Late Breaking Trends – Tuesday, August 31, 2010

by johndavis, August 31, 2010

Click the Play Button Below for an Audio Summary [Audio clip: view full post to listen] Key Trends and their Impact on North Carolina’s 2010 General Election Races Advantage Democrats Advantage Republicans “Republican average weekly advantages over Democrats during August are higher than any previous midterm Republican advantage in Gallup’s history of tracking the generic
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Late Breaking Trends – Friday, August 27, 2010

by johndavis, August 27, 2010

Click the Play Button Below for an Audio Summary [Audio clip: view full post to listen] Key Trends and their Impact on North Carolina’s 2010 General Election Races Advantage Democrats Advantage Republicans “I understand that intellectually,” said Obama, “but this is my life and career.  And I think I could probably do every job on
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Late Breaking Trends – Tuesday, August 24, 2010

by johndavis, August 23, 2010

Click the Play Button Below for an Audio Summary [Audio clip: view full post to listen] Key Trends and their Impact on North Carolina’s 2010 General Election Races Advantage Democrats Advantage Republicans “North Carolina Republicans have an asset this year Democrats don’t have: Tom Fetzer.[i] Democratic consultant Gary Pearce, Talking About Politics, The Fetzer Factor,
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Late Breaking Trends – Week in Review

by johndavis, August 20, 2010

Click the Play Button Below for an Audio Summary [Audio clip: view full post to listen] Key Trends and their Impact on North Carolina’s 2010 General Election Races Advantage Democrats Advantage Republicans “Democratic operatives trying to raise money for expensive ad campaigns report that the wealthy liberals (and, to some extent, labor unions) who wrote
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Late Breaking Trends – North Carolina’s Daily Partisan Political Advantage Forecast

by johndavis, August 18, 2010

Click the Play Button Below for an Audio Summary [Audio clip: view full post to listen] Key Trends and their Impact on North Carolina’s 2010 General Election Races Advantage Democrats Advantage Republicans President Obama’s job approval reached a new weekly average low, with only 44% of American voters approving of how the president is managing
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Is the NC Democratic Party the Toyota of State Politics? Top 10 Political Liabilities Leading to Loss of Voter Market Share; Part I: Liabilities 1 – 4

by johndavis, April 29, 2010

Part I:  Liabilities 1 – 4 NC Republicans do not have to raise the political bar closer to that of Democrats to seize power in 2010 if Democrats lower their political bar closer to that of Republicans. Toyota Motor Company has lost market share because of worldwide recalls of millions of its cars due to management mistakes
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Connecting the Dots: NC Big Business & Big Labor Pool Resources to Wipe Out Free Market Conservatives in NC Senate

by johndavis, March 24, 2010

“Basnight often gives campaign money to the state Democratic Party, which can give  unlimited amounts to legislative candidates.” AP, March 18, 2010 1 Last Thursday night, former Democratic Gov. Jim Hunt hosted a fundraiser for Democratic Senate President Pro Tem Marc Basnight at the State Fairgrounds in Raleigh.  According to the Associated Press, 300 to 400 people
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Supreme Court: Business Has Unlimited Political Free Speech Rights – NC 527s Obsolete; Political Parties Weakened; Trade Groups Will Flex New Political Muscle

by johndavis, January 25, 2010

“They’re the men who served with John Kerry in Vietnam. Tortured for refusing to confess what John Kerry accused them of … of being war criminals. With nothing to gain for themselves, they have come forward to talk about the John Kerry they know.”1 Swift Boat Vets and POWs for Truth, TV ad excerpt, September
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