Comments on: Southern Black Vote Is Coming Out Early

By: The Reality-Based Dave

The Reality-Based Dave — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 17:31:11 +0000

“Another incentive for these people to vote early is the chance to avoid election day suppression shenanigans.”

Exactly! They remember the looong lines caused by too few machines for the number of people trying to vote.
Vote early! Faster! More!

By: Bruce Henry

Bruce Henry — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 16:36:14 +0000

Another good sign is that Liddy Dole’s ads are now about the theme that if her opponent, Kay Hagan, is elected Senator, the eevil liberals will control all three branches of government. That seems to me to be an admission that Gramps and Barbie are losers.

By: Bruce Henry

Bruce Henry — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 16:14:13 +0000

I live in the Raleigh area, which is slightly more cosmopolitan than other areas, but I feel good about NC. Some folks I would have thought of as the reddest of rednecks have recently “come out” as Obama folks.
And Andy Griffith’s and Opie’s endorsements didn’t hurt, either.

By: kjj83

kjj83 — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 12:43:10 +0000

Oliver, do you still think NC will go red? Just wondering.

By: Longdeshizi

Longdeshizi — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 06:33:50 +0000

Another incentive for these people to vote early is the chance to avoid election day suppression shenanigans. Hopefully early voting can render “october surprises” and election day stunts obsolete.

By: Parthenon

Parthenon — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 05:44:05 +0000

This is a startling step forward for our country. My grandmother (passed on a few years back) could remember meeting a grizzly old civil war vet when she was a tiny kid. And just a few lifetimes later… If me and all my whiteness feels honored to cast this vote, I can only imagine how it must feel for an African-American.

/cheese