http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/nc2008/ en-us Sat, 11 Oct 2008 19:22:09 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2103260/posts October 11, 2008 Contact: Press Office NASCAR Legend Richard Petty Endorses John McCain ARLINGTON, VA -- McCain-Palin 2008 today announced that Richard Petty, widely known as the greatest driver in NASCAR history, is endorsing John McCain for president. Petty is announcing his endorsement at today's Bank of America 500 at Lowe's Motor Speedway in Charlotte, N.C. "What we need right now in these uncertain times is a steady hand on the wheel -- a leader we can trust to put country first, ahead of politics," Petty said. "John McCain has always done that, and if you need proof, think about... JohnMcCain.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2103260/posts#comment Sat, 11 Oct 2008 19:22:09 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2102560/posts Senator Elizabeth Dole, a member of the Senate Banking Committee, tells Newsmax TV she and other Republicans tried to move legislation five years ago to rein in Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac but Democrats blocked their efforts and it "infuriates" her to think about how that could have prevented what eventually happened. newsmax http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2102560/posts#comment Fri, 10 Oct 2008 20:09:25 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2102388/posts Raleigh, N.C. — More than half of North Carolina voters said they disapproved of the recent $700 billion federal bailout of the U.S. financial industry, and they were evenly split on whether the move would help or hurt the economy, according to a new WRAL News poll. Polling firm Rasmussen Reports surveyed 500 self-described likely voters statewide on Wednesday and found that 51 percent disagreed with the plan for the government to buy up bad assets from banks to stabilize the economy. Twenty-one percent agreed with the plan, while the remaining respondents said they weren't sure about it. The poll... WRALNews.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2102388/posts#comment Fri, 10 Oct 2008 16:52:51 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2101669/posts I hope this is true!! Obama and his Mama have been to this state about 5 times. McCain hasn't come at all and the state that's always been red, is now turning blue! Charlotte Disturber Newspaper http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2101669/posts#comment Thu, 9 Oct 2008 20:49:17 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2100820/posts Obama Puts McCain on Defensive in North Carolina: In an election for President of the United States in North Carolina today, 10/07/08, four weeks till votes are counted, Republican John McCain edges Democrat Barack Obama, or possibly does not, according to a SurveyUSA poll conducted for WTVD-TV Raleigh. The contest today stands at McCain 49%, Obama 46%, if black turnout is 20% on Election Day, as SurveyUSA expects and as SurveyUSA herein reports. However, if black turnout increases by 10%, to 22% of the electorate, the world looks different. The contest in North Carolina has tightened since a SurveyUSA poll... SurveyUSA http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2100820/posts#comment Wed, 8 Oct 2008 21:50:33 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2099950/posts SurveyUSA 10/05 - 10/06 617 LV Hagan 43 Dole 44 Dole +1 http://www.surveyusa.com/ http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2099950/posts#comment Tue, 7 Oct 2008 22:41:18 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2099953/posts Michelle Obama told a crowd of military families near the Marine Corps' massive base at Camp Lejeune on Tuesday there is "only one candidate" for president who will work to give them the services and care they need. "When I look at the two candidates and their plans for America ... and when I think about the military families I've met across the country and the kind of help that they could use right now - not in four years or eight years but right now - then the choice is clear," the wife of Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama... WRAL http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2099953/posts#comment Tue, 7 Oct 2008 22:50:17 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2098210/posts GOP To Celebrate McCain/Palin During Obama Visit This Sunday, while Barack Obama holds a rally in Asheville, local Republican Party activists will gather at the Asheville High School beginning at noon, to show their support for Senator John McCain and Governor Sarah Palin as well as Republican candidates at the local, state, and federal levels. The group will then reconvene at the City-County Plaza for a 3:30 press conference, where candidates and local business owners will talk about why it is essential for Republicans to be elected at all levels of government in order to get our economy and our... Buncombe County Republican party http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2098210/posts#comment Sun, 5 Oct 2008 22:26:01 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2097739/posts Tonight Barrack Obama is in Asheville NC and I thought I would post a link or two that shows the culture in Asheville. First, let's look at hippie circle. http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-5309747526389675760&ei=ghvoSOL5IYnGqQKIzMmbDA&q=asheville+hippies&vt=lf At any given time of the day the circle is alive with a colorful myriad of people dancing, smoking (usually not winstons if you get my drift) and begging for money. Even the young children get involved by passing around mom or dads hat to collect quarters from the usually stunned onlookers. Most are unemployed by choice, even though if you pick up the Asheville newspaper job are available. I... