North Carolina just 12 years ago voted to re-elect Jesse Helms to the US Senate for a fifth term. On Tuesday, the same state added its 15 electoral votes to Barack Obama’s column. That’s change. North Carolina, like its neighbor to the north, is a ...
Obama Adds North Carolina to White House Win — Democratic Underground Latest Breaking News
Source: [b]Associated Press[/b] [b]Obama adds North Carolina to White House win[/b] By MIKE BAKER and BARBARA RODRIGUEZ, Associated Press Writers – Thu Nov 6, 3:27 pm ET RALEIGH, N.C. – President-elect Obama won North Carolina on Thursday, a triumph that underscored his political ...
Obama Wins North Carolina — Taegan Goddard's Political Wire
The Associated Press calls North Carolina for Barack Obama pushing his electoral vote victory to 364 to 112 . Only Missouri is still unresolved.
Flexible Standards — JustOneMinute
I love this headline from the lightly-edited Salon: It's official: AP calls North Carolina for Obama I am not an authority on the North Carolina constitution but I will take a stand and Boldly Assert that the AP is not...
North Carolina Called For Obama — Politics on HuffingtonPost.com
RALEIGH, N.C. — President-elect Obama has won North Carolina, a symbolic triumph in a state that hadn't voted for a Democrat in more than a generation. The Associated Press declared Obama the winner Thursday after canvassing counties in North Carolina to determine the number of ...
Obama Wins North Carolina — Politics Daily
Obviously, this changes nothing in terms of who won the presidency. But it does mean that Barack Obama's candidacy helped redraw the electoral map even more than anyone thought. The Associated Press is now giving Obama North Carolina , concluding that there aren't enough uncounted ballots left ...
South Carolina — Political Animal
SOUTH CAROLINA.... Hardly a surprise, but some networks are calling South Carolina for McCain. That news outlets even hesitated on this was something of a surprise. Results continue to trickle in from states like Indiana, Virginia, and North Carolina, all...
GOTV in North Carolina: The view from UNITE HERE — BlueNC - The people's think tank
Never in a million years did I think I'd be spending Election Day 08 with you all in North Carolina. Though UNITE HERE has deep roots in the state, North Carolina has some of the lowest union density in the country. Yet here I am in North Carolina, "embedded" in an enormous mobilization of ...
I Also Do Predictions — The American Scene
President: Obama wins with between 350 and 400 Electoral Votes (he gets 353 if he wins the Kerry states plus Iowa, New Mexico, Colorado, Virginia, Ohio, Florida and North Carolina, most of which are in the bag and all of which are more likely than not except for North Carolina which is probably ...
Prediction: Elizabeth Dole Loses North Carolina Senate Seat — DownWithTyranny!
Two who have done more than enough damage-- au revoir This isn't a blog where you've found any enthusiasm for North Carolina Democratic nominee Kay Hagan. She's not progressive by any stretch of the imagination and the best we can come up to say about her is that she looks like a C to Dole's ...
New at Reason: Dave Weigel on North Carolina Republican B.J. Lawson — Hit & Run
Reporting from North Carolina, Associate Editor David Weigel evaluates libertarian Republican B.J. Lawson's chances at getting elected to Congress. Read all about it here.
The North Carolina ballot — Betsy's Page
There's been a bit of excitement on the web and now in the newspapers about how the North Carolina ballot may seem confusing to people and cause them not to cast a vote in the presidential race. In North Carolina, you have to vote in the presidential race AND then, if you're going to vote ...
PPP Poll: Photo Finish Expected in North Carolina — Taegan Goddard's Political Wire
The final Public Policy Polling survey in North Carolina barely gives the lead to Sen. Barack Obama as he edges Sen. John McCain by one point, 50% to 49%. Key finding: "Barack Obama's chances in North Carolina on Tuesday really could depend on the weather. PPP projects that he racked up a lead ...
Two stories from North Carolina — Ben Smith's Blog
The emails are just pouring in, and will, I hope, through Tuesday night; I'll try to keep up. Anyway, here are two pointing in different directions from North Carolina. Writes an Obama volunteer from New York, now in Cary, in the Research Triangle: I am a 62 year old white woman from ...
A PSA for North Carolina Voters — Patterico's Pontifications
[Guest post by DRJ] According to Jim Geraghty at NRO’s The Campaign Spot , voting a straight ticket on the North Carolina ballot does not cast a vote for President: “But in North Carolina, if you vote the straight party line… you don’t vote for president. That takes ...
Val Strange: North Carolina: Hopeless Hoi Polloi or Step In the Right Direction? — Politics on HuffingtonPost.com
Wilmington, NC--Past elections may have tagged North Carolina red, but the prevailing electorate is ambiguous about color. Though the state is geographically a part of the south, and all of that entails, I think its people are emancipating themselves from its days of yore. Votes that laid ...
Open Caucus: A Postcard from North Carolina — The Caucus
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Early Voting Extended In North Carolina — The Hollywood Liberal
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NC-Sen, NC-Gov: North Carolina Omnibus — Swing State Project
Along the lines of our New Hampshire compendium of polls, there's so much new North Carolina material out today that we're just going to give it to you in condensed form. What are the takeaways? The governor's race is still too close to call but may be shading toward Perdue, while on the Senate ...
Mark your calendars: Nov. 12, Chapel Hill — Overlawyered
I’ll be giving a noontime talk at the University of North Carolina chapter of the Federalist Society. Tags: Federalist Society , live in person , North Carolina Related posts Fall speaking: Chapel Hill Nov. 12 (and more?) (1) Worst judges, cont’d (2) Welcome ...