A NC Wish for a Palin-Only Ticket and Signs of an Obama Victory
The North Carolina GOP is a disillusioned mess. NC Republicans and some faux Democrats are surely depressed about the waning prospect that North Carolina will remain in the GOP column in 2008. And disregard that Rasmussen Poll nonsense showing John McCain with a two-point lead. North Carolina voters prefer Barack Obama and the telltale signs are still in place. And the signs are growing. In rush hour traffic on Friday, I was shocked to see that the McCain/Palin bumper sticker on the truck in front of me...was minus the McCain. The driver showed outright contempt for McCain by displaying only "Palin". A sign of the times? Maybe. McCain may be wise to spend less time running negative Obama ads and spend more time reining in fellow Republicans who are starting to abandon his sinking ship.
Jesse Helms wouldn't recognize this North Carolina. While McCain slept, Obama quietly surrounded the fort. It's been a long time since any Democratic presidential candidate has enjoyed the kind of widespread support that Obama now has in North Carolina. But don't expect any Obama premature victory lap, the Obama Campaign is not taking North Carolina for granted. With the Obama Campaign "fight until the last vote is counted strategy", I predict that Obama will win North Carolina in a manner reminiscent of the way that Usain Bolt won his Olympic medals. And the Obama victory will have coattails.
Kay Hagan is almost certain to unseat the North Carolina Senator from Kansas, Libby Dole, and Bev Perdue will win a closely contested governor's race and defeat Pat McCrory who is giving her a run for her money. Give McCrory, the Charlotte mayor, credit for being smart enough not to alienate Obama supporters with whom he hopes to garner some measure of favor. All in all, it's been a great year to follow North Carolina politics. And the person most responsible is Barack Obama. It is satisfying to witness that most Americans including North Carolinians see the value in having a leader that possesses the ability to inspire its people to transform a nation.
I agree that Senator Obama is doing something no one has done before. His 50 states strategy, his ability to inspire Americans to transform a nation, and his character has together made this an election to remember. For so long our diversity was used against us by dividing us. It has been a distraction from the real issues that effect us all. Senator Obama seems want to change that. I truly hope he succeeds if in fact that is his goal.
October 26, 2008 3:24 AM | Reply | Permalink
I hope these predictions that Obama will win Va, Nc, and possibly GA are true. It would be nice if Obama won by a landslide come Nov 4th
October 26, 2008 9:01 AM | Reply | Permalink
I think it will be a landslide. The best defense for the Bradley Effect is the knockout punch!
October 26, 2008 10:50 AM | Reply | Permalink
I am not "counting my chickens" just yet, but I really believe that if Barack Obama does end up winning in VA, NC, MO and IN then we will have, without a doubt, a broad mandate for progressive legislation across the board. So I don't want another vacuous talking head talk about "governing from the center." That is nonsense. It would be our time to truly turn America around, away from the noxious conservative and neo-conservative views that have dominated the agenda and nearly ruined our country.
Get out there and VOTE!
October 26, 2008 1:53 PM | Reply | Permalink