#NCSEN Digging deeper into that March PPP poll
The sound-bytes and the headlines about political polling can be quite titillating. But to really understand what’s happening in a race, you need to dig deep into the details found
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The perils of “Party Unity”
Conservatives are regularly lectured by establishment types to forget the silly issues and simply “take one for the team.” Never mind that Mitt Romney pushed through in Massachusetts something about
Continue reading#NCSEN PPP March poll shows serious Tillis drop, slight Brannon climb
I am sure the latest polling from PPP is causing a lot of establishment heads to get scratched in bewilderment. State House speaker Thom Tillis is getting all the buzz
Continue reading#NCSEN Mark Harris OK with “path to legal status” for illegals
Immigration has become quite a flashpoint in American politics. It’s turned Republicans against each other — some using code words that basically mean “amnesty,” others demanding that the government simply
Continue readingBonner Bridge is falling down (And what’s up with Lyons Gray?)
We’ve come to realize there is A LOT of “theatre” in politics. Both sides holler about the other doing the little people wrong. Both sides claim to have the best
Continue readingRepublican? Misspell? Misspeak? You’re Dumb. Democrat? Not so much. Probably TIRED.
Dan Quayle has been out of office for 22 years now. But he will never live down that fateful day he spent officiating a spelling bee at a New Jersey
Continue readingBlueprinting McCrory, NCGOP on coal ash?
Early in the McCrory era in Raleigh, we learned about a nefarious plot by lefty groups and their media allies to slime and slander and “eviscerate” our new governor and his
Continue reading#NCSEN: The Thom Tillis Show, force-fed to you by the NCGOP establishment
The Lincoln County GOP is holding their annual Lincoln / Reagan dinner this weekend. Whatpiques my interest about the event is the web page promoting it. The page features a
Continue reading#NCSEN: Scheduling an ad buy vs. PAYING for it
I had a rather enlightening phone call with a friend who pulls down a hefty paycheck for his behind-the-scenes work in federal-level election campaigns. (To my knowledge, he is not
Continue reading#NCSEN: A theory about that Tillis ad buy
The NC House speaker’s fan club is beside itself over the Tillis for Senate campaign’s $1 million ad buy. Mainstream media are touting the fact that the ad is biographical,
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