Posted on 11/04/2008 5:00:40 PM PST by MitchellC
This is the discussion thread for North Carolina results. Post important news and info here; I'll make new posts for the final results of the major races here, but in the meantime, this is where we can sweat and celebrate.
Some of the major races other than McCain-Obama, for interested outsiders...
Governor: Pat McCrory (R, 13 year mayor of Charlotte) v Beverly Perdue (D, Lt. Governor)
Senate: Elizabeth Dole (R, Inc) v Kay Hagan (D, state senator)
Lt. Governor: Robert Pittenger (R, state senator) v Walter Dalton (D, state senator)
8th US House District: Robin Hayes (R, inc) v Larry Kissell (D, school teacher) - Hayes survived a challenge from Kissell in 2006 by only a few hundred votes.
http://projects.newsobserver.com/dome
"Ted Arrington says Barack Obama could win even by losing North Carolina.
The UNC-Charlotte politics professor said that the Democratic presidential candidate forced Republican John McCain to spend valuable time, money and energy defending the Tar Heel state.
"He succeeded when he forced McCain and Palin to spend money here, put in staff here and campaign here, which they didn't have the time or money to do," he told Dome. "That came straight ouf out of what they needed in Pennsylvania, Ohio and so forth. ... It was a brilliant strategy."
Arrington said no matter who wins the state, it will be close.
He said that Obama had an aggressive ground campaign backed by millions of dollars' worth of advertising and thousands of volunteers, while McCain came late to the state. He called Obama's ground-level efforts the best he'd seen in 50 years.
"If Obama carries the state, you can look back and say the ground campaign did it," he said."
"Barack Obama had 10 times as many volunteers as John McCain.
The Obama campaign claims it had at least 21,000 active volunteers in North Carolina for the general election. The McCain campaign says it had at least 2,000."
"Barack Obama had 10 times John McCain's staff in North Carolina.
The Democratic presidential candidate had about 400 paid staffers here by October, while the Republican had 35.
The McCain campaign also had several hundred "deployeds" — volunteers from South Carolina and other neighboring states to help canvass.
In addition, Obama's staffers had a head start.
Aside from working ahead of the competitive Democratic primary here on May 6, the Obama campaign also had 12 state offices by early August.
McCain's Victory campaigns didn't start staffing up until later in August and didn't begin in earnest until after Labor Day. Prior to that, the North Carolina campaign had been run out of a Southeastern regional office based in Tallahassee."
I would enjoy it if the Easley Council of State were thrown out on their toukises...
Crooks, Crooks, Crooks...
McCrory even made an appearance in Asheville, took questions, the whole bit, Raleigh Mafia would never dare to try such a thing.
Obummer - 54.6% to McCain 44.64%
Straight party voting constitutes 2/3rds of those votes at a 62% to 37% clip for the Dems.
Likewise, Hagan leads Dole 56% to 41%. Interesting that McCain is polling 3% better than Dole...
Uh, oh: Fox is projecting that Hagan will win.
Fox just called it a win for Hagan.
Fox just called NC for Hagan with only 10% of precincts in?!?!?!?!
Fox just called the senate for Kay Hagan. Dole is out.
Not a good sign.
Fox just called NC for Hagan with only 10% of precincts in?!?!?!?!
Thanks Libby...that commercial hurt McCain as well. Another Dole “F” up.
Not good, indeed. This is not shaping up well at the moment.
Godless America PAC rejoices.
The call on Dole is surprising, it seems early.
NC cannot go Obama. Shocking.
It’s Liddy with a D.
And it’s an old nickname that she does not like.
NBC just called PA for Obamao with -0- votes in, nothing unusual there.
Robin Hayes is getting hammered. VIrginia Foxx is leading, but it is close and Forsyth County is not in the game yet.
The Fox analysts are on crack. The State Board Of Elections web site is showing counties that have reported. Most of them are heavily infested with RATS.
http://results.enr.clarityelections.com/NC/7937/12146/en/summary.html
NC sucks! Dole shouldhave kept her evangelical elitist mouth closed. The NC mountains must be the new stopping place for the trickle down from the upper eastcoast.
Hayes really got smacked with his Free Trade votes, his district was hammered with job losses and he barely eeked out a win last time.
I don't see voters given two branches to the 'Rats.
For the first time since 1954 there will not be a Dole or Bush serving in Washington.
This was the first tim since 1976 that the GOP did not have a Dole or Bush on the Presidential Ticket.
So did CNN
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