Free Republic

Rep. Ted Budd (R-NC) is expanding his lead weeks out from the North Carolina U.S. Senate race, with a second poll this week showing him ahead of Democrat Cheri Beasley outside of a survey’s margin of error. A poll released on Wednesday by Trafalgar Group shows Budd with 48.4 percent support compared to Beasley’s 44.2 percent. The poll was conducted between Oct. 16 – 19 with 1081 likely general election voters, and the margin of error is ± 2.9 percent at the 95 percent confidence level.

Two Washington heavyweights are set to campaign with North Carolina Democratic Senate hopeful Cheri Beasley, lending the former state Supreme Court justice a bit of star power in the closing weeks of her campaign. Sen. Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.) will make three stops with Beasley on Wednesday, while Rep. Jim Clyburn (D-S.C.), the highest-ranking Black member of Congress, will join them for their second event of the day, Beasley’s campaign announced.

Democratic North Carolina Senate nominee Cheri Beasley leads her Republican opponent, Ted Budd, by 1 percentage point, according to a new Civiqs poll. The survey, which was released on Thursday, found 49 percent of likely voters in the state indicated support for Beasley, compared to 48 percent for Budd, a gap well within the margin of error.

"What has the tea party done for this country?" That’s the provocative question posed by veteran trial lawyer Jere Beasley in the September edition of his monthly newsletter. Beasley, a former Alabama lieutenant governor, said Americans should be alarmed at where tea party members of Congress have taken the country in the past several weeks. He said the country has seen the first downgrade of its credit in U.S. history, a tremendous drop in the stock market and dissatisfaction with Congress is at all-time highs. "I believe it’s time to stand up to the tea party movement and expose it...

Great News for Huckabee bashers. Here is a video of another honorable statesman, Former SC Governor David Beasley whom under other circumstances would be treated with the dignity and respect he deserves; however we can assassinate his character and malign him for not buying into the Matt Drudge/Fred Barnes/ Sean Hannity talking points. He's fair game now right?

The wait finally comes to an end Monday for 11 of the 15 MLS players at the 2006 World Cup as the U.S. national team opens Group E play against Czech Republic in Gelsenkirchen, Germany. The Los Angeles Galaxy's Landon Donovan will lead the U.S. team into action starting at 11:55 a.m. ET on ESPN2. In other action, Australia meets Japan in Kaiserslautern at 8:55 a.m. (ESPN2) for a Group F match. Italy and Ghana clash in the third match of the day, a Group E affair in Hanover at 2:55 p.m. (ESPN2).

The U.S. Men’s National Soccer Team will face England for the first time since 1994 in a Memorial Weekend match-up at Chicago’s Soldier Field on May 28 at 2 p.m. CT, in a match being broadcast live on ESPN2. The meeting between the two quarterfinalists at the 2002 FIFA World Cup comes amidst the qualifying schedules for both nations as they aim for a spot in the 2006 FIFA World Cup in Germany.

TAMPA - The Hillsborough County teacher accused of having sex with a 14-year-old student was once the sweetheart of local Backstreet Boy Nick Carter, friends of hers told ABC Action News, and a former lesbian girlfriend of hers is now in the hospital because of the stress surrounding the case.

DeMint 549 70% Beasley 232 30% http://www.state.sc.us/cgi-bin/scsec/2004/ret2004run If there's other returns sites please list!

Beasley's Last Laugh There are plenty of reasons to vote for David Beasley in the June 22 Republican primary runoff, but beating Inez Tenenbaum in the race to succeed Ernest Hollings isn't one of them. OK, maybe there aren't a lot of reasons to vote for Beasley. Upon reflection, I can't think of even one. Entertainment value, maybe? Hiring the incompetent because they're fun to watch? But the fertilizer being flung by the ex-gov's guru Richard Quinn that Beasley is the best Republican for November is pungent even for an agricultural state like South Carolina. If there is any chance...

U.S. Senate, SC GOP Runoff 6/21/2004 DeMint 54% Beasley 44% Undecided 2% Data Collected 6/18/04 - 6/20/04 Geography State of South Carolina Sample Population 499 Certain Voters Margin of Error 4.5%

Beasley, DeMint attack each other in GOP Senate debate JENNIFER HOLLAND Associated Press CONWAY, S.C. - Former Gov. David Beasley and U.S. Rep. Jim DeMint lashed out at each other's character and political records Sunday night in the final televised debate in the race for the Republican nomination for U.S. Senate. With voters returning to the polls Tuesday, there wasn't time to be nice. The two seasoned politicians sat across from each other and sparred about the recent barrage of negative campaign ads and issues such as the federal deficit, health care and trade - the biggest difference between the...

