Predictions:
Indiana – Hillary by 8. It won’t be quite as much of a blowout as Pennsylvania and Ohio, but it will be significant.
North Carolina – Obama by four. Call it a hunch, but when the gaps narrow, Obama usually underperforms the polling.

A sound assessment.

The debate and decision over that should have been raised and made months ago. The votes weren’t important to her then because she thought she’d be winning this thing.

And North Raleigh. Raleigh has always been two cities, inside the beltline and outside.

If you think Cary is too liberal, what do you think of Chapel Hill?

When some people talk about going to the zoo, they’re talking about Asheboro. When I think about going to the zoo, it’s Chapel Hill.

Cary is nice place but too liberal, yankees are ruining NC politics on state level. If they are going to move here, they should respect our voting tendancies ;)

jp on May 6, 2008 at 11:13 AM

If you think Cary is too liberal, what do you think of Chapel Hill?

I’ve lived in Cary or Morrisville for 27 years; that almost qualifies as a native….

NeighborhoodCatLady on May 6, 2008 at 11:13 AM

Indeed. I haven’t been here quite as long as you, but long enough that non-natives honestly believe I’m a native. I don’t think I have a southern accent, but I’ve also never had the accent that people think is “typical” of where I was actually born and raised.

Red Pill: Are you a relocated Yankee, too?

Nah, I’m a relocated hillbilly (Arkansas). I left Arkansas before the Clintons became visible, though.

I’ve lived in Cary or Morrisville for 27 years; that almost qualifies as a native….

my precint (downtown Cary)
NeighborhoodCatLady on May 6, 2008 at 11:03 AM

Cary, eh?
Are you a relocated Yankee, too?
:-)

(Cary = Containment Area for Relocated Yankees)

I did vote for Hillary, completely outside of any Operation Chaos considerations. My order of preference in the remaining candidates is McCain, Clinton, Obama, and it’s time to drop the least viable contender. I’m considering “viability” in terms of performance in office, rather than electability. Clinton at least has a chance to be a non-disastrous President; Obama comes with a guarantee.

I think that Ron Paul is wrong about Iraq withdrawal because there is a radical enemy at war with us, and choosing not to fight that battle in Iraq will not end the war, it will only strengthen the enemy…a lesson we should have all learned from WWII. The enemy will not leave our homeland alone just because we concede a concession…the enemy will grow stronger and continue to wage war on us.

While I think that Ron Paul is wrong about some significant things, he is right about some other significant things like the need to abolish the IRS and establish the Fair Tax, and other strict constructionist views of the US Constitution.

Why is it that the last phrase of the 1st amendment gets ignored, and the US Supreme Court refuses to interpret its meaning?

Everyone please stop berating people who support different candidates than you. Leave that to dKos. I expect better on our side of the aisle.

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The press and liberal wing of the party (patricians) hate Clinton and it is only among the plebs that she has been able to find support. There is no way Obama will get this thing taken out from under him. The party leadership and old guard don’t want it to happen and it would tear the party apart. The fact is, if you had to pick someone to toss out of the life raft Clinton is the less sympathetic character.

The Democrats have two horses in this race that can’t win.

Also consider the known issue with polling younger people, who tend to only have cell phones. You would think that between the two issues Obama would out perform his poll numbers, but that has not been the case.

Hillary wins Indiana by 8, agreed.

Obama wins North Carolina by 8 as well.

And so the battle for the nomination continues…

The MSM is in full court press for Obama this morning.

ABC news gal: “Republicans can vote in the Indiana Democratic primary, and people are calling the “Obmamicans”

Guest: “Actually, most of the Republicans will be voting for Clinton because they think whe will be easier to beat in the general election.”

Wrong and wrong: Most Republicans who vote D in Indiana will be voting for Clinton to either create chaos, or simply because they dislike Obama more than Clinton. But I’m pretty sure most have finally come to the realization that Clinton would be a stronger candidate, but won’t get the nomination no matter what, so bombs away…

Rasmussen today has Hillary ahead by 5 in Indianna and Barack up by 9 in North Carolina so will be a spilit decision if that holds.

Operation Chaos is needed.

William Amos on May 6, 2008 at 8:40 AM

It would be nice if those margins were reversed. Our gal needs some help in NC.