Word: hagan
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...Hagan, who has been a Sunday school teacher and is a regular church-goer, fired back Wednesday. "This is a fabricated, pathetic ad," she said, "How dare she attack my faith. Is Elizabeth Dole that desperate to keep this Senate seat?" A day later, Hagan actually filed a defamation suit against Dole over the ad; the Republican's campaign responded by saying that it stands by the ad and that "This lawsuit is frivolous, and we will file a motion to dismiss." The most cutting comment on the entire flap came from high-octane Republican consultant Alex Castellanos, who said...
...truth, it's not quite that bad for Dole. Most polls have shown the race to be tight, though over the last month and a half Hagan has had an average of a three or four point lead. But the mere fact that Dole felt she had to launch an attack on her opponent's faith shows how daunting the trends against Republicans like Dole are this election year...
...Hagan has also gotten a boost from the attention Obama's presidential campaign has focused on North Carolina. Believing it to be in play for the first time in years, the Democratic nominee has campaigned here regularly, built up a massive ground organization, and launched a huge registration drive. The Obama campaign has been doing literature drops and mailings that push the whole Democratic ticket, and has deployed teams to early voting sites to help explain how to vote Democratic all the way down the ticket...
...Hagan has been a stronger candidate in her own right than some expected. A relatively unknown State legislator from Greensboro, Hagan beat four contenders in the primary with 60% of the vote after better known candidates declined to run or withdrew. Democratic dominance of North Carolina's two legislative houses meant she's had a fairly safe voting record-she hasn't been forced into any uncomfortable votes by Republican opponents, as has happened to Democratic incumbents in the U.S. House of Representatives on taxes, energy and national security. Hagan is considered liberal by North Carolina standards...
...Dole's campaign was late to realize the threat, but has kicked into gear over the last month. The onetime head of the American Red Cross and presidential candidate has been on an eight-day bus tour of the state and has been running ads linking Hagan to Big Oil. She recently announced that she would spend $3 million of her own money in the final push before election...