Yes. The “Bernie” of our state’s gasping-for-that-last-breath driveby media is still peddling that nonsense that spending more money equals excellence. (That gets shot down ALL THE TIME. Texas Gov. John Connolly spent $11 million bucks – a LOT more than…
Category: NCGOP
Learnin’ from — ROY ????
It apears DC Dems are drooling and fawning all over our Accidental Governor.™ (A weak sister RINO opponent who spent four years thumbing his nose at his base? Twenty thousand votes out of Durham County in the middle of the…
Raise legislator pay? (Better idea: limit their time in session, scope of influence)
Colon Campbell has escaped from the men’s room (AND the dungeon-like N&O newsroom) to fill the shoes of the late Mark Binker over at The Insider. He’s starting off by brown-nosing the hell out of Speaker Timmy and the boys:…
‘Tricky Dick’ Burr: “I’m Sam Ervin! I’m SAM, I am!” ( Jim Morrill SAID so.)
The president is trying to rally his troops to deal with arguably the worst crisis facing the country, and Richard Burr is preoccupied with FANTASY: President Trump told GOP senators at the White House on Wednesday that they should cancel their August…
The ObamaCare Hustle
It’s easy to talk big and tough about cutting stuff when you KNOW your grand-standing is going to get vetoed by the president. But it’s a whole new ballgame — as Washington Republicans are learning — when one of your…
#ncga: Effectiveness, Shmeffectiveness.
Civitas is out with their Conservative Effectiveness ratings for the 2017 North Carolina General Assembly. First of all, I’m taking a little bit of an exception with some of the things they’re calling “conservative” votes. For instance, the resolution on…
Mr. Twiddy Goes to Raleigh (in 2020?)
It’s the worst kept secret in the world that Lt. Governor Dan Forest is seeking to evict Roy Cooper from that big house on Raleigh’s Blount Street in 2020. That means Lt. Dan’s current job will be open in 2020.…
#ncpol: Solar goons teaming with Hudson to sink claws into tax $$$ for hydropower?
That’s what it looks like. Here’s an excerpt from Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy’s schedule for the House floor this coming week: Check out HR 2786, sponsored by Rep. Richard Hudson (R-NC-08). “Qualifying”? Qualifying for what? Government cash and tax…
Pittenger: Change The Rules. Here’s Some Cash. (Remember to vote.)
Conservatives have long had heartburn over the very existence of government departments of agriculture. Far too often, those institutions have been little more than farm community vote-buying apparatuses. In recent years, the USDA has moved away from strictly funding farm-based…
GOPe keeping ObamaCare taxes, too.
We heard earlier from Rand Paul about his disgust over his colleagues’s ObamaCare hijinks. Now comes word, via The Wall Street Journal, that Senate Republicans are A-OKAY with the taxes in ObamaCare: With Senate Republicans planning to retain a 3.8% surtax on investment…