Jim DeMint and David Beasley will square-off Monday afternoon (6/21/2004) in a live on-air radio debate in Columbia, SC. The hotly contested runoff for the key Senate seat being vacated by Fritz Hollings has sparked heated tit-for-tats among backers of the former Democrat and SC Govenor David Beasley, and backers of the core conservative runnerup in the primary Jim DeMint. Other true Republican candidates in the primary have thrown their support in the DeMint camp leading many to believe the winner of the primary, the liberal convert Beasley, is in trouble ...

U.S. Senate, SC GOP Runoff 6/15/2004 Beasley 48% Demint 47% Undecided 5% Data Collected 6/12/04 - 6/14/04 Geography State of South Carolina Sample Population 527 Certain Voters Margin of Error 4.4%

8 days to South Carolina GOP Senate Runoff: Beasley & Demint in Dead-Heat Beasley won 6/8 primary by 13, before Demint was endorsed by 3rd-place Ravenel. * In a Republican runoff election for US Senate in South Carolina today, David Beasley & Jim Demint tie, according to SurveyUSA poll of 527 certain runoff voters. * Today, 8 days out, It's Beasley 48%, Demint 47%, in data gathered 6/12 - 6/14. * Beasley leads among voters age 49 & under; Demint leads among voters age 50+. * Beasley leads among conservatives; Demint leads among moderates. * Beasley leads in Eastern SC;...

Posted on Sun, Jun. 13, 2004 DeMint has first negative ad of runoff By AARON GOULD SHEININ Staff Writer The first negative ad of the Republican U.S. Senate runoff campaign hit the airwaves Saturday, a spot that features two older gents arguing whether David Beasley is a “flip-flopper” or merely “wishy-washy.” The ad, by the campaign of U.S. Rep. Jim DeMint, attacks Beasley over his changing positions on the Confederate flag and state lottery while he was governor from 1995-99. “I don’t get this Beasley fella,” one man says to his friend. “He was against moving the flag; he’s for...

South Carolina's GOP Senate Primary Forces Beasley Into Runoff NewsMax.com Wires Wednesday, June 9, 2004 Hoping for a political comeback, former South Carolina Gov. David Beasley found himself unable to clinch a primary victory and was forced into a runoff in his bid to win the Republican nomination for one of the nation's most closely watched Senate seats. Tuesday's primary put Beasley up against three-term Rep. Jim DeMint in the GOP's effort to grab the longtime Democrat seat held by retiring Sen. Ernest "Fritz" Hollings. Education Superintendent Inez Tenenbaum won the Democrats' nomination. Beasley got 37 percent of the vote,...

12 HOURS TIL POLLS OPEN IN SOUTH CAROLINA: BEASLEY 38%, RAVENEL 23%, DEMINT 20%. * On the eve of the GOP Primary for U.S. Senate in South Carolina. David Beasley appears certain to advance to 6/22 runoff, but it's unclear if he will face Thomas Ravenel or Jim Demint. According to SurveyUSA Poll of 500 certain GOP voters conducted 6/3 + 6/4 + 6/5. * 12 hours till polls open, It's Beasley 38% (Down 5 Pts in Past 2 Wks), Ravenel 23% (Up 6 Pts in Past 2 Wks), Demint 20% (Down 1 Pt), Charlie Condon 12% (Down 4 Pts)...

As an unapologetic political junkie, I keep track of all the interesting Senate races around the country (well, and some house races, governor races, etc, but thats a different story). I have opinions on who I want to win in the primary in most states, but I have a really tough choice in South Carolina. I think it's safe to say, that barring something nuts, the R nominee is going to be either former Gov. David Beasley or Rep. Jim DeMint. Anyhow, I like both men, they both seem like solid candidates, so it's hard to decide. On issues, they...

<p>COLUMBIA, S.C., April 14 (UPI) -- A Republican poll shows former South Carolina Gov. David Beasley ahead of Democrat Inez Tenenbaum for a U.S. Senate seat.</p> <p>The survey shows Beasley, who served one term as governor, leads Tenenbaum, the state education superintendent, 48 percent to 33 percent, with 20 percent undecided.</p>