CNN: NC moves from lean Rmoney to Toss Up

[Lebam in LA]

http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2012/08/27/north-carolina-moves-in-cnn-electoral-map/

[TroyD]

1. Yay!

[Thrill]

2. Mittens is spending a ton of money here

Him and Rove's PAC.

[TroyD]

4. North Carolina & Virginia

What's quite remarkable actually is that this is the 2nd election in a row where these 2 states are competitive.

The Electoral Map is expanding for the Democrats and shrinking for the Republicans. They now have to defend states that hadn't gone Democratic in decades until 2008.

That is a game-changer in terms of Electoral College strategy.

[Wednesdays]

7. Just wait until Texas starts turning blue

Not too distant in the future. Possibly as early as 2016...2024 at the latest. At that point, it's game over for the repugs.

[Marsala]

8. Hopefully they'll be permanent minority in the House by then

Not sure about the Senate - there are a lot of small red states out there.

[demosincebirth]

9. I love your optimism, but unless they cut Texas in half it'll be a long, long time.

[Wednesdays]

10. I've got good cause to be optimistic

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2011/05/10/970324/-Digging-into-Latino-voter-trends

[demosincebirth]

12. Getting Mexican-Americans to vote in SW Texas is a real chore. Many being, almost, dirt poor the

last thing on their mind is voting. I hope instilling in them how important it is and how it affects them if they don't vote.

I hope you are right with your optimism.

[Drunken Irishman]

11. And yet, it's drifting more and more Obama.

Maybe Romney's ads are hurting him there?

[applegrove]

3. .

[flamingdem]

5. Got to get out the messages about Medicare & Women's issues

for the win

[Lex]

6. Awesome. Romney's spending plenty of ad money here & getting nowhere.

There are lots and lots ad Romney ads running. Apparently to little avail.