BOHICA Alert: The Ex-Im Bank
Most of you probably haven’t heard of the Export-Import Bank. It’s not like FirstBank or BB&T. It’s a major organ of the crony capitalism game. Politicians keep it afloat with
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#NCSEN: Tillis to be endorsed today by #1 cheerleaders for amnesty, Common Core
When you think of “chamber of commerce,” Bob the insurance guy who lives down the street from you probably comes to mind. The US Chamber of Commerce is a whole
Continue readingNC-02: Ellmers says immigration reform NOTon top of voters’ lists. (So why push it so hard?)
She’s been all over the country and all over the media talking up the subject. “Comprehensive immigration reform.” “A pathway to citizenship.” Some may see those terms as code
Continue reading#NCSEN: The Preacher Strikes Back
It appears that Charlotte pastor and US Senate candidate Mark Harris has learned what a lot of us have known for YEARS: Thom Tillis is a political weathervane
Continue readingNC-05: Doyle vs. Foxx, and ‘brain-washing’
Virginia Foxx was a conservative force in the NC General Assembly. She was elected to the US House to replace Richard Burr — who graduated to the US Senate. Many
Continue readingUS House Republican leaders: O-Care here to stay, amnesty by August. (And don’t forget to RE-ELECT us.)
Congress is the only place I know of where you can tell your bosses you are not going to do what they want — AND KEEP YOUR JOB. Cathy McMorris-Rogers
Continue readingNC-02: In home stretch, Roche making big gains on the ground
The GOP primary in the 2nd congressional district is really looking interesting. Low-budget, upstart primary challenger Frank Roche has been racking up some serious straw poll wins within the district
Continue reading#NCSEN: The shih-tzu drops a deuce on Thom’s thax thrickery
Every so often John Drescher’s pet shih-tzu surprises me. The young man occasionally breaks free from RobRielle’s mind meld and does some honest-to-goodness political reporting. Speaker Thom and his diminutive
Continue readingBoehner, Ellmers mock and show disdain for amnesty opponents
Speaker John Boehner, who Renee Ellmers says is her ”boss”, went back to his Cincinatti-area district to call out Tea Partiers and other amnesty opponents on The Hill and around
Continue readingTwo Worth Keeping: Jones and Meadows
NC-03’s Walter Jones has been around a long time — marching to the beat of a different drummer. He was a right-leaning Democrat in the state legislature. As a Republican
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