Tag: campaign 2020
Lt. Dan launches, N&O foams at the mouth (collectively).
I swear. I haven’t seen the newsroom at The N&O this agitated and aggravated since the late, great Jesse Helms prowled the halls of the US Senate. Lt. Governor Dan Forest has announced his intention to evict Roy Cooper — who did NOTHING for…
Quite a SWAMP-clearing opportunity in 2020 NCGOP labor commissioner primary
The Elevator Queen, Cherie Berry (R) — the lady whose picture you see every time you take a ride — is riding off into the sunset and calling it quits. Two candidates are out there. One, state Rep. Josh…
Does Congress’s budget deal mark the end of the Tea Party?
That’s what Rand Paul said on Wednesday: Sen. Rand Paul, who was first elected in 2010 as a one of the original tea party candidates, declared the movement dead on Wednesday, citing a massive budget deal poised for passage Thursday. “Both parties…
The omitted details on the latest entry into the NC LtGov race
Campaign materials are identifying him as “Iraq War Veteran and current North Carolina National Guard soldier” Greg Gebhardt. But they left out some other important details: He’s registered with the state as a lobbyist for the solar goons. He was a long-serving aide to House…
Medicaid expansion? THIS is gonna hurt.
Duke scholar, Dr. Christopher Conover, Ph.D., lays out a pretty damning case against Medicaid expansion in the January-February 2-17 issue of the North Carolina Medical Journal. Yet, the liberals, the media and the rest of the political establishment will likely eviscerate HIM…
#ncga: While we’re on the subject of berating pols for over-the-top rhetoric …
How about THIS guy? Yes, that’s James Dawkins, Brunswick County Democrat, blaming state Rep. Frank Iler (R-Brunswick) for being “personally responsible” for deaths he says occurred because Medicaid has not been expanded. Really? If you actually talk to people in the…
Poll: A Tillis collapse
The Garland Tucker campaign has released internal polling showing that Thom Tillis is undergoing a “spectacular” collapse in support among Republican voters: You see it once every thirty or forty years in politics: An incumbent Senator collapsing in his own primary. Garland…
Did Clinton crony have financial interest in Grange family business?
Opinions seem to differ on that question: Sidney Blumenthal has repeatedly claimed that he had no financial interests in a company seeking contracts in post-Gaddafi Libya that he pitched to Hillary Clinton while she was secretary of state. But notes from the…
Benghazi. Hillary. And the Grange Family Business.
In the upcoming primary for governor, we’re sure to hear a lot about Dan Forest and a guy named Eric Lindberg. It’s only fair that we also get the straight story about the Grange family business and its relationship with the Hillary Clinton State…
Polling: Tillis the MOST UNPOPULAR Senator in DC
The Democrat the media and the GOPe helped in Alabama is actually faring better than Our Thom. Robert Menendez (D-NJ), who barely escaped going to federal prison on corruption charges, is doing better than Thom. Morning Consult runs quarterly polls in…
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