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To: JohnM who wrote (61417)	4/24/2008 10:59:43 AM
From: Mary Cluney	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 542836

<<< But my guess is that NC is very much in play in the fall.>>> NC has never voted dem as far as I know. Clinton almost won in 1992 only because Ross Perot took nearly 15% of the votes that would most likely have gone to Bush. In any case Bush won narrowly in 1992. Kerry/Edwards lost in Edwards home state in 2000.

To: JohnM who wrote (61417)	4/24/2008 11:04:23 AM
From: ChinuSFO	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 542836

Right now, if I started stacking up the states, I would put NC as definitely a swing state, but leaning Dem. I suppose that this election will be very different than the ones we have seen in 2000 and 2004. It would be the revival of true democracy, I would think. The evangelicals will not be motivated to come to the polls in such large numbers as in 2000 and 2004. The kitchen table issues will mobilize a lot of middle-aged folks to the polls. The deteriorating health care system and SS will bring the seniors and most importantly, the 20 year olds will flock to the polls if a young candidate like Barack Obama is a candidate. The politics of fear such as this one; Message 24528576, which shockingly has crept to this thread, will never fly anymore with the American public.