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NC Primary Watch: Why is NC Dem Party siding with Clinton on debates?
Submitted by ChrisKromm on Thu, 04/10/2008 - 2:34pm.Polls show Sen. Barack Obama has a commanding lead in North Carolina -- but are operatives in the N.C. Democratic Party favoring Sen. Hillary Clinton? They are on at least one big issue: a proposed debate between the Democratic presidential candidates.
This week, N.C. Dem leaders have been demanding that Obama accept a debate hosted by CBS on April 27 -- a date favored by Clinton -- while ignoring earlier plans by CBS and the Obama campaign for an April 19 match-up.
On top of that, some are claiming behind the scenes that Obama doesn't want to debate in North Carolina, and calling into question his interest in the state.
What's going on here?
CORRECTION: 89,000 new voters in North Carolina -- who are they?
Submitted by ChrisKromm on Wed, 03/26/2008 - 10:28am.CORRECTION: We had an Excel problem which botched our figures on party registration. We correctly reported that 46% of new registrations since January were Democrat. However, only 17% of the new registrations were Republican. The remaining 37% were unaffiliated.
This is the first in a series of Facing South posts covering the upcoming North Carolina primary elections.
Like other states, North Carolina has witnessed a surge in voter registrations this election year. Nearly 89,000 new voters have registered to vote in the last three months, according to new statistics released last Friday.
Who are these new voters, who will be deciding the now-critical North Carolina primaries on May 6?
