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Why We Ran the "Godless" Ad—And What I'd Do Differently In the final week of the 2008 election, Sen. Elizabeth Dole’s campaign aired a television ad that would be one of the most controversial of the year. The ad criticized our opponent, Kay Hagan, for attending a fundraising event in her honor at the home of two well-known atheists. One was a founding member of the Godless Americans PAC. Many in the media, especially on the liberal side, were quick to point to the ad and claim it backfired, costing Dole the election. Nothing could be further from the truth....

RALEIGH, N.C. — Members of the North Carolina electoral college are set to cast their ballots for the next President and Vice President of the United States. North Carolina Secretary of State Elaine Marshall will convene the electors at noon on Monday in the Capitol Building's Old Hall of the House of Representatives in Raleigh. Last month's popular vote determined that electors nominated by the state Democratic Party will cast the official ballots for the state. North Carolina's 15 electors will cast their ballots and prepare certificates of vote for president and vice president. President-elect Obama won North Carolina by...

It's dark and dank. It smells terrible. It's full of black mold and cockroaches. It's filled with felons. It has unsanitary bathrooms and showers. The bathroom stalls are so small that you can't close the door, drop your pants and sit down. You have to leave the door open, drop your drawers and sit down and THEN close the stall door. The breakfasts are usually just cereal and pastries and coffee. The floors are old and wooden and creek when you walk. Sleeping is tough. It's cold and drafty. Yet, through it all, this is home, at least on a...

Remarks against Obama probed Durham police conducting internal investigation; chief says it wasn't a slur Stanley B. Chambers Jr., Staff Writer DURHAM - Derogatory remarks toward President-elect Barack Obama made on a social networking Web site are now the subject of an internal police investigation. A police department employee claims the statements were made on the MySpace pages of two Durham officers. "There's no exact words that were said," said Police Chief Jose L. Lopez Sr. in a telephone interview Wednesday from San Diego, where he is attending the International Association of Chiefs of Police conference. "It wasn't a racial...

U.S. Sen. Richard Burr doesn’t think the Bush administration is making the right call on the financial bailout. Burr, a Winston-Salem Republican, supported the bailout when Congress passed it this fall. But today he questioned Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson’s decision to reverse earlier plans on the $700 billion financial bailout, reports Barb Barrett. Paulson announced that the federal government will not focus on buying troubled bank assets, but rather will turn to other financial entities that lend money. “The only reason I supported the federal government in the rescue business was the fact that you have no economy if you...

Beverly Perdue is ready to take your suggestions. The governor-elect has set up an online "Suggestion Box" for North Carolinians to submit their ideas and feedback as she begins her administration. "During this transition period, I believe it's important for citizens to be engaged in their government and to have input — this is a way for them to do that," she said. The comment form requires a first and last name and e-mail address. Similar online forms and petitions have been used by politicians in recent years as a tool to gather addresses of potential supporters. Based on Dome's...

If Barr's votes had gone to Palin and her running mate they would have won North Carolina and Indiana. North Carolina: Obama 49.9%, Palin 49.5%, Barr 0.6$ Indiana Obama 49.9%, Palin 49%, Barr 1.1% This would have been more important in a closer election, but it caught my interest when I looked the figures up.

A Cumberland County school teacher is defending her comments to a fifth-grade pupil who expressed support for John McCain in her class last spring. The exchange at Mary McArthur Elementary School was captured by a Swedish television documentary crew, and the video is making the rounds on the Internet including YouTube. In the video, which reportedly aired in Scandinavia earlier this week, teacher Diatha D. Harris calls the Iraq War “senseless” and tells one student whose father is a soldier that McCain would keep troops there for 100 years. The classroom discussion begins with Harris asking the class who they...

This is ghastly. If you are a parent with elementary schoolchildren, you will hit the roof.

President-elect Barack Obama was Friday declared the winner of North Carolina, three days after the US elections, making him the first Democrat to take the state since 1976, media said. Obama's triumph over Republican John McCain in the southern state adds another 15 electoral college votes bringing his total to 364, with 270 were needed to win the election. The results from Missouri, however, are still not declared with the two candidates running a neck-and-neck race with only a few thousand votes separating them, with McCain narrowly in the lead. Missouri has 11 electoral votes. Independent tracking website RealClearPolitics.com said...

Obama supporter. Vile stuff! That teacher should be fired. What a moron! Obama supporters are a death cult as far as I am concerned. Come to think of it, the 30th anniversary of Jonestown Massacre is looming.

Diantha Harris, a teacher in Asheville, N.C., and supporter of Barack Obama, berated one of her students for supporting John McCain. "In my class, Barack Obama won," she boasted. Yeah, condescending lectures have that effect. VIDEO

Tons of people told me that NC would never turn blue. Well it has and being a born and bred tarheel, I'm just sick!! President-elect Barack Obama won the majority of votes in North Carolina, according to The Associated Press. Obama’s win in North Carolina is the first for a Democratic presidential candidate since Jimmy Carter won the state in 1976. The news agency says it declared Sen. Obama the winner after canvassing N.C. counties to determine the number of outstanding provisional ballots. The survey showed there weren’t enough remaining ballots for Sen. John McCain, a Republican, to close a...

Just said Liddy Dole lost

This is the discussion thread for North Carolina results. Post important news and info here; I'll make new posts for the final results of the major races here, but in the meantime, this is where we can sweat and celebrate. Some of the major races other than McCain-Obama, for interested outsiders... Governor: Pat McCrory (R, 13 year mayor of Charlotte) v Beverly Perdue (D, Lt. Governor) Senate: Elizabeth Dole (R, Inc) v Kay Hagan (D, state senator) Lt. Governor: Robert Pittenger (R, state senator) v Walter Dalton (D, state senator) 8th US House District: Robin Hayes (R, inc) v Larry...

No way he's losing NC with this kind of Poll. Look at the internals McCain carries 3 of 4 regions, carries indies by 8, only loses women by 3. Dem sample of 46% to Rep 36% (no way is that NC). McCain takes 88% of Reps and 18% of Dems. Obama takes on 80% of Dems and 10% repubs (which means a +16 to McCain. If Obama can oly take 80% of Dems and lose indies, he cannot win, no way NC aint even close folks, the only reason it is with internals like that is the 10% dem Bias.

Barack Obama and John McCain are evenly matched in the swing states of North Carolina and Missouri, though Obama is strongly outpacing McCain in two of those states’ crucial battleground counties, according to new Politico/InsiderAdvantage polls.

VIDEO AT BOTTOM ON ARTICLE AT SITE--- RALEIGH - As part of a big push by both the Barack Obama and John McCain presidential campaigns, Alaska Governor Sarah Palin visited Raleigh on Saturday evening to hold a campaign rally at the North Carolina State Fairgrounds. When she arrived on Saturday afternoon, Sarah Palin was greeted at the airport by a group of children who attend the Tammy Lynn Center for Developmental Disabilities. Palin, whose son Trig has Down syndrome, spent five minutes talking with the relatives of the children as well as leaders of the center. It was an unusually...

We're up by 3! Whoo!

Link at Drudge shows Democratic Senate candidate Kay Hagan, left, greeting voters as they stand in line at an early voting place in Charlotte, N.C., Friday, Oct. 31, 2008.The last thing I want to see when I go vote is a candidate. Isn't it illegal to do campaigning within a certain distance of a polling station.The one good thing, the folks in line are looking down. They are uncomfortable with the candidate working the voting line. That speaks well of good old American values, don't encourage a cheater.