Posted By: Stonecipher

Oct. 19, 2008

In the days leading up to the Election we here at The Stonecipher Report will be taking a look at the U.S. Senate races that will help determine whether or not the Democrats end up with the veto-proof majority of 60 seats.

Last week we featured the North Carolina Senate Race between incumbent and former would-be first lady, Elizabeth Dole and North Carolina State Senator Kay Hagen. As promised in that post, here is a follow-up with plenty of links and videos from the campaign in The Tar Heel State.

Campaign Ads:

In last week's post, we mentioned the injection of two very important numbers into this campaign - 92 and 93. These are the two numbers which were brought up by the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee (DSCC) that have helped Kay Hagen slingshot past Liddy Dole from a double digit deficit to a 4-point lead.

Here is the now-famous campaign ad that kicked it all off:

Here's another very effective follow-up from the DSCC:

Those two numbers have been repeated over and over again in this campaign and they seem to be connecting with North Carolina voters.

For Dole's part, her and her campaign have had a difficult time making a coherent argument against Hagen, a problem many Republican campaigns seem to be having without the 9/11 crutch to lean on.

Here's a National Republican Senatorial Committee (NRSC) anti-Hagen ad in response to the DSCC:

In addition to not being a very effective piece of advertising, the ad is asking voters to question Hagen's record as a state senator. The problem with that is that she has been widely praised, across the board, as one of North Carolina's most effective senators. In fact, one prominent non-partisan organization called Kay Hagen one of North Carolina's ten most effective senators.

This one is from the Dole campaign itself. Seems more effective than the NRSC ad above:

There has been no shortage of television ads in this campaign, and we can't show them all here, but if you would like to see more YouTube has plenty of them. Just search for Elizabeth Dole or Kay Hagen.

Links for The North Carolina Senate Race:

On Dole's unwillingness to debate: Dole, Perdue content to avoid debates

Where's the Outrage?: NC Senate Race

Dole at a Palin rally: Sen. Dole wants all her 'rowdy friends' out on Election Day

Dole spending her own money on the race: Dole commits personal cash to re-election campaign

More Important Links:

Dole's Campaign Site - http://www.elizabethdole.org/

Dole's Official U.S. Senate Site - http://dole.senate.gov/public/

Hagen's Campaign Site - http://www.kayhagan.com/

Hagen in the NC State Senate - http://www.ncga.state.nc.us/gascripts/members/viewMember.pl?sChamber=Senate&nUserID=53

If you have any other important or interesting links to add regarding this election, post them in the comments section below or feel free to email us at StoneTSR@gmail.com.

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Stay tuned for more on The Senate races from The Stonecipher Report.