Posted on 05/05/2008 11:21:08 PM PDT by MitchellC
The official discussion thread for North Carolina's big day - the first time in twenty years NC has mattered in a Presidential primary. Also, several other hotly contested primary races, determining who will face off in November to replace term limited Governor Mike Easley; and some very interesting Congressional races, among them the three-way 11th district race that includes Free Republic's own John Armor.
Races are held under run-off rules; if the top vote-getter doesn't reach 40%, the top two vote-getters will face off in June.
North Carolinians, let us know what you see/hear at the polls today.
Contested primaries:
*-incumbent
PRESIDENT
R
John McCain
Mike Huckabee
Ron Paul
Alan Keyes
D
Hillary Clinton
Barack Obama
Mike Gravel
GOVERNOR
R
Bill Graham
Pat McCrory
Robert Orr
Fred Smith
E Powers
D
Richard Moore
Dennis Nielson
Bev Perdue
LT. GOVERNOR
R
Timothy Cook
Greg Dority
Robert Pittenger
Jim Snyder
D
Dan Besse
Walter Dalton
Hampton Dellinger
Pat Smathers
STATE TREASURER
R
Bill Daughtridge
D
Janet Cowell
Michael Weisel
David Young
SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION
R
Joe Johnson
Richard Morgan
Eric Smith
D
June Atkinson
Eddie Davis
US CONGRESS:
3rd District
R
Walter Jones*
Joe McLaughlin
D
Marshall Adame
Craig Weber
4th District
R
Augustus Cho
BJ Lawson
D
David Price*
5th District
R
Virginia Foxx*
D
Diane Hamby
Roy Carter
6th District
R
Howard Coble*
D
Johnny Carter
Jay Ovittore
Teresa Sue Bratton
District 9
R
Sue Myrick*
Jack Stratton
D
Ross Overby
Harry Taylor
District 10
R
Patrick McHenry*
Lance Sigmon
D
Daniel Johnson
Steve Ivester
District 11
R
John Armor
Carl Mumpower
Spence Campbell
D
Heath Shuler*
District 13
R
Hugh Webster
D
Brad Miller*
Derald Hafner
I voted for Keyes, two weeks ago Wednesday when I worked the early voting poll for my guys.
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I’m just wondering if we’ll need a runoff primary for GOV of if one of them can get over 40%.
Seen more Fred Smith signs around than the others.
I did that, too! : )
I’ve seen quite a few Fred Smith signs. Only a couple for McCrory, near the early voting site - and that’s here in the Charlotte area. Of course, many people here moved out of Charlotte precisely because of McCrory’s administration and their ghastly City Council, corrupt County Commissioners, and psychotic School Board.
The dears have so many other concerns ...
Go Hillary Go!!!!
Hillary is gonna rock NC this time.
If not, tell them it's important. Ask them to promise they will get out and vote.
Congressman Billybob
Latest article, "Lesley Stahl vs. Antonin Scalia in the Court of Public Opinion"
Give Hill a big win in NC!
Voted this morning for Alan Keyes and Fred Smith.
Good Luck John... A ton of FR friends are are hoping and praying for your success.
‘tator
good luck John!
We need you there
Having lived in NC for MANY years (and wishing I was back there now) I follow these contests with interest
Good luck, Congressman! Thank you for all you do.
LOL! That's true.
She's also recruited Andy Griffith to appear in some folksy-downhome TV ads :-/
What makes Smith a conservative and McCrory a moderate?
Just based on the TV and radio ads, I like McCrory a lot more than Smith.
Good luck and God bless you!
Term limits, Howard. I know, he's a Republican, but he's been up there for at least 25 years.
And he joined the cut-n-run crowd on Iraq a while ago, so while he'll keep his seat by default, I won't vote for him.
I am voting for HRC today. I never imagined that would happen! (I have been a registered Jessecrat for 32 years)
Drudge is headlining that HRC will lose by 15 points. The only reason I can think of for doing this is to discourage BHO voters from standing in line to vote.
My guess is that BHO wins by 7 points.
On C-SPAN Scalia made all the points you make in your article. I think Scalia went on CSPAN to correct the record and to get at least some exposure for what Leslie left on the cutting room floor.
When Brian asked why Scalia was going so public recently, Scalia first mentioned his new book, and then said that he felt the public could get a better understanding of his true views and positions if he went to the pubic directly rather than through the media filter.
What was interesting to me was Scalia included Brain Lamb as part of that "media" filter. Brian looked hurt, Scalia looked amused.
One thing most people don't know is that CSPAN is funded by the cable media. Time Warner is one of its biggest funders. I believe it was before the 2000 election that the funders of CSPAN told Lamb that he was going to have to be more biased for the Democrats. That is when CSPAN started separate lines for Democrats, Republicans, and Independents.
From the start there were Democrats on the Democrat line. fake Republicans (Democrats) on the Republican line and Leftists on the Independent line. At the same time the percent of time CSPAN devotes to coverage of leftist events compared to right wing events increased dramatically.
Soon after the change I wrote Brian a letter with documentation about how the 3 line system and recent coverage of events favored the left.
I expressed the view that it would likely cost CSPAN much of its audience, since the audiences for political broadcasts are almost all conservative. Lamb replied that it did not matter if CSPAN had an audience or not... he reported to the cable owners not the viewers. Brian made no attempt to dispute my observations.
Does Brian Lamb believe in fairly informing the public? I believe Brian believes in kissing the asses that feed him.
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