Hagan would have lost or won by a very very very small margin. The reason why I said Hagan is safe is because of the new population NC is going to have by 2014.
My counter is that the GOP is going to have to change somewhat to appeal to many of those new voters by 2014 if it wants to ever win an election again (which it does)
I understand that, but that will be at the national level. I think it will be a long time before any of the southern states see the local Republican party chance. Also, unless some unsee person comes around, which Republican from NC will be able to unseat Hagan?