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2097739/posts#comment Sun, 5 Oct 2008 02:25:53 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2097359/posts But the governor's race is an exception: Pat McCrory, the Republican mayor of Charlotte, now has a slight lead over Democratic Lieutenant Governor Bev Perdue. The latest Rasmussen Reports telephone survey in the state finds McCrory attracting 50% of the vote while Perdue earns 46%. This is the first time Rasmussen Reports has polled the governor’s race since mid-August, and it represents quite a reversal. In August, Perdue held a six-point advantage. She is currently serving her second term as lieutenant governor. McCrory has been Charlotte’s mayor since 1995. Rasmussen Reports http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2097359/posts#comment Sat, 4 Oct 2008 13:59:15 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2096755/posts Elon, N.C. — Nearly half of North Carolina residents blame the Republican Party for the nation's economic crisis, according to a poll released Friday. Elon University surveyed 477 people statewide this week and found that 47.7 percent felt the Republicans are more responsible for current economic problems, compared with 24.4 percent who blamed the Democrats. The poll has a margin of error of plus or minus 4.6 percentage points. By a 43-to-33 percent margin, respondents said Democrats have done a better job of managing the economy than Republicans. The margin between Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama GOP candidate John McCain... WRALNews.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2096755/posts#comment Fri, 3 Oct 2008 17:11:21 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2096848/posts 10/07/2008 Road to Victory Rally: Tuesday October 7th in Greenville, NC Please join Governor Sarah Palin for a Road to Victory Rally in Greenville, NC on Tuesday October 7th. johnmccain http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2096848/posts#comment Fri, 3 Oct 2008 18:49:41 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2095764/posts Greensboro, N.C. — Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin will attend a rally in Greenville next week, a campaign official said late Wednesday. The Oct. 7 event at East Carolina University will be the first appearance in North Carolina by either Palin or Republican presidential candidate John McCain since the state's May primary. ... Doors to the Minges Coliseum are scheduled to open at 5 p.m. for the rally, but campaign officials didn't say when the event would start. WRAL http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2095764/posts#comment Thu, 2 Oct 2008 14:45:26 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2095881/posts Raleigh, N.C. — Charlotte Mayor Pat McCrory has edged ahead of Lt. Gov. Beverly Perdue in the gubernatorial race with less than five weeks until the election, according to a new WRAL News poll. Polling firm Rasmussen Reports surveyed 700 likely voters statewide Tuesday and found that McCrory, the Republican candidate, holds a 50 to 46 percent lead over Perdue, the Democratic candidate. The poll has a margin of error of plus or minus 4 percentage points. The poll reverses the findings of a WRAL News poll taken in August, when Perdue held a 6-point lead. An Elon University poll... WRALNews.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2095881/posts#comment Thu, 2 Oct 2008 16:57:27 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2094723/posts Spurred by heavy registration in big urban counties -- particularly among young voters and black people -- North Carolina's voter rolls have swelled by more than 600,000 this year to a record 6 million. "Voter registration has eclipsed all records, no doubt about it," said state elections director Gary Bartlett. The apparent beneficiaries: Democrats. Analysts say the changes have helped Democrat Barack Obama make the state an unexpected presidential battleground. "Clearly, the advantage goes to Obama," said Ferrel Guillory, director of the Program on Public Life at UNC-Chapel Hill. Democrats have an overall edge in registration in this state: 2.7... Raleigh News&Observer.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2094723/posts#comment Wed, 1 Oct 2008 11:12:12 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2092543/posts GREENSBORO, N.C. -- Sen. John McCain hasn't campaigned in North Carolina since the primary election. But some people used Sen. Barack Obama's Saturday rally as a chance to show their support for the Republican nominee. Their numbers didn't compare with those who turned out to support Obama, but the Republicans' enthusiasm for McCain was just as strong. No official date has been set for McCain to visit the Tar Heel State, but he did recently increase the number of paid campaign staff in North Carolina from about 20 to about 30. That's an effort to defend a state that hasn't... http://www.wxii12.com/ http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2092543/posts#comment Sun, 28 Sep 2008 19:43:52 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2087852/posts More than two-thirds of North Carolina residents support offshore oil drilling, according to a poll conducted by Elon University. About 43 percent of the survey participants say they believe offshore drilling will reduce gas prices in five years or less, though experts say any such impact would be at least 10 years away. And 79 percent say the oil and gas should only be used domestically. The poll also asked about economic conditions. Two-thirds of respondents disapproved of President George W. Bush’s handling of the economy. Meanwhile, respondents were divided on how the N.C. economy will perform in the next... Charlotte Business Journal http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2087852/posts#comment Mon, 22 Sep 2008 18:38:26 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2087406/posts No rest for the pollsters on Sunday: So ... what's the headline here? Probably the Public Policy Polling survey showing a 46-46 tie there. One wonders if the McCain