Christian Dem in NC's blog

(cross-posted at dKos and The Christian Dem Home Journal)

Today's Charlotte Observer ran an op-ed by Don Fortson, associate professor of church history at Reformed Theological Seminary's Charlotte campus. It applauds the recent victory of the monstrous Proposition 8 in California.

As we all know, yesterday Kay Hagan sued Liddy Dole for libeling her with her first "Godless Americans" ad. Today, Liddy rolled out her official response--another ad on the same topic.

cross-posted (in slightly edited form) at dKos

Yesterday, Betsy mentioned a Rasmussen poll which apparently shows Liddy Dole losing ground as a result of her disgusting attacks on Kay Hagan's faith. The poll was taken October 29--the day the ad hit the airwaves.

Well, we've got another poll out that confirms this ad was, at best, a wash for Dole. Civitas shows Kay with a two-point lead, 45-43. It's within the margin of error, but still this is a Republican polling firm confirming that Dole's desperate push into the gutter hasn't vaulted her ahead.

(cross-posted at dKos and The Christian Dem Home Journal)

Two of North Carolina's three biggest newspapers--the Charlotte Observer and (Greensboro) News & Record gave their verdict on Liddy Dole's disgusting ad implying that Kay Hagan doesn't believe in God. And in both cases, it's a massive fail.

(cross-posted at dKos)

The NRCC is planning to make last-ditch efforts to buy ad time for some of its incumbents and hopefuls--but Robin Hayes won't be one of the beneficiaries.

By day's end, Hayes had to deny a report that his own party had forsaken him. But there's at least one sign that national Republicans aren't as invested as they planned to be – they've backed off buying television time to run an independent ad in the 8th Congressional District race.

Well, in a way, it's a good thing--we in Charlotte are being subjected to enough slime as it is from McCain. Nonetheless, the fact that the NRCC isn't cutting an ad for him is stunning.

We already knew the Repubs were running scared--but get a load of this. Republican leaders and McCain campaign spokesmen think Liddy Dole will be out of a job.

The possibility that Democrats will build a muscular, 60-seat Senate majority is looking increasing plausible, with new polls showing a powerful surge for the party’s candidates in Minnesota, Kentucky and other states.

A poll out Friday shows Sen. Norm Coleman could now easily lose his Minnesota seat to comedian-turned-candidate Al Franken. A Colorado race that initially looked like a nail-biter has now broken decisively for the Democrats. A top official in the McCain camp told us Sen. Elizabeth Dole is virtually certain to lose in conservative North Carolina.

Wow. I have to admit I didn't expect this.

I just got home from work, took a looksee over at dKos, and discovered a shocker--Obama has actually taken the lead here in North Carolina, according to Rasmussen.

Simply put, if this poll is true and North Carolina is on the verge of flipping, this election is over.

Friend of mine on dKos tipped me off that Public Policy Polling's rolling out a new North Carolina poll tonight. There's a tantalizing hint--McCain's lead with voters concerned about the economy has dropped like it had an anchor tied to it.

Civitas just came out with a poll showing we're still in play in the presidential race. McCain has 47 percent, Obama 44 percent.

We now have both a partisan Democratic poll and a partisan Republican poll showing the race has pretty much remained static through both conventions. More importantly, it's officially safe to say that SUSA poll showing McCain up 20 (!) is full of crap. I'm of the mind we should let ABC11 in the Triangle know that they made themselves look foolish by promoting this poll.

Just what does the race look like here in North Carolina? Well, Survey USA and Public Policy Polling offer two wildly different assessments.

SUSA, in cooperation with ABC11 in the Triangle, has McCain up to an improbable 20-point lead over Obama. I say "improbable" because in looking at the internals, this poll makes absolutely no sense. PPP sounds a bit more realistic even if you allow for the fact it's a partisan Dem poll--McCain up four.