A sobering look at NC’s fiscal health
The Moral Monday rabble dirtying up the streets in Winston-Salem right now likes to tell us how North Carolina is going to hell in a handbasket since the GOP took over
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FreedomWorks: Ellmers is NC’s most liberal GOPer in House
FreedomWorks — the flagship organization of the Tea Party — has issued scorecards for the current session of Congress that show Second District representative Renee Ellmers as the most liberal
Continue readingNC-02: Duncan keeping pace with Ellmers in fundraising
The race for the Second Congressional District is usually settled in the GOP primary. Since 2012, those primaries have been contentious affairs featuring under-funded, lesser-known Tea Party candidates going after
Continue readingA triumph of symbolism over substance
We’ve got rampant unemployment. We are accumulating debt faster than our economy can produce value. Our borders are being overrun by illegal immigrants. ObamaCare is crippling the economy and killing
Continue readingDC 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
Continue readingFollowing 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 reading#ncga: Ethics, meet Tim Moore. Mr. Moore, meet Ethics.
For the second time in a little over three years, Tim Moore’s ethical choices have made him an easy target for Blinkin’ Chris’s comedy website. Moore ran for speaker promising
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
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