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Monthly Archives: September 2008

Obama up by 2, Hagan trouncing Dole in new PPP poll

The latest Public Policy Polling poll has Barack Obama over John McCain 47-45 — his first lead in the race. Meanwhile, Kay Hagan appears to [...]
September 29, 2008 | Posted in: 2008 Elections | Comments closed | Full Story Permalink

Wachovia eated by Citi

Via Marketwatch: Citigroup Inc. will acquire the banking operations of Wachovia Corp. , the troubled Charlotte, N.C.-based bank, according to a press release from the [...]
September 29, 2008 | Posted in: Economy | Comments closed | Full Story Permalink

This is not good news for Dole

Via Taegan Goddard: facing a very tough re-election fight against Kay Hagan (D) — is now under fire for spending very little time in North [...]
September 27, 2008 | Posted in: 2008 Elections | Comments closed | Full Story Permalink

DEAR BELOVED ONE

Hmmmm. This sounds very familiar. DEAR AMERICAN: I NEED TO ASK YOU TO SUPPORT AN URGENT SECRET BUSINESS RELATIONSHIP WITH A TRANSFER OF FUNDS OF [...]
September 23, 2008 | Posted in: Economy | Comments closed | Full Story Permalink

Obama in Charlotte

With the race in NC tightening, Obama visits Charlotte to make his case. Huff CNNTicker On the bailout, he lays out a number of cautions [...]
September 21, 2008 | Posted in: 2008 Elections | Comments closed | Full Story Permalink

PPP crosstabs in NC pres

Interesting thing to note in the crosstabs on the latest Public Policy Polling results: Bob Barr is running at 8 percent in the 828 area [...]
September 21, 2008 | Posted in: 2008 Elections | Comments closed | Full Story Permalink

PPP poll: Tie in NC pres

Obama/McCain tied at 46 percent. Hagan ahead of Dole. Via Public Policy Polling: Concern over economy pushes Obama into NC tie Raleigh, N.C. – With [...]
September 21, 2008 | Posted in: 2008 Elections | Comments closed | Full Story Permalink

As we have done

Mr. Orange Satan himself has a post with a quote from John McCain on health care from this month’s issue of Contingencies, the trde pub [...]
September 20, 2008 | Posted in: 2008 Elections | Comments closed | Full Story Permalink