GOP turnout lagging in heavy N. Carolina early voting

By GottaLaff

Wouldn't winning North Carolina be stupendously stupendous? Thursday's turnout was 40% larger than in 2004:

Thursday's first day of early voting drew record numbers across North Carolina, election officials said, as more than 100,000 people turned out. [...]

Across the state, Democrats showed the most first-day enthusiasm. Of the nearly 114,000 first-day voters, 64 percent were Democrats, 21 percent Republicans and 15 percent unaffiliateds.

African American turnout was up significantly. Black voters, who make up about 22 percent of registered voters, were 36 percent of Thursday's early voters.

In 2004, blacks made up 18.6 percent of voters.

Experts estimate that Barack Obama needs a black turnout in North Carolina of between 22 percent to 23 percent to carry the state.

I'm going to be a wreck on election night. An absolute wreck.