Monthly Archives: October 2008

  1. Oct
    31

    Why was Greenland called Greenland?

    Posted in Miscellaneous By Civitas | Tagged

    It has to do with unstoppable solar cycles.-Max Borders

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    Oct
    31

    Full Poll Results

    Posted in Miscellaneous By Chris Hayes | Tagged

    The results of our last poll are now live on our website with the usual questions on the direction of the state, which issue is most important, etc. We also polled the Lt. Governor and Treasurer's races since there were open seats.  The Democrats lead in both by about 9 points. Check it all out [...]

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    Oct
    31

    A Shocking Lesson in Politics

    Posted in Miscellaneous By Jeff Mixon | Tagged

    It is one of those considerations you know about when you buy your house.  If, as a conservative, you decide to move into a leftist enclave, you can expect your neighbors to take offense when you place the campaign sign of a non liberal on your property. Some of them may even be so incensed [...]

  4. Oct
    31

    Mencken Classic

    Posted in Miscellaneous By Civitas | Tagged

    "Every election is a sort of advance auction sale of stolen goods."

  5. Oct
    31

    McCain vs. Obama: Still Undecided?

    Posted in Uncategorized By Bob Luebke | Tagged

    Dan Henninger argues in the Wall Street Journal that an Obama presidency would shift our fundamental national principles from wealth creation to wealth protection. Is it the end of “cowboy capitalism” and a levelling of our national trajectory? All the more reason to get to the polls. Worth the read.

  6. Oct
    31

    Losing the Rules of the Game

    Posted in Miscellaneous By Civitas | Tagged

    An absolute must-read from Russ Roberts in today's WSJ. A sliver: By acting without rhyme or reason, politicians have destroyed the rules of the game. There is no reason to invest, no reason to take risk, no reason to be prudent, no reason to look for buyers if your firm is failing. Everything is up [...]

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    Oct
    31

    Election Day – It is all about the ground game now!

    Posted in Elections & Campaigns By Francis De Luca

    Watching one of the Sunday talk shows last week I was struck by the comment of the talking head who reflected back on a 2004 interview with President Bush in the closing days of the campaign. He said that after the interview the President pointed at southeastern Ohio and said that is where he would win re-election. [...]

  8. Oct
    30

    Final Civitas Poll

    Posted in Polling By Chris Hayes

    Our final poll results are in, and all 3 races are inside the margin of error.  So I'm going to take the easy way out and say all the races are too close to call. We've seen some movement since the last poll though.  McCain has tightened the race to only a 1 point deficit.  [...]

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    Oct
    30

    Difference Between North & South

    Posted in Miscellaneous By Jeff Mixon | Tagged

    Have you ever wondered about the difference between North and South Carolina?  Despite what the Charlotte Chamber of Commerce would have you believe, they are a considerable number of differences between the two. South Carolina has always been a hotbed of conservatism while North Carolina's citizens just think they are conservative.  The truth is that [...]

  10. Oct
    30

    New Civitas Poll Results

    Posted in Polling By Chris Hayes

    For those of you in the Raleigh listening area, I'll be on WPTF at 3:08pm this afternoon releasing our latest and final (thankfully) poll results. Tune in and find out!