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It's not surprising that Dizzy's unfavorable's are higher than Kay's. Kay has an excellent record on children issues in the NC Senate, and for that alone I can support her candidacy. (Yeah, believe it or not, that's my one issue if I've got one.)

Compare it to Elizabeth Dole's abysmal record on children's issues in the US Senate, and it's a no brainer. For children's advocate's, Kay Hagan is the only choice. I'll work on those numbers this week.

Be the change you wish to see in the world. --Gandhi
Pointing at Naked Emperors

That is some serious good news.

I just can't see that kind of change occurring in one month. Their poll in April was 52-39 for Dole. If Public Policy Polling's release this week is similar, then i'll believe it a little more.

::::gets up and dances around a little::::

That's enough to fuel yer Democratic jets, idn't it?

Thanks, Gordon!!!

"It is amazing what you can accomplish if you do not care who gets the credit." - Harry Truman

If Democratic turnout is up by 3% or more, it becomes much easier to win all of the down-ticket races. In the meantime, Hagan has to continue to increase her name recognition. And it wouldn't hurt to bring down Dole's approval ratings some. I wonder how negative the campaign will get?

Until the primary, no one outside of Greensboro had heard of Kay Hagan aside from a few state politics wonks. Everyone's heard of Dole. Even if they don't know anything about Liddy, they know about Bob. I don't know why simply knowing that someone exists makes people more likely to vote for them, but it's an obstacle that challengers have to overcome.

Early on in the primary, before Hagan started to run TV ads, she was tied with Neal. Once she started running ads, her numbers exploded, leading to the primary trouncing.

Now that people are hearing more about her, they become more likely to vote for her. The earlier polls were basically "unknown Dem vs. Dole" polls. Hagan is now recognizable. It's going to be a tough race, absolutely, but it's 2008 and it's a winnable race.

considering that she has been an albatross around the necks of North Carolina citizens, who rightly should be represented by SOMEONE from North Carolina would be fantastic.

Sending Liddy Dole back to Kansas or D.C. or wherever the hell she comes from? Priceless!!

North Carolina. Turning the South Blue!

But it's interesting to see that their favorable ratings are almost tied.

This is certainly good news, but bear in mind this is Hagan's natural "bump" from winning the primary. She's in the news and Dole isn't. Not trying to dampen the excitement, just adding a little perspective.

I agree with some of the previous poster's, though, that high turnout will all but guarantee that Dole is a one term senator, and that is good news.

for turning tail and running when time came to confront the Republican race smear ad.
Y'all made a lot of persuasive points, but "too busy" to talk about the race-baiting ad seems to my feeble mind to have been Liddy's most memorable newspaper/radio/television moment of late. And it was unignorable.
Willingness to hide from a fight isn't something we North Carolinians look for in a leader, is it?
Of course everyone here can attest that Liddy didn't just hide once. She wouldn't even show her face or accept the petition Pam politely hand-carried to her office.
In fact, she's still hiding, and giving Kay Hagan & friends the opportunity to begin seriously redefining whatever image she had before turning tail to run.
Or so I feebly apprehend.