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Also Obama leads Romney in Ohio. No republican has ever won without Ohio. Obama's rising poll numbers is a reflection of improving economic job numbers. We have had at least two big job announcements in the past week from our governor here in North Carolina.
Also Obama leads Romney in Ohio. No republican has ever won without Ohio. Obama's rising poll numbers is a reflection of improving economic job numbers. We have had at least two big job announcements in the past week from our governor here in North Carolina.
This is good news; President Obama benefits from the GOP's move to the far right and party in-fighting. He'll take Arizona again, and a win in Virginia would be sweet.
Obama will take North Carolina again too. We have been having major job announcements here and the democratic national convention where Obama will give his acceptance speech will be held in Charlotte, NC. That should give democrats a boost in the Tarheel State.
Obama will take North Carolina again too. We have been having major job announcements here and the democratic national convention where Obama will give his acceptance speech will be held in Charlotte, NC. That should give democrats a boost in the Tarheel State.
More good news! I always root for the Tarheels, unless it's March and they're playing the Illini.
The GOP is in trouble. Romney will probably be the Republican nominee, but the more voters get to know Romney the less they like him. Romney will now have to go negative against Santorum to stop his surge, this will further push up Romney's own negatives in the process.
Also Obama leads Romney in Ohio. No republican has ever won without Ohio. Obama's rising poll numbers is a reflection of improving economic job numbers. We have had at least two big job announcements in the past week from our governor here in North Carolina.
Virginia will, barring a stunning reversal, go to Obama. I'm pretty confident about that. I'm also pretty confident that Michigan and Wisconsin will also go to Obama as well, and there's a good chance Ohio will as well. I'm a little more concerned about Pennsylvania and Florida. Obama might be one and done in those states, but I think he'll carry the majority of battle ground states that he won in 2008. It'll be interesting to see which ones, though...
Obama will take North Carolina again too. We have been having major job announcements here and the democratic national convention where Obama will give his acceptance speech will be held in Charlotte, NC. That should give democrats a boost in the Tarheel State.
I think Obama is increasingly putting NC back into play. I think he could lose that state, but it's increasingly a state that could go back into his favor.
The GOP is in trouble. Romney will probably be the Republican nominee, but the more voters get to know Romney the less they like him. Romney will now have to go negative against Santorum to stop his surge, this will further push up Romney's own negatives in the process.
The thing is, one can no longer be certain who will be the nominee. Romney's machine is beginning to show some serious signs of malfunctioning, much like Clinton's machine did in 2008.
The differences between this year and '08 are significant. In 08 there was a sense that something historic and magical was going to happen on the Democratic side. There was a sense that people were witnessing history, and that they had a chance to change history. When the momentum swung in Obama's favor, that reached a fever pitch, with Obama shocking Clinton in race after race.
In this race, I just get the feeling that this will go back and forth like a basketball game. Romney will have some highlights, and so will Santorum, Gingrich, and even Paul. Gingrich will be out of the news for the next week or so but could regain the headlines again with his southern strategy. That won't be significant to Romney, but it will be significant in blunting the momentum of Santorum. There's a serious chance that this could drag itself out to the convention. Meanwhile, Paul voters are going to continue to be an angry and growing nuisance, and might very well openly rebel against the GOP at its convention in August.
In 2008, there was a bitter war between two high profile candidates, but over time it was increasingly clear who had the wider support of the entire democratic party. In this race, though, I don't get that sense at all. I get the sense that this is going to be a war for the heart and soul of the party; a war between establishment and mature pragmatist mainstream Republicans...and unrealistic, fanatical, single-issue conservatives who may just not participate at all if they don't get their way. I think the GOP has a mess on its hands.
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