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McCrory Closing the Gap!

alterac — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 17:39:59 -0400

Well, despite weeks of attacks from Negative Bev, it looks like McCrory is actually closing the gap in the polls.

Proof that McCrory won debate

concerned53 — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 17:18:05 -0400

Notice that the only candidate's website that has a link to seeing/hearing last night's debate is Mayor McCrory's website (http://www.patmccrory.com
or go directly to abc11.com).

Why isn't Beverly's site promoting the viewing of the debate? Because she got blown away by Mayor McCrory.

Once North Carolina's voters recognize the differences between Governor McCrory (as Beverly referred to him as last night) and Pat, both the democratic and republican pollsters will report the most important flip-flop for Beverly!

Re: More than 1,000 attend Raleigh rally

cthayes75 — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 15:11:57 -0400

The $10 was the cost of the Civitas poll luncheon for those that came on the bus from Asheville.

The rally was free.

Re: More than 1,000 attend Raleigh rally

KimCotten — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 09:12:04 -0400

The Republican booth was hosted by and manned entirely by the North Carolina Federation of Young Republicans. I want to thank all those who stopped by.

Kim Cotten
NCFYR, Chair
kimcottenyr@gmail.com

Mr Terrell

bnartist — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 23:07:19 -0400

I was also at the thinly veiled "conservative, non-partisan" rally and heard nothing but the same tired Republican red meat, over-cooked and past its use by date, from Republican speakers including Phil Berger whining how "Democrats have spent years hiding the numbers from us".

In the first quarter alone of 2008 Republican Paul Stam got $31,500 in PAC money including $4,000 each from NC Realtors and NC Homebuilders. This compares with $18,778 in contributions from individuals.

For the same period Republican Phil Berger pulled in $45,700 from PACs and just $10,100 from individuals. For the entire election cycle he recorded $91,500 from PACs and $10,350 from individuals.

Dan Blue has a record of contributions from individuals and PACs. Through the 1st Quarter for the entire election cycle he recorded $18,950 from PACs and $4,200 from individuals.

If you want to complain about PAC money, check with your Republican party leaders first.

Re: More than 1,000 attend Raleigh rally

tangoz — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 21:43:32 -0400

I was at the rally today. What I am running against is Dan Blues' special interest. It is very arrogant of Dan Blue to represent the cities and big business but not the citizens in his district. Take a look at his donations. They are all from PACS like ElectriCities, Time Warner and many others.
Dan Blue has openly and unconditionally endorsed Barack Obama. Obama has shown that he si not for change but is another typical power hungry politician. Why did Dan Blue file for reelection if he wasn't sure? I think Dan Blue should seriously think about representing the people in the State House 33 district. I want to retire Dan Blue from public service.

Paul Terrell III
http://terrellforhouse33.blogspot.com
Terrell III for State House
4549 Tollington Dr.
Raleigh, NC 27604

Re: More than 1,000 attend Raleigh rally

FloydTurbo — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 20:13:26 -0400

I'm impressed that the N&O reporter did not include a sentence of "I didn't see any burning crosses but there probably were some ..... "

Had it been a Lib rally the attendance would have been estimated as "MILLIONS...." as in Million Man March ..... bwahahaha.

I notice that Rob Christensen did not report on this. His parttime job as John Edwards' aide de camp must have interfered.

Re: More than 1,000 attend Raleigh rally

JBII — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 18:46:33 -0400

Will somebody please send a busload of angry liberals to Raleigh and get all the Democrats running for office to speak to them. It would show everyone there is a little balance in the State.

Re: More than 1,000 attend Raleigh rally

RaleighRendezvous — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 17:51:42 -0400

Behind Dallas and the so-called Americans for Prosperity is the Koch Family Foundation, the funding of which comes from Koch Industries the nations largest privately owned energy company, and a major polluter. Members of the Koch Family were founders of the far right John Birch Society.

Re: More than 1,000 attend Raleigh rally

ThunderPig — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 17:37:51 -0400

The personality on WWNC advertised the cost of the trip as $10 per person. He said nothing about it being a donation.

bias poll

riverrd — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 12:05:52 -0400

This so-called "poll" is without merit. The "institute" is just another arm of the republican party spreading their propaganda. It must not be believed. Any poll with a margin of error over 3 percentage points is not valid. You learn that in any first year Political Science class.

Re: Perdue 43, McCrory 42, Munger 2

ryanteaguebeckwith — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 09:57:04 -0400

Thanks. Fixed.

— RTB

Re: Perdue 43, McCrory 42, Munger 2

JohnHood — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 09:53:26 -0400

Ryan,

The release I just received from Civitas had the June numbers at 43-41.

Bias poll

riverrd — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 01:59:29 -0400

Re: Dole 48, Hagan 38

uncgop — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 15:42:14 -0400

Or perhaps the citizens of NC realize that rhetoric and half truths are not what we need and are siding with Dole, who at least can present her record straight unlike Hagan on her immigration.