#NCPOL: What Tea Party?
I participated in the big 9/12/09 march on Washington that is credited with being the coming-out party for The Tea Party movement. As my friends and I walked amid the
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#NCGA: Did state senator hit-and-run?
Wow. Talk about bad timing. Two days before the primary elections, a state senator from coastal southeastern North Carolina is drawing scrutiny that could end up in a courtroom. WWAY-TV out
Continue reading#NCGA: Sen. Bingham doubles down, says NCGOP definitely gave him dirt to use on primary opponent
We’ve got quite a kerfluffle going down in one Davidson County legislative race. State Senator Stan Bingham is locked in a primary fight for renomination. The senator recently earned statewide
Continue reading#NCSEN: Gov. Pat is on the phone. He likes Thom.
I am hearing from quite a few folks who heard from Pat McCrory on their home telephones Sunday evening. The governor was telling them how important it was to vote
Continue reading#ABT: THE rule for Tuesday
That’s it: A-B-T. Anybody But Tillis. It’s an election year. Ruling class politicians — and their drive by media lapdogs — are trying to tell us everything is FINE.
Continue readingNCGOP: Meddling in primaries? Who? Us?
Under the previous regime at NCGOP, we got complaints galore about meddling in Republican primaries by party staff. The accusations even touched the then-party vice chairman. We were promised things
Continue reading#NCSEN: Not behaving like a runaway winner
The chattering classes in Raleigh and DC are already talking up a general election race between Thom Tillis and Kay Hagan. Never mind that all signs point to a GOP
Continue reading#NCSEN: Rob’s (myopic) World
National political pundit Taegan Goddard devoted some column inches recently to “the dean of North Carolina politics” Rob Christensen. Being called “the dean” isn’t necessarily suggesting excellence in your
Continue readingNC-06: A father & son-initiated food fight in the GOP primary?
For the first time in eons, there will not be anyone named Coble on the ballot for this congressional seat. Howard Coble held an iron grip on this seat since
Continue readingThe Ex-Im Bank: Corporate welfare at its, um, finest
We wrote earlier about how the reauthorization of the big federal crony capitalism trough, aka The Export-Import Bank, is coming up after the primaries. Renee Ellmers voted for it and
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