#nc-02: A SEVEN-WAY GOP primary?
Well, the Second District GOP primary race for 2016 is getting to be quite a crowded affair. We’ve all known incumbent Renee Ellmers was running for reelection. We’ve known about
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#ncga: EVEN MORE on The Granges, Blumenthal, Hillary, and Benghazi
Never before have I encountered a General Assembly matchup with a subplot that sounds so much like an episode of the Showtime series “Homeland.” Republican businesswoman Holly Grange and conservative activist
Continue reading#ncga: More on Osprey, The Granges, and Sidney Blumenthal
There has been a lot of heated back-and-forth in the nascent GOP primary for a vacant NC House seat in the Wilmington area. Conservative activist and New Hanover school board
Continue reading#ncpol: Shocker! Thillis inconsistent, stands for nothing.
A column on the Human Events website takes our tholl-road loving weather-vane of a junior US senator to task: President Barack Obama has dramatically ramped up the Washington, D.C., giant
Continue reading#nc-03: Jones, Syria and THE REST OF THE STORY
We’ve heard all kinds of coverage of this Syria refugee bill pushed through the Congress in response to the Paris terror attacks. We heard about 47 Democrats joining the Republican
Continue reading#nc-02: STILL looking for that shame. (Anybody seen it?)
We chronicled our efforts earlier to identify at least ONE shred of shame in Renee Ellmers. Check out what Big Government Barbie™ is promoting on her campaign website: Hmmm.
Continue reading#nc-02: Does THIS WOMAN have ANY shame? (Any at all?)
That’s what Renee Ellmers has. This woman must really think her voters are stupid. Hell, her scam has worked for nearly six years now. When she ran against Bob Etheridge in
Continue reading#NCSEN: Thillis delivers for his donors
Only 62.4 percent of Americans are in the labor force. THAT is a 38-year low. Over 94 million people are not in the labor force. That means those people do
Continue reading#nc-02: Nee-Nee sticks us with the bill
What’s bad for brawlin’ Bobby E. is apparently A-Okay for Nee-Nee. (Gosh, we’re poetic this morning.) We’ve written extensively about stuff that show up in our mailboxes here in the Second
Continue readingNC-03: Wow. Taylor Griffin IS being bankrolled by Wall Street & K Street.
We’ve written extensively about this heightened environment of influence-buying in American politics. Over in the Third Congressional District GOP primary, we’ve got a clear example of deep-pocketed influence-peddlers in DC
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