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: NC legislature
Rethinking the hunting & fishing amendment
We made some cursory judgements on the proposed constitutional amendments earlier. Our friends at The Beaufort Observer have come along with a piece that has us rethinking our initial YES vote: […] Had the proposed amendment said “The right of…
#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…
A dingbat apologizes for history.
Leftists are great at apologizing for — and demanding apologies for — stuff that neither we nor they had anything to do with. Here comes one more giving it the ol’ college try: On the University of North Carolina’s 225th…
#ncga: Both sides claiming lead for Tarte’s Meck senate seat
You know what polls are like. Everyone’s got one: […Senator Jeff]Tarte’s campaign this week is touting the results of a recent poll that shows him with a 46-43 percent lead. That’s within the 5.7 percent margin of error, but it’s…
#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…
#ncga: Aaaaaaaaand HERE come the skeletons!
Here we are, less than a week before early voting, and all kinds of folks’ dirty laundry is coming over the transom. (I think I am going to have to bring on a few interns to help weed through 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…