How he makes those red states blue. The panderer's map is outdated.

If an entrenched GOP Senator is in danger in North Carolina, maybe the electoral college votes are in play?? Hard to believe, but ...

Dole has been pretty non-existent in North Carolina and has certainly lost her status as a beloved icon. At the same time, there's no way I'd bet against her right now. It's certainly going to be interesting how she relates herself to Bush and to McCain in her campaign.

Hagen needs to get some quality people around her. Her primary campaign was a mess from the start. She was acting as if she wasn't really that hungry to win and that's got to change.

Maybe Dole will actually step foot into NC during the campaign.

There were also a lot of people pretty angry at her vote against S-Chip which lost the state quite a bit of money.

Obama will only help the DEM in NC by being on top of the ticket! Record turnout!

Gallup Daily: Obama 49%, Clinton 45%

Clinton and Obama outpoll McCain in general election matchups

PRINCETON, NJ -- For the second consecutive day, Barack Obama maintains a slight advantage over Hillary Clinton in Democratic nomination preferences, 49% to 45%, according to May 8-10 Gallup Poll Daily tracking.

Some experts expected the race would dramatically turn in Obama's favor following the Indiana and North Carolina primaries. His decisive win in North Carolina and Clinton's narrow victory in Indiana made her odds of overcoming Obama's delegate lead longer, and his nomination seem inevitable. Since then, Obama has received a number of superdelegate endorsements to overtake Clinton on that count, but perhaps not the flood of endorsements some predicted. His support among the party rank and file as measured by Gallup Poll Daily tracking has also picked up nationally in recent days, though his four percentage point advantage does not attain statistical significance.

As a result, neither candidate has held a significant lead since Obama did so just prior to the Pennsylvania primaries in late April. Clinton last held a lead in mid-March.

In the latest general election polling among registered voters, both Democrats hold slight advantages over likely Republican nominee John McCain -- Obama 47%, McCain 44% and Clinton 48%, McCain 44%. -- Jeff Jones

Hillary explains why she would be the stronger candidate against McCain.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tLFJTc3oExE&eurl=http://zennie2005.blogspot.com/2008/05/snl-hillary-clinton-opening-my-supports.html

So, if a certain TPM poster and his wife were to host a "Barack, Bev, and Kay" fundraising house party in Apex, NC this summer or fall - how many of you folks would attend?

It is SOOOOOO nice to see the potential for the statewide and federal Dem tickets to be mutually beneficial in 2008. That has never happened in my conscious lifetime (I'm 34).

I caught her act on Tim Russert just before the 2006 election tsunami, and she was gleefully predicting how the Republicans were going to do so well and all. Then she broadly suggested that the Democrats were not only content to lose the Iraq war but were also comfortable with turning the region into a "breeding ground for terrorists". Tim Russert just about jumped out of his chair trying to shut her up, and Rahm Emanuel seemed like he wanted to strangle her while she went on to impugn Democrats' patriotism. She said Iraq was on the right track, moving to Democracy, and she supported Rumsfeld (after the Army Times called for his removal) and naturally Bush. She chirpily defended the race-baiting ad against Senate candidate Ford in Tennessee, and volunteered in that grating voice of hers that her party would win the Virginia Senate race and keep the Senate.

I do like her husband, but I thought the foregoing was a hideous thing to watch, worse on the TV screen than in print. http://blogs.suntimes.com/sweet/2006/11/emanuel_on_meet_the_press_gets.html

This is one annoying big mouth who won't be missed.

I have a feeling this is going to be a very ugly year for repubs. I think people are fed-up more than polls show and they have had it with the repubs who have a) run this country into the ground for their personal gain b) tout moral superiority while every other day there is a new scandal of some sort coming to light and c) despite not being listed as the top concern and the waning news coverage, Iraq is a slow-burn in the American conciousness that they blame the Republicans for. While there are many things that contributed to HRC's loss, I do believe she may very well have won had it not been for her war vote. The American public has not forgiven her for that.

I am also not as worried as some about the Presidential in Nov. It is close now but McCain has been enjoying a post-nomination bump and the dems have been beating each other bloody. Signs are pointing to McCain support ebbing and come Nov, between turnout and anti-repub sentiment, this will be a dem year. Of course anything can happen and Obama will have his work cut out for him, certainly it will be a challenge but I think it is really McCain that has the uphill battle.

Of course Bush won in '04 so who knows... maybe the repubs will figure out a way to win and maybe the dems will do something colossally stupid. Wouldn't be the first time...

Could be the cliche perfect storm.

1. Generic Dem vs Repub polls give a big advantage to Democrats at the presidential and congressional level.

2. Record Democratic registrations thanks to Obama's appeal to the young and the vigorous primary campaigns.

3. Peace and prosperity definitely working against the incumbents.

4. McCain's 100% anti-abortion record, on the wrong side of health care and housing crisis, and not a particularly effective campaigner.

5. McCain can't get away from the Bush League. World's. Worst. President.