Category Archives: 2008 Elections

The horse race

Been immersed in the horse race coverage. As we start early voting in NC and get closer to Election Day, the speculating goes up to 11. The national pundit corps is starting to troll deeper into state media for clues. … Continue reading

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Hagan says she supports public option

Sen. Kay Hagan joined fellow Dems on the HELP committee in supporting a public option in health care reform. TPM has the story here. Jame Hamser of FireDogLake has been on this story from jump street. Betsy at BlueNC is … Continue reading

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MoveOn ads on Health Care

Word via TPM that MoveOn is going to take on Sen. Kay Hagan over the public option. I spoke with some folks in the Senator’s office yesterday and they explained that she could support a public option but is unwilling … Continue reading

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PACing the legislature

This lovely reminder of how things work from Bob Hall and our friends at Democracy NC: (link to report) SPECIAL-INTEREST PACS GUARD TAX LOOPHOLES A new analysis shows that three dozen of North Carolina’s biggest political action committees (PACs) donated … Continue reading

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Hagan’s challenge

Editorial from this week’s paper: About 16 years ago, the state of Florida passed health care reforms that promised at least a beginning for universal coverage offering both public and private options. Pushing through those reforms, which were touted at … Continue reading

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Money changes everything

Pretty detailed and serious analysis by Nate Silver on Health Care Pac contributions and its influence on Senators such as our dear friend Kay Hagan, who is now waffling on the public option in the health care reform package. The … Continue reading

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She’s not in NC anymore

Those Ruby Slippers musta worked. Doles to speak in Kansas.

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Democracy NC on activism and the recent elections

Here’s the release from Bob Hall and the gang at Democracy NC on a study of activism in the recent elections: (link to xls file here) democracy-nc.org NC Counties Ranked for Voter Activism; Both Major Parties Can Claim Victories North … Continue reading

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