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2012 Elections

American Foundations spends another $93K against Coble

Technically it’s about half for George Holding and half anti-Paul Coble. Still, it’s getting to be a regular thing. Courtesy of the FEC: Committee: AMERICAN [...]
April 25, 2012 | Posted in: 2012 Elections, Campaigns, US House | Tags: , , | Comments closed | Full Story Permalink

Newt backers buy some radio time

Newt’s Super PAC has made a media buy in NC — 61K for radio and some bucks thrown in email. Via the FEC: WINNING OUR [...]
April 23, 2012 | Posted in: 2012 Elections, Campaigns, Current Events | Tags: , | Comments closed | Full Story Permalink

Club for Growth makes major buy in NC-8

Club for Growth gets into the NC-8 race on behalf of Scott Keadle putting 49K into mailings. Via the FEC: CLUB FOR GROWTH – C90009945 [...]
April 19, 2012 | Posted in: 2012 Elections, Campaigns, US House | Tags: , | Comments closed | Full Story Permalink

Storm a comin’

Two quick takeaways from this Politico piece. The first is that people are starting to catch on that Amendment 1 is not a slam dunk [...]
April 18, 2012 | Posted in: 2012 Elections, Misc | Tags: , | Comments closed | Full Story Permalink

McCrory and a yes vote?

It all seemed so easy a few months ago, but now, with the sentiment turning, not so much now. Pat McCrory appears to be hedging [...]
April 16, 2012 | Posted in: 2012 Elections, Civil Rights, Current Events, Media, Politics | Tags: , | Comments closed | Full Story Permalink

Super PAC makes major buy in NC-13

The Super PAC supporting George Holding that has been running ads against Paul Coble in the NC-13 GOP primary has made another major ad media [...]
April 14, 2012 | Posted in: 2012 Elections, Current Events, Politics, US House | Tags: , , , | Comments closed | Full Story Permalink

More Cain therapy

Herman Cain seems to be um, processing, his recent run for president via ads depicting various creatures being destroyed by “big government.” He uses the [...]
April 12, 2012 | Posted in: 2012 Elections, Current Events | Tags: , | Comments closed | Full Story Permalink

Obama over Romney by 5 in NC

That’s the headline out of the new PPP poll. Mitt Romney may have effectively wrapped up the GOP nomination with Rick Santorum’s withdrawal yesterday, but [...]
April 11, 2012 | Posted in: 2012 Elections, Politics, Polls | Tags: , , | Comments closed | Full Story Permalink