#ncpol: Using an RPG to swat a fly
Our capital city is all abuzz about the recent expose by McClatchy on our governor, his deep-pocketed buddy, and said buddy’s contract with the state prison system. Granted, it was
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#ncga: A candidate to keep an eye on in SE NC
State Rep. Rick Catlin (R-Wilmington) is calling it quits. Catlin had a rather moderate reputation in the House. (He scored a gentleman’s C+ in the 2014 Civitas conservative rankings. A
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 reading#ncpol: When the campaign check trumps principles, