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2010 Elections

Morning Post: Spotlight on the NC

Politics in North Carolina is drawing quite a bit of interest this morning thanks to several pages of daylight in the New Yorker. Reporter at [...]
October 3, 2011 | Posted in: 2010 Elections, 2012 Elections, General Assembly, Money, Morning Post, Politics | Tags: | Comments closed | Full Story Permalink

Recount makes it officially unofficial — Ellmers over Etheridge

Via AP State BoE says Ellmers won after recount. Here’s the link to the results. http://www.sboe.state.nc.us/getdocument.aspx?id=2450
November 19, 2010 | Posted in: 2010 Elections, US House | Tags: , , | Comments closed | Full Story Permalink

Organizing the place

The new majority get’s organized. Via LL on Roger Ailes’ favorite radio network: North Carolina Republicans have had plenty of time to think about how [...]
November 19, 2010 | Posted in: 2010 Elections, General Assembly | Comments closed | Full Story Permalink

Shuler falls a few votes short

Depending on how your politics run, Shuler’s attempt to unseat Nancy Pelosi was either a principled stand, an attempt to send a message or a [...]
November 18, 2010 | Posted in: 2010 Elections, US House | Tags: , | Comments closed | Full Story Permalink

Marshall says Simpson should go

Breaking: Democrat acts like Democrat. Charlotte, NC – In a speech Thursday marking the 90th anniversary of women being granted the right to vote, U.S. [...]
August 27, 2010 | Posted in: 2010 Elections, Morning Post | Comments closed | Full Story Permalink

Wednesday Morning Post: Dead Heat edition

New PPP poll has the Senate race in a dead heat. “The North Carolina Senate race continues to look very competitive, with Richard Burr’s approval [...]
August 4, 2010 | Posted in: 2010 Elections, Morning Post, US Senate | Comments closed | Full Story Permalink

Sorry doods

For all those folks trying to repackage all those Bush policies, like, say privatizing Social Security: it’s not going to make them any more appealing. [...]
July 21, 2010 | Posted in: 2010 Elections | Comments closed | Full Story Permalink

Say what?

Rassmussen, which always seems to skew a bit GOPish anyway, has Richard Burr with a 56 percent job approval rating. I’m not sure I’ve seen [...]
July 7, 2010 | Posted in: 2010 Elections, Polls, US Senate | Comments closed | Full Story Permalink