Obama TIES McCain in .. guess where...

[yodermon]

NORTH CAROLINA.
yep.

http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/election_20082/state_toplines/north_carolina/toplines_north_carolina_presidential_election_april_10_2008

McCain - 47
Obama - 47

Mccain - 51
Clinton - 40

Rasumussen
April 10



(full disclosure: other polls have mccain up by 5 on average: http://www.pollster.com/08-NC-Pres-GE-MvO.php )

(edit to fix Hillary's #, whoops :blush: )

[olkaz]

1. Holy lord. That's freaking outstanding.

Obama could change the entire electoral map.

[uponit7771]

7. RIGHT!! He has enough Gen-xer cons who could care less about his paster or his skin color

[Indenturedebtor]

20. And I very rarely meet any Gen - Y Cons either

But they tend to ask "why bother" to uninspiring candidates hah.

When Clinton drops or is forced out I expect his numbers to soar. If she doesn't do too much damage before then.

[XemaSab]

11. I think he's going to take the whole game board and turn it upside down

I think we're going to have a real fight in some areas we've taken for granted, and I think we're going to BRING IT TO THE STREETS in areas they thought were theirs.

[GarbagemanLB]

2. I think you mean Hillary 40, McCain 51.

[Jersey Devil]

3. correct your clinton number to 40

unless, of course, 102% of the people of NC will be voting

[jpak]

6. 102% of the people of NC will be voting???

That's reserved for Ohio ...

:evilgrin:

[sellitman]

4. Red NC?

Far out!

[jpak]

5. McCain 51 Clinton 51???

:shrug:

[yodermon]

12. fixed the number, see edit, thanks everyone n/t

[dbmk]

8. Post nomination polls are whats needed now. And soon, thank you.

[depakid]

9. People who dance to Rassmussens tune crack me up

nothing more to be said.

[WillYourVoteBCounted]

10. once McClinton isn't doubleteaming Obama, McCain will drop

McClinton has been doubleteaming Obama to interfere with his
message, and the less frequent voters dont know McSame's negatives yet.

Once Hillary "leaves the room", we can put money into the 501C3s and
educate everyone about McInsane.

[EmperorHasNoClothes]

13. Outstanding!

And McCain hasn't even faced any heat yet. This fall is going to be really interesting.

[Alexander]

14. He's also within striking distance in Texas, North Dakota, Nebraska, Kansas and South Carolina.

If we're winning those states, it's a landslide.

[yodermon]

15. KICK for NC.

:kick:

[tpsbmam]

16. NC new voter registrations.......

Almost 53,000 under age 25 registered to vote. (article is no longer posted)

http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5iyCjg56QEYy3r8Gz2X09TnpaWOMwD8VUG4T80

More than four times as many blacks have registered to vote in North Carolina during the first few months of 2008 as four years ago, a sign that bodes well for Sen. Barack Obama in the state's May 6 Democratic presidential primary.

There has also been a boom in voter registrations overall across age, race, gender and party affiliation, according to the North Carolina state board of elections. And, even though the traditional registration period closes Friday, the numbers may continue to climb if voters take advantage of North Carolina's new same-day registration law.

More than 45,000 blacks signed up to vote in the first three months of 2008, compared with just over 11,000 in the first three months of 2004. White voter registration more than doubled with 106,000 new registrations between Jan. 1 and March 31, compared with 47,000 four years ago.

More of the new voters registered as Democrats, with the number nearly tripling from 2004 to 74,590. Republican registrations more than doubled to 41,301, while more than 49,558 unaffiliated voters signed up, compared with just 16,858 in the first three months of 2004.

There were less than 5.1 million people registered to vote in May 2004, compared with more than 5.7 million today. The Democratic presidential race was over early by comparison to this year, with North Carolina Sen. John Edwards bowing out to Sen. John Kerry of Massachusetts after the March 2 Super Tuesday elections.



http://www.newsobserver.com/politics/story/1031775.html

North Carolina has netted at least 110,000 new voters so far this year, with a particularly sharp rise among unaffiliated voters, Democrats and black people, according to the State Board of Elections.

Registered Voters as of 4/25/08 (per the NC Board of Elections):

Democratic: 2,619,153
Republican: 1,934,039
Unaffiliated: 1,241,102

[lisa58]

17. but Hillary hasn't campaigned for McCain in NC yet

[tpsbmam]

18. Yeah she has.....

she was right down the road from me the other night. It was in part (and certainly featured) a military rah-rah event. So she was hawking the hawks (as far as I'm concerned), which would be HRC & McCain. :puke:

http://www.citizen-times.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080425/POLITICS01/80425004&referrer=FRONTPAGECAROUSEL

Flanked by retired generals and with a backdrop reading “Solutions for a Strong Military......”

She packed the Asheville Civic Center (seats about 2500) with overflow into the streets.

I know one person who's supporting HIllary here -- I'm sure she was there. Everyone else I know is supporting Obama.

[lisa58]

21. well then, I guess the hawks prefer McCain - good to know

[scheming daemons]

19. Uh oh.... NJSecularist is going to switch sides again...

....