I had the opportunity to connect this past weekend with some political players who have been very influential in recent years regarding cash and strategy for North Carolina General Assembly campaigns. Their overall message? House Republicans are not battling to…
Category: NCGOP
#ncga: Bobby Hanig, “your opioid attic friend in spot.”
Maybe it’s some kind of local Outer Banks slang. (To the rest of us, it sounds like nonsense.) But THAT is how NC House candidate Bobby Hanig described himself in an email to a colleague on the Currituck County board…
#ncga: In HD-6, Hanig (R) and Judge (D) a LOT alike.
The two candidates for this open Outer Banks House seat may be in different parties, but they appear to be singing from the same sheet music: There are some notable similarities between the two candidates seeking to represent N.C. House…
Anita Earls & “Racial Justice”
The General Assembly passed an atrocity called The Racial Justice Act in 2009. It allowed for a number of inmate death sentences to be thrown out because a defendant “of color” was sentenced to death by a jury that some…
#ncga: Pasquotank voter hits Bob Steinburg with TWO ethics complaints
State Rep. Bob Steinburg (R-Chowan), currently running for state senate, has been quite a frequent target for this site. From his foul-mouthed voicemail, to his per diem reimbursements, to his indicted top aide, to his sketchy basketball tournament deal with…
#nc-09: Um, oh yeah — RACISM !!!!!
I was wondering how long it would take to get here: So, the snide, snobby vegan metrosexual who runs the failing Charlotte Observer’s op-ed page is showing us how brave he is by trashing two dead guys while smearing ONE…
#ncpol: NCGOP still fumbling & bumbling NC Supreme Court race
Spectrum News just released a poll: Granted, it’s registered voters and not likely voters. But it does fall in line with previous info we’ve seen. Earls’s lead is clearly outside the margin of error. Even if Jackson scoops up ALL…
#ncga: Speaker Timmy getting inspected by the SBI
I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again. The NCGOP doesn’t have a brand problem. It has a leadership (er, lack of) problem. Too many of the most party’s most prominent, public faces keep painting themselves into embarrassing or…
#ncga: Berger cheers increased spending
I guess the days of bashing Democrats as “big spenders” are over. The GOPe appears sold on the concept of spending big. We learned recently that NC House Republicans were bashing a Democrat challenger for favoring offsetting increased spending with…
#ncpol: Dale Folwell v. BIG HEALTH CARE (Ready to Rumble?)
In the NC House, Dale Folwell demonstrated over and over that he didn’t come to Raleigh to join the clique and make nice. Here in the age of Trump, Folwell is shaking things up and maintaining that bulldog style from…