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GreenInNC Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-05-08 07:30 PM
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Damn, we are in play!! (North Carolina)
Just saw my first Obama campaign ad, woohoo!

McCain is only up by 3 points here in NC according to the latest polls I saw.
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Demi_Babe Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-05-08 07:32 PM
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1. I live in the Charlotte area and see Obama signs all over and not one McCain.
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GreenInNC Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-05-08 07:35 PM
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4. Charlotte here also
Saw Obama signs in Myers Park (Republican stronghold)
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RazBerryBeret Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-05-08 08:29 PM
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12. Here in my neighborhood of Ohio--
Big Republican area...I am now surrounded by McCain yard signs, I think there are even more than there were Bush/cheney signs in '04. (how is that possible??) they seem to multiply at night, yesterday on my morning drive with my 9 & 11 year olds I commented on how many more McCain signs we had on our street, and commented that I didn't know so many of our neighbors were idiots. My 11 year old piped up with "they're not idiots, they're McIdiots!!" that was my laugh for the day!
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IndependentDem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-05-08 10:23 PM
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15. thats a good one!...
I used it in this thread.. http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=132&topic_id=6593386&mesg_id=6593685
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yodermon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-06-08 09:44 PM
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18. Mecklenburg county went Blue in 04
I moved to Cabarrus County since then so it'll be an uphill battle.
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elizm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-05-08 07:33 PM
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2. Glad you figured that out. ;)
And if we can't put SC in play I will be back up there in NC helping you guys Get Out the Vote again! :)
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aasleka Donating Member (465 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-05-08 07:33 PM
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3. I have seen one McCain sticker
period.



I also saw the Dole does nothing commercial! Exactly how I think of her, thank you NC Dem party!
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Island Blue Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-05-08 08:09 PM
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5. I live in Eastern North Carolina,
and see Obama commercials often on the Greenville (NC) stations. They usually run at least two - four times each morning (and that's just when I'm paying attention which is usually between 5:45 - 6:45 a.m.). This has been going on for a couple of months now.

:bounce:
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Carrieyazel Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-05-08 08:12 PM
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6. NC seems highly unlikely. I think VA is a much better gamble for Obama
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Bullet1987 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-05-08 08:15 PM
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7. Highly unlikely based on what?
No polls are showing McJoke with a strong lead there. His lead is very soft. NC is very much in play.
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Carrieyazel Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-05-08 08:27 PM
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10. His lead is soft, but I wish there were a few polls there showing Obama ahead
Based on the past elections in NC, and the fact that Obama has ads there and McCain doesn't, it seems that Obama faces a long road there.
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tledford Donating Member (633 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-05-08 08:21 PM
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8. Obama likely to win Guilford county...
...by several points.

God knows I don't want to seem like a monomaniac on this subject, but it's only people who are uninformed of NC politics that don't realize that it is an urban-rural dichotomy, like so much of the modern South and Midwest. Obama will carry the most populous counties and McCain will carry the (unenthusiastic) rural counties, as he isn't an "uppity n*****." Which, of course, is exactly what the Republicans and the TV news 'bots are calling Obama when they label him "arrogant."

"Arrogant == Uppity N*****"
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bitchkitty Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-05-08 08:25 PM
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9. I'd love to be back home during this campaign -
you're very lucky. I'm hoping he wins Georgia too!
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littlebit Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-05-08 08:28 PM
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11. I seriously doubt NC is really in play.
I would like to think it is but it really isn't. There are so many hillbillies and moderate dems in this state that will not vote for Obama. I wouldn't count on NC becoming blue anytime soon.
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GreenInNC Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-06-08 07:58 PM
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17. calling people hillbillies
Calling people hillbillies is just down right stupid. Sterotyping is not going to help things and most of the moderate Democrats I know of are voting for Obama.

I know quite a few moderate Republicans who are voting for him too.
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Peacetrain Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-06-08 09:49 PM
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19. That is right..There are a lot of Repubs who cannot vote
for McCain.. I have talked to a number of them in Iowa myself.. Makes you want to go "whew" Congrats North Carolina. That is great great news!!..
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Thrill Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-05-08 08:31 PM
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13. I saw a good DNC ad against Dole today too in NC. Looks like they finally see
that Kay Hagan is going to ride Obama's coatails to victory
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angee_is_mad Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-05-08 10:02 PM
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14. 40 yrs of nothing
It is a great ad against ms.libby. I see it about 3x a day in Greensboro.
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Riddler Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-05-08 11:51 PM
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16. Is that the one that ranks her as being 93rd in effectiveness?
I thought it was a great ad and was glad to finally see something telling the truth about the useless witch.
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book_worm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-06-08 10:46 PM
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20. Chuck Todd on KO said basically the same thing tonight.
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