He was in the Tar Heel state to discuss more ways his administration is taking an all-of-the-above approach to American energy.

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Repealing the state income tax burden would empower Tar Heel State residents by allowing them to keep more of what they earn.

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The Tar Heel State usually goes Republican in national elections.

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While voter turnout in the District is projected to be fairly low on a percentage basis, elections officials in North Carolina say they have detected a renewed interest in that state's primary prior to the Tuesday opening of Tar Heel State polling places.

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Republicans eligible for votes in the Tar Heel State include Bush and McCain, former ambassador Alan Keyes, whose bid for the GOP nomination soldiers on despite very low numbers, and conservative activist Gary Bauer, who dropped out of the Republican race following the New Hampshire primary.

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North Carolina State and Wake Forest, whose profit was halved last year, prove once more that when it comes generating green in the Old North State, there's simply no substitute for Tar Heel blue.

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