DC Dems: Burr can be gotten in 2016
They’re having a hard time finding someone to step up to the plate and challenge North Carolina’s senior US senator, but that hasn’t affected national Democrats’ attitude about North Carolina
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Following in Greece’s footsteps?
The drivebys and the “wise men” in DC and on Wall Street are tut-tutting about the mess in Greece. (Thom Tillis says his “ancestral homeland” could learn something from North
Continue readingNC-03: A GOP threeway
Lately, it seems that all of Walter Jones’s campaigns are raucous affairs. DC-based groups dumped millions into his primary race in 2014. Well, it looks like his 2014 opponent is
Continue readingNC-02: Money is talking in GOP US House primary race
And it is not saying very nice things about Frank Roche. Judging from what we found on the FEC web site, the Cary Republican appears to be repeating his
Continue readingThommy The Greek?
We know about our junior senator’s history with embellishing details about his personal life. We might have stumbled across another similar episode: As the lone U.S. senator of Greek heritage,
Continue readingLady Parts 2016: Playing the left’s identity politics game
Apparently, the GOPe has anointed our very own Renee Ellmers with the responsibility of getting more girls elected. Not necessarily conservatives, mind you. Just folks with lady parts: The effort
Continue readingA potential monkey wrench in the Draft Meadows effort?
Congressman Mark Meadows collected a lot of new fans with his recent tussle with John Boehner and crew. An effort has arisen to encourage Meadows to forego election to the
Continue readingIt’s Christmas in July. And Mel Watt is freakin’ Santa Claus.
The guys who aided and abetted the 2008 mortgage crisis are getting an early Christmas present — paid for by US — courtesy of Charlotte’s favorite big-spending, race-agitating former congressman: […]
Continue readingConservative Review: Grades of F for Tillis AND Burr (Eight of 13 House members FAIL)
There’s another player out there rating the conservatism of DC politicians — Conservative Review. The folks at that site give both North Carolina senators failing grades, and pass only FIVE
Continue reading#NCSEN: Draft Mark Meadows for, um, SENATE ????
That’s what the website says. The 11th district congressman has become a hero in Tea Party circles for his resistance to House leadership efforts to abandon conservatism. He had his
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