#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
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#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
Continue readingMeet the new boss. Pretty much the same as the old boss. (Not as orange.)
All of the DC-NY conservative intelligentsia are swooning and cooing over the rise of Paul Ryan to the speakership of the US House. I have never understood the conservative fascination
Continue reading#ncpol: Tillis comes to aid of Democrats on Boehner-Obama budget deal
And why not? He’s got five years before he faces the voters again. *Forget those silly campaign promises!* Our US Senate delegation split on the vote to jack up federal
Continue reading#ncpol: Pittenger, McHenry come to the aid of Boehner & Obama on budget
North Carolina Republicans Robert Pittenger and Patrick McHenry were TWO of the seventy-nine Republicans who joined with ALL of the Democrats in the House to pass the debt-increasing, budget-busting deal
Continue reading#ncpol: Ellmers joins Dems in bringing Ex-Im Bank back from dead
It was a nasty piece of government waste and cronyism. It needed to go. Its charter expired on June 30. It WAS dead. But congressional Democrats — and some Republicans
Continue reading#nc-02: Nee-Nee does the Ex-Im dance
The GOPe is at it again. Just when you thought it was dead, the Export-Import Bank is coming back from the dead with a vengeance like we haven’t seen since
Continue reading#BOHICA: More debt. More spending. Boehner & co. strike ANOTHER DEAL with Obama
Great. Another closed-door deal. If major decisions are getting made by a handful of folks behind a closed door, WHAT IS THE POINT of sending 535 folks up there to
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