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        November 24, 2008 -
        
  
        The Democrats' election victories in North Carolina this year -- including president, U.S. Senate and the governorship -- have many talking about how the state "turned blue," and whether it's going to stay a battleground state. 
  
      
     
   
  
  
    
        
          
              
            
            
            
        November 23, 2008 -
        
  
        2008 proved that the South is politically competitive and growing in importance. But the pundits are telling a different story.  On the day before Election Day -- that final moment when candidates decide where they want to make their last case to the voters they want to win the most  -- Barack Obama chose to visit three big battleground states: Florida, North Carolina and Virginia.  
  
      
     
   
  
  
  
  
    
        
          
              
            
            
            
        November 19, 2008 -
        
  
        The Senate Judiciary Committee has released a report [pdf] on its investigation into "the unprecedented mass firings of Federal prosecutors" by the Bush Administration. 
  
      
     
   
  
  
    
        
          
              
            
            
            
        November 18, 2008 -
        
  
        As we've noted, the major media's analysis about what the 2008 elections mean for the South has been predictable -- and predictably thin -- so far.
  
      
     
   
  
  
    
        
          
              
            
            
            
        November 17, 2008 -
        
  
        The economy was the probably the biggest issue to elect Barack Obama. But the Democrats were helped by another big factor: Obama's strong support among Latino voters.