LABOR DAY HOLIDAY 3-PART SERIES Part 3: Labor Day Forecasts for 2012

by johndavis, September 5, 2011

LABOR DAY HOLIDAY 3-PART SERIES Part 3: Labor Day Forecasts for 2012 Post: September 5, 2011       Vol. IV, No. 23     Part 3 NOTE:  This is the final in a three-part Labor Day Holiday Series of the John Davis Political Report that began on September 2 Part 1: Word that NC Republicans should add
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LABOR DAY HOLIDAY 3-PART SERIES Part 2: Question that Reelected Obama

by johndavis, September 2, 2011

LABOR DAY HOLIDAY 3-PART SERIES Part 2: Question that Reelected Obama Post: September 2, 2011       Vol. IV, No. 23     Part 2 “I’m going to ask a question to everyone here on the stage.  Say you had a deal, a real spending cuts deal, 10-to-1, spending cuts to tax increases.  Who on this stage
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Obama’s Probability of Carrying North Carolina in 2012: 44%

by johndavis, August 18, 2011

[Audio clip: view full post to listen] Post: August 18, 2011       Vol. IV, No. 21 “You can’t bring home the bacon now because the pig is dead.” Fmr. Wyoming Republican U.S. Senator Alan Simpson, Co-chairman of the Simpson/Bowles Debt & Deficit Commission Investors Political Daily: Obama’s Probability of Carrying NC in 2012 is 44% This
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Obama’s Probability of Winning in 2012: 48%; Congressional Republicans and Tea Party Hurting GOP

by johndavis, August 12, 2011

[Audio clip: view full post to listen] Post: August 12, 2011       Vol. IV, No. 20 “I’m going to keep at it until every single American who wants a job can find one.” President Barack Obama, Johnson Controls, Holland, Michigan, 8/11/2011 Nothing wrong with our country. Something wrong with our politics. Yesterday, in Holland, Michigan, while
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The Beatings will Continue until Morale Improves; Morale Improves with a Diet of Peas and Satan Sandwiches

by johndavis, August 4, 2011

[Audio clip: view full post to listen] Post: August 4, 2011       Vol. IV, No. 19 “We’ve earned the threat of a downgrade.  If we don’t make significant changes in the way we operate; if we don’t cut spending on entitlements, if we don’t make real cuts in defense spending, if we don’t reform the tax
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Revised/Updated: North Carolina’s New Congressional Districts – Say Goodbye to Democrats Miller, Shuler and Kissell; McIntyre has Fighting Chance

by johndavis, July 5, 2011

“Republicans drew the districts with growth projections in mind to ensure that they will be safe all the way to the end of the decade.”  John Davis Political Report Post July 6, 2011       Vol. IV, No. 14     Revised/Updated North Carolina’s New Congressional Districts: Say Goodbye to Democrats Miller, Shuler and Kissell; McIntyre
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The Best Hope in 2012 for Gov. Perdue and the Democrats is Republicans

by johndavis, April 26, 2011

[Audio clip: view full post to listen] “Republicans must think long term if they want to govern long term.” Note: I received an email last Friday from Jack Betts, an associate editor and senior political writer with the Charlotte Observer, with the question, “What would have to happen for Republicans to lose their advantage in
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The $1 Billion Question: Can Obama Carry NC in 2012? The images in the campaign kickoff video disclose strategy

by johndavis, April 6, 2011

[Audio clip: view full post to listen] “I don’t agree with Obama on everything, but I respect him and I trust him.” “Ed from North Carolina,” featured in President Obama’s re-election kickoff video, Monday, April 4, 2011 Obama’s 2012 Campaign Strategy Disclosed in Video Released Monday Shhhhhhhhhhh.  If you want to get the inside scoop
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On the Death of Geraldine Ferraro: NC Women have Defeated Men in 23 of 31 Statewide Campaigns Since 2000

by johndavis, March 30, 2011

[Audio clip: view full post to listen] “Do not put such unlimited powers into the hands of the Husbands.  Remember all men would be tyrants if they could.  If particular care and attention is not paid to the Ladies, we are determined to foment a Rebellion, and will not hold ourselves bound by any laws
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Caution: NC’s Population Growth Yields Fewer Democrats but More Liberals; More Republicans and Fewer Conservatives

by johndavis, March 3, 2011

[Audio clip: view full post to listen] “If they [Republicans in Congress] focus only on austerity and neglect to offer a pro-growth message, their attempt to tame the budget will be of limited appeal and could prove to be their undoing.”  Karl Rove, Wall Street Journal, March 3, 2011 Political Implications of NC’s 84% Voter
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