Boston Globe: New voters flood upcoming primaries

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More than half a million people have registered to vote or switched registrations this year to get their say in upcoming Democratic primaries in Pennsylvania, North Carolina, and Indiana - the latest indication of heavy voter interest and enthusiasm in the 2008 presidential campaign.

As the nomination battle between Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton stretches through the spring, the three states are suddenly at the epicenter of a race that many predicted would be resolved by now. Pennsylvania votes a week from Tuesday; North Carolina and Indiana head to the polls on May 6.

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"There's more interest in the primary among the citizens here than any time in the last 40 years," said Edward Carmines, a political scientist at Indiana University.

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Republican Senator Arlen Specter said yesterday that he is glad he's not up for reelection this fall. I think it's very tough," he said on CNN. "They have turned many Republicans who were my voters. We're going to be working very hard to try to turn them back."

http://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2008/04/12/new_voters_flood_upcoming_primaries/

The bolded comment from Specter is probably the first time since he has been in office (27 years now) that he has actually claimed to be nervous. He was essentially put into office due to cross-over voting from (idiotic) Democrats in Philadelphia. The Party needs to take advantage of this at the state and local levels. Change is in the air and the repukes are acknowledging it!