politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com - 10/31/2008
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Dole's chances of holding onto her Senate seat look precarious.
(CNN) — If the Democrats reach their goal of capturing 60 seats in the Senate, North Carolina may be a major reason why.
Freshman Republican Sen. Elizabeth Dole is trailing her Democratic opponent, Kay Hagan, by nine points, 53 percent to 44 percent, a new CNN/Time/Opinion Research [...]
charlotteobserver.com - 10/30/2008
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charlotteobserver.com —
North Carolina knows from sad experience about negative
election campaigns and misleading, untruthful advertising. In the 1950...
campaign, opponents of the late UNC President Frank Porter Graham used a doctored photo of his wife with a black man to ...
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Dole's desperate turn to Big Lie advertising
kayhagan.com - 10/30/2008
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kayhagan.com —
Download the lawsuit filing. GREENSBORO , NC- Kay
Hagan filed a lawsuit against Elizabeth Dole and the...
Elizabeth Dole Committee, Inc., after Dole declined to remove her new television ad, described by North Carolina newspapers as “indecent,” a “gross ...
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Kay Hagan for North Carolina » Kay Hagan Files Suit
thehill.com - 10/31/2008
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thehill.com —
Democratic challenger Kay Hagan has filed a defamation
lawsuit against Sen. Elizabeth Dole (R-N.C.) for questioning Hagan's...
faith in what is shaping up as the nastiest campaign of this cycle. Hagan announced the lawsuit after Dole refused to remove ...
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Hagan sues Dole over atheist ad
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NC-Sen, NC-Gov: North Carolina Omnibus
Swing State Project —
... 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 side, it's time for the Republicans to start practicing saying "Senator Godless."
Research 2000 for Daily Kos:
Hagan 50 (49), Dole 45 (45)
Perdue 49 (48), McCrory 44 (43)
CNN:
Hagan 53, Dole 44
Elon:
Hagan 44 (37), Dole 37 (35)
Perdue 40 (33), ...
A Night At The Congressional Races
TPM Election Central —
... the quest for 60 seats, with a healthy lead over Democratic candidate Ronnie Musgrove. The numbers: Wicker 51%, Musgrove 44%, with a ±4% margin of error. This still will likely stay GOP.
More Polls Say Atheist-Baiter Dole Is Losing
Two more polls today are finding Sen. Elizabeth Dole (R-NC), who has taken to calling Democratic challenger Kay Hagan a tool of atheists, trailing in the polls. Research 2000 has Hagan ahead 50%-45%, with a ±4% margin of error, and CNN has Hagan ahead 53%-44%, outside the ±4% margin of error.
McConnell Sics The ...
When Will All You Libruls Stop Pickin' On Sarah?
DownWithTyranny! —
... Granted, Ensign is desperately seeking a scapegoat for the meat-grinder the Republican Senate caucus is walking into Tuesday. But still... I mean he said "certainly Joe Biden is much more qualified than Sarah Palin is." AP: ...
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NC-Sen: Two Very Different Polls
swingstateproject.com 10/30/2008 — Rasmussen (10/29, likely voters, 10/8 in parens):
Kay Hagan (D) : 52 (49)
Elizabeth Dole (R-inc) : 46 (44)
(MoE: ±4.0%)
Rasmussen looks very good for Kay Hagan in the North Carolina senate race: six is the biggest lead she's had in a Rasmussen ...
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publicpolicypolling.blogspot.com 11/2/2008 — It is pretty clear to me based on our polling this weekend that Kay Hagan will be headed to the US Senate unless something very bizarre happens in the next 72 hours. While numbers in the races for President and Governor are basically unchanged from ...
North Carolina Senate Race Degenerates Into Shouting Match About Atheists
tpmelectioncentral.talkingpointsmemo.com 10/31/2008 — A last-minute attack ad from Sen. Elizabeth Dole (R-NC), who is narrowly trailing Democratic challenger Kay Hagan in all the polls, has the Hagan campaign accusing the Dole team of crossing the line from ordinary mud-slinging into legal defamation -- ...
CNN failed to note Dole "Godless" ad's voiceover controversy
mediamatters.org 11/4/2008 — A November 3 CNN Newsroom report on Sen. Elizabeth
Dole's (R-NC) "Godless" ad , in which Dole accused Democratic
opponent Kay Hagan of taking money from "a leader of the Godless America
PAC" at "a secret fundraiser," failed to present the part of
the ad that included a woman's voice saying, ...
Dole still keeping the faith
politico.com 10/29/2008 — Blog: Sen. Elizabeth Dole’s latest advertisement suggests her Democratic opponent, Kay Hagan, is a godless heathen.
North Carolina Senate
publicpolicypolling.blogspot.com 11/3/2008 — Kay Hagan 51 Elizabeth Dole 44 Christopher Cole 3 Elizabeth Dole's 'Godless Americans' ad has clearly blown up in her face, as Kay Hagan has now expanded her lead to seven points. The ad may have helped Hagan to get Democrats unified around her, ...
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fayobserver.com 10/21/2008 — Published on Wednesday, October 15, 2008 Sen. John McCain has figured out that when it comes to campaign strategy, bigotry is a cross to bear, not burn. He came to the defense of his opponent, Sen. Barack Obama, last week. During a town hall meeting, ...
Senate race tightens
publicpolicypolling.blogspot.com 10/14/2008 — Kay Hagan 46 Elizabeth Dole 44 Christopher Cole 5 Elizabeth Dole's been throwing everything but the kitchen sink at Kay Hagan for weeks now, and it finally appears to be having some impact. Hagan's lead in this race is now back within the margin ...
Hagan hits back on Dole
americablog.com 10/30/2008 — This is how a nimble campaign works. Yesterday we talked about the vile new ad that Elizabeth Dole has out against Kay Kagan. Today, the Hagan campaign released this ad: Kay Hagan is right - "bearing false witness against fellow Christians" ...
Dole attacks Democrat with second 'Godless' ad
thehill.com 10/31/2008 — Sen. Elizabeth Dole (R-N.C.) has released a second "Godless Americans" ad attacking Democrat Kay Hagan in what increasingly looks like the nastiest battle of the cycle. The new ad appears to take a step back from Dole's earlier controversial ad this ...
Oh my God(less), part 2 —
First Read 10/31/2008
From NBC's Domenico Montanaro and Ben Weltman Does it get any nastier than North Carolina politics? The day after Liddy Dole was up with Godless part 1, she's up with a second that the campaign says "is just a response ad to Hagan's response ...
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