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North Carolina Presidential Race

Friday, August 10, 2012

SC Secure, State GOP Looks to Help NC Go Red

Victory in North Carolina is all but essential for Romney to win the White House.

With Election Day less than three months away and South Carolina all but certain to go red, Palmetto State Republicans are ramping up efforts in North Carolina to get out the vote. Drew Johnson, the GOP Chairman for Congressional District 5, is among those leading the effort. “We want to have a profound impact on the results in North Carolina,” Johnson said. In 2008, the Tar Heel State went for Pres. Obama by the slimmest of margins. He won by 14,000 votes in a state where 4.3 million votes were cast. It was the first time North Carolina went to a Democrat in a presidential race since Jimmy Carter won in 1976. Recent polls show that Romney has a slight edge in the state, though the lead is well within the margin of error. Most analysts …

Dr. John

8:56 pm on Saturday, August 18, 2012

Sounds like you guys are all-in for 4 more years of 8+% unemployment, less than 2% growth of GDP growth for 4 years and another 5 trillion in debt spending. Not to mention, no one in the present administration has a plan for securing SS and medicare for anybody under the age of 45. Where are the bold ideas this president had? Are we to believe that the Warren Buffett tax arguement, the 1 vs. the …   more ›

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