campaign's internals are telling them something similar, since they are now shifting resources into the state. And Barack Obama was out in Charlotte today. But yet, my model still does not consider North Carolina to be a plausible tipping point state. Why not? Partly because the polling there has hardly been uniformly favorable to Obama -- it was barely ten days ago when SuvreyUSA released a poll showing him down 20... The New Republic http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2087406/posts#comment Mon, 22 Sep 2008 01:32:15 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2087291/posts The presidential race in North Carolina is tied. According to a recent poll by Democratic firm Public Policy Polling, both Democrat Barack Obama and Republican John McCain have 46 percent. Libertarian Bob Barr has five percent. Four percent were undecided. Other recent polls have shown McCain with a wider lead since the end of the Republican national convention, though several did not include Barr, the only third-party candidate who will appear on the ballot. "The more voters are concerned about the economy instead of things like immigration, taxes, and social issues the better Democrats are going to do in North... News & Observer Under the Dome http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2087291/posts#comment Sun, 21 Sep 2008 22:06:02 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2087273/posts Republican National Committee officials on Friday blasted a group that's registering voters in Durham, calling it "a quasi-criminal, Democratic-affiliated organization" that represents a danger to the electoral process. The move by RNC Chief Counsel Sean Cairncross and Communications Director Danny Diaz followed a Herald-Sun report that Durham County Board of Elections Director Mike Ashe wants state officials to check about 80 voter registration forms for possible fraud. The forms came from a group called the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now. The group is more commonly known by its acronym, ACORN. Cairncross said RNC officials "commend the vigilance" Ashe... Durham Herald Sun http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2087273/posts#comment Sun, 21 Sep 2008 21:29:17 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2087271/posts RALEIGH, N.C. — Republican National Committee officials say they aren't surprised to hear a Durham County elections official suspects voter registration forms gathered by a community activist group may be fraudulent. The RNC's chief counsel, Sean Cairncross, on Friday said the group, Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now, has a history of gathering fraudulent or incomplete voter registration forms. Cairncross disputes ACORN's claim that it is a nonpartisan organization. The Herald-Sun of Durham reported Friday that Durham County elections director Mike Ashe asked state elections officials to check about 80 registration forms for possible fraud. The registrations were among... WRAL http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2087271/posts#comment Sun, 21 Sep 2008 21:28:16 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2087262/posts Consider this post pure speculation. But Dome noticed this recent report on CBN, a Christian news outlet, about Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama's upcoming "Faith, Family and Values" tour. The Brody File is told that top faith surrogates will hit the trail for Obama. Some of those high profile figures include Former Indiana Congressman and pro-life Democrat Tim Roemer, Catholic legal scholar Doug Kmiec, and author Donald Miller. You can also expect a soon to be named Evangelical North Carolina (red state) Congressman to travel the country as well. Now, we can't confirm this report, so take it with a... News & Observer Under the Dome Blog http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2087262/posts#comment Sun, 21 Sep 2008 21:14:20 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2083343/posts Pat McCrory has the lead in a new poll. According to a recent poll by SurveyUSA, the Republican gubernatorial candidate had 49 percent, Democrat Beverly Perdue had 41 percent and Libertarian Mike Munger had 5 percent. Five percent of respondents were undecided. "Compared to an identical SurveyUSA poll released four weeks ago, McCrory is up 5 points and is in the lead for the first time; Perdue is down 6 points and trails for the first time," the pollsters write. The survey of 671 likely voters was conducted between Sept. 6 and 8. The margin of error is plus or... Raleigh News & Observer.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2083343/posts#comment Tue, 16 Sep 2008 10:26:25 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2080636/posts Maybe political conventions don't matter. That seems to be the conclusion from Public Policy Polling, a Democratic firm, and the conservative Civitas Institute, which both released new poll results this week. Officials with both groups said their latest polls showed that the presidential candidates got little or no bounce with North Carolina voters as a result of the recent national conventions. The Civitas poll shows that Republican John McCain was the choice of 43 percent in a survey of 600 registered voters and that Democrat Barack Obama was the choice of 42 percent. When leaners were included, McCain's numbers were... Raleigh News&Observer.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2080636/posts#comment Fri, 12 Sep 2008 10:25:28 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2078664/posts In an election for President of the United States in North Carolina Tuesday, Republican John McCain suddenly and breathtakingly surges to a 20-point win over Democrat Barack Obama, 58% to 38%, according to this latest exclusive SurveyUSA election poll conducted for ABC11-WTVD. WTVD-TV Raleigh-Durham http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2078664/posts#comment Wed, 10 Sep 2008 01:19:17 GMT