Watch Sarah Palin Live in Asheville, North Carolina
The live portion of the event is supposed to start at 7.45pm Eastern Time.
If, for some reason, technical isues develop, I am running an aternate stream from the Aseville Citizen-Times on Thunder Pig...just go over there to watch it if the McCain Campaign Player does not work.
Watch Pat McCroy Speak Live in Franklin
Candidate for North Carolina Pat McCrory will be speaking at Macon Middle School at a Meet the Candidate BBQ Dinner.
Pat McCrory: They All Agree
Pat McCrory: For too long, there's been a power elite running our government. The result has been a culture of arrogance. If you ask me, this is just plain wrong.
Voiceovers: Who agrees? The Asheville Citizen-Times, The Winston-Salem Journal, The Charlotte Observer, The Greensboro News & Record, The Durham Herald-Sun. (Quotes from each newspapers endorsement of McCrory flash across the screen.)
Pat McCrory: I'm Pat McCrory. The difference is leadership.
I will be at the McCrory Dinner in Franklin today and plan on webcasting his remarks live from the event at around 5pm today if the Internet connection at Macon Middle School holds up.
Rally for U.S. Senator Elizabeth Dole in Franklin, NC
Here is the video of the Rally:
I will have photos sometime tomorrow.
Mumpower: "We Have Spent Our Last Dollar on Sound-bites "
"Most commercial advertising is devoted to manipulating voters with small slices of truth flavored with fantasy sprinkles," said Mumpower. "It generates revenue, cons the voters, and clutters up the media with boring commercials and distracting ads. We have advertised with almost every media outlet in WNC over the past year and that's enough. People know my name and that I am running for Congress. From here on out we will concentrate on facts and positions and the let voters take things from there."
"I find it interesting that we are criticized for not making money a central theme in this campaign," said Mumpower. "I see that as an asset and on that basis and others we are definitely running the most unique campaign in America today. Although my opponent has received a million and a half dollars from fellow Democrats, we have refused any money from my party because they persist in sidestepping our core principles. I have also turned away all PAC or special interest money and what I call the 'Buy America Plan' because I don't want the special interest attachments that are purchased with those dollars."
Source: Mumpower For Congress
No comment.
Watch Sarah Palin and Hank Williams, Jr Live at Elon University
I wish the various campaigns would pay attention to this type of stuff.
The Rally is over, and here is the audio of the Rally:
College Republicans at Elon Prepare for Palin Visit Today
I will be providing a live video stream if I can find one to embed. The gates will open at noon, and Governor Sarah Palin is expected to speak around 3 pm.
Civitas Institute: Hagan Opens Up Lead on Dole
Raleigh, N.C. – Democratic State Senator Kay Hagan has taken her first lead in her race against incumbent Republican U.S. Senator Elizabeth Dole according to a new poll released today by the Civitas Institute.
According to the live telephone survey of 600 likely General Election voters, Hagan leads Dole 43-38 among those who initially voiced support for a candidate. When undecided voters are asked which way they lean, Hagan’s lead narrows to 45-42. Libertarian candidate Chris Cole receives three percent of the vote. 10 percent of voters remained undecided.
“This is the first time our poll shows Kay Hagan with a lead,” said Francis De Luca, Executive Director of the Civitas Institute. “The millions spent on negative advertising by the Democratic Senatorial Committee and others attacking Senator Dole is finally paying dividends.”
Hagan’s ability to take the lead is coming from three areas: a decrease in the number of Democrats supporting Dole (-5% from last month), an increase in the Republicans supporting Hagan (+3% from last month), and a slight uptick in unaffiliated voters moving towards Hagan (+1 from last month).
“The intensity and harshness of the advertising is still increasing,” added De Luca. “Hagan and the groups supporting her candidacy have been very successful over the past couple of weeks in damaging Dole. The question now is, is there enough time for the Dole campaign to paint Hagan as an unacceptable alternative.”
Previous Civitas Poll results:
May – Dole 45, Hagan 43
June – Dole 48, Hagan 38, Cole 1
July – Dole 47, Hagan 38, Cole 2
August – Dole 44, Hagan 41, Cole 4
September – Dole 43, Hagan 41, Cole 6
Source: Civitas Institute (click here for full results)
One thing I never hear (or have missed) from the Republican blogs, websites or conservative think tanks is the simple fact that the left have hit Senator Dole very hard on her absence from North Carolina, even during a re-election campaign.
I'm not afraid to ask that question, and I raised it early. It is too bad that Dole (more likely her Campaign Staff) were absolutely tone deaf to the need to have the Senator show the flag.
Senator Elizabeth Dole will be in Franklin Saturday, and I hope to have some photos and video from that event.
Watch John McCain in Wilmington, NC Live at 2 pm Eastern
WILMINGTON -- With less than a month left before the general
election, Republican presidential candidate John McCain will be stumping Monday in North Carolina. The town hall meeting at Cape Fear Community College is the Arizona senator’s first speech in the Tar Heel State since claiming the GOP nomination, but his campaign has visited multiple times in the last few weeks.
McCain’s running mate, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, stopped by the state last week to shore up support. She will return to Greensboro this week for a fund-raiser. His wife, Cindy, was in Concord this weekend for the Bank of America 500.
Campaign officials say they handed out all of the nearly 3,000
tickets for Monday’s speech in just 45 minutes.
Source: News 14 Carolina
Click Here to Watch the John McCain Townhall at 2 pm
Also be aware that these things sometimes get off to a late start.
If I can find an embeddable video feed, i will post it here.
**4.49 pm**
McCain is coming to North Carolina again, but not to "western" North Carolina. He is visiting Charlotte, according to Under The Dome.
Winston Salem Journal Endorses Kay Hagan
I support Senator Dole for re-election, but I do have to admit that Dole has handed them that issue on a platter. You wouldn't even know she was campaigning by her conspicuous absence.
Has she even put in an appearance in Western North Carolina? (Asheville does not count because it is a large city).
Henderson County Republican Party Victory Rally Oct 25 th
Mayor Pat McCrory, candidate for Governor, will be speaking and many of our other local and statewide candidates will attend as well.
Lunch will be catered by Jimmy Freeman's BBQ for only $5 per person, children under 12 are free.
For more information, visit the HCRP website.
Obama Plays For Win in North Carolina
With one month to go until the presidential election, the campaign for Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama is asking S.C. volunteers to head to North Carolina, where polling shows Obama and his Republican rival John McCain in a dead heat.
A win in N.C. would deliver the presidency to Obama, according to a letter sent to S.C. Obama volunteers from Chris Lewis, North Carolina’s field director. Meanwhile, South Carolina is not in play, according to polling that gives McCain a sizable lead here.
But S.C. Democratic leaders insist Obama is not conceding the Palmetto State.
“(The N.C. Obama camp) is running a heavy duty campaign up there, and they need every worker they can get,” said Carol Fowler, chairwoman of the S.C. Democratic Party.
Source: The State
Commentary
I am dismayed at the lack of campaigning I see by the McCain Campaign in North Carolina. They seem more focused on events for insiders only...and it is very possible that he could lose North Carolina.
McCain National Event Day in Bryson City
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Edwards Campaign Paid Over $1 Million To Fred Baron
From 2007 to 2008, the Campaign of John Edwards paid Fred Baron over $1 Million dollars, whatever the reason. Not significant but interesting, at least to me, were payments to what might be several members of the Baron family of similar, small amounts of money. And they are on the "payee" forms, not contributors. Of course, that could be a record keeping problem there, I'm not sure.
Details below.
2007:
Report type: April Quarterly
Baron, Frederick 188,134.44
July Quarterly
Baron, Frederick 213,080.89
Source: Riehl World View (Read the whole thing).
There was a whole lotta mullah changing hands...in John Edwards' America, that is.
McCain National Event Day in Bryson City
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Heath Shuler Presented With Mumpower's Wounded Eagle Award
NC Republican Congressional Candidate Carl Mumpower gives the Wounded Eagle Award to Health Shuler to highlight Shuler's flagrant disregard for representative responsibility, misuse of taxpayer monies, and bad legislation. Mumpower wants people to know that America is in trouble and this week 11th District Representative Heath Shuler has violated the responsibilities of his office.1. Deciding the 213-212 vote to recess Congress without taking desperately needed action on energy policy, illegal immigration, and other pressing matters.
3. Excusing his position against drilling for our country's best oil reserves.
4. Continuing to flaunt his "Blue Dog" credentials and PAYGO promises while consistently supporting earmarks and voting the liberal line 86.4% of the time during the current Congress.
"I have always been a big fan of Democrat William Proxmire who gave out the 'Golden Fleece" award to highlight government waste - I am borrowing from his model," said Mumpower. "Proxmire was an authentic conservative Democrat - not an imposter using a few conservative positions and a pleasant smile to conceal his wasteful liberal voting record. I send my opponent this award with the hope that voters get the message. Shuler is helping insure that his children and my grandchildren will not realize the 'American Dream' that has blessed so many before us. This level of harm deserves political challenge - by an authentic conservative opponent and those whose support he is betraying."
Pat McCrory's Most Valuable Character Attribute - Optimism
Pat McCrory presented his plan to improve public safety and reform North Carolina's criminal justice system
July 30, 2008
CRAVEN COUNTY NC NEWS -- Once again, Mayor Pat McCrory, the Republican nominee for governor, has shown his most valuable character attribute - optimism. McCrory seems to always view the cup as half full. Whether it is discussing energy exploration or getting tough on crime, McCrory believes in the abilities of the North Carolina people to rise to the occasion and win.
While continuing his Jobs Tour in North Carolina, Pat McCrory presented his plan to improve public safety and reform North Carolina's criminal justice system at the North Carolina Sheriffs' Association Conference in New Bern located in Craven County, NC. He highlighted many key differences between his record of effective executive leadership and the lieutenant governor's record of supporting a failed status quo for the past eight years.
The Republican nominee governor, Mayor Pat McCrory said:
"When it comes to fighting crime, I've been on the front lines for the past 12 years while the lieutenant governor has turned a blind eye to the problems. I've seen county jails overflowing with people sleeping on floors, gangs infiltrating our schools and illegal aliens filling our jails. I've seen our state judges and district attorneys work out of cardboard boxes and I've seen our state mental health patients transferred to local jails. When I led a bipartisan group of mayors and law enforcement officials to Raleigh to work on solutions to these problems, the lieutenant governor was nowhere to be seen. Now she's ‘forming a plan' that's ‘emerging and changing' that calls for another government commission to meet in Raleigh and talk about the problems. Where has Lt. Governor Perdue been for the past eight years?
"Now that she is campaigning for governor, Perdue is drafting a plan that should have been written eight years ago. North Carolina needs a governor who cares about public safety even when it's not an election year. We need action and effective executive leadership."
As Mayor of Charlotte, McCrory responded to an inadequate state criminal justice system by...
Read the rest at County NC News.
RL Clark for NC Senate District 49
This is former Senator RL Clark, who is running for the seat currently held by Senator Martin Nesbitt.
The candidate has no website.
The video comes to us from Richard Bernier.
Bob Hunter for North Carolina Court of Appeals
Recently, Richard Bernier sat down with Bob Hunter, a candidate for the North Carolina Court of Appeals. This video is half an hour long, and will air on URTV on Charter Cable.
Candidate Web Site
