My friend made a huge sign out of a sheet and hung it on her balcony so I thought it might be nice to share with the group to help keep us going through this election race. :)

It's sorta big so I've put the image behind the cut.
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From Pollster.com, here are all the recent battleground state and national polls, from August 1. The states are listed in decreasing order of electoral votes. For your convenience, I posted a link to this post on our profile page. Amazing: Georgia is now a "battleground."

Florida: 27 Electoral Votes

Pennsylvania: 21 EV
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My hero, Dean Smith, former coach of the NC Tar Heels and most respected man in NC has endorsed Barack Obama!!!!!!!!

It's a short article, but it was printed in at least one local paper in NC. I'm sorry I don't have a link for it- my mom emailed me the article ( Read more... )

I love this. Posted on Andrew Sullivan's blog:

"This primary election on Tuesday is a game changer. This is going to make a huge difference in what happens going forward. The entire country -- probably even a lot of the world -- is looking to see what North Carolina decides," - Senator Hillary Clinton.

Like he says, she will pretend she never said it

Both Tuesday, April 8

Winston-Salem, NC
Meet Michelle Obama
Winston-Salem State University
601 S. Martin Luther King Drive
Doors open 1:30pm, program begins 2:30pm
First come first served, limited seating, free tickets required.
No bags, signs, banners, please limit personal items.

Raleigh, NC
Meet Michelle ObamaReynolds Coliseum, North Carolina ( Read more... )

Here in NC, we're working to get people registered before the deadline next week.
Looks like it's working!
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Also, for anyone in NC who is also a member of this community, we put together an NC for Obama website so people throughout the state can connect with each other.
We're still working out bugs but you can now register and post in the

The grand opening for the campaign office in Elizabeth City, NC was today ( Read more... )

March 26
Greensboro, NC
Town Hall Meeting with Barack Obama
War Memorial Auditorium, Greensboro Coliseum Complex
1921 W. Lee Street
Doors open 11am, program begins 1pm
REQUIRED TICKETS ALL GONE, SIGN UP HERE FOR WAIT LIST
No bags, signs, banners, please limit personal items.

This Charlotte, NC event wasn't up when I went to bed late last night, but the required free tickets were apparently all snapped up before I could post it today. Anybody in Charlotte could still hang around outside and get a glimpse, I guess. He does stay to speak to overflow crowds pretty often. There will be more events, surely, and anybody in ( Read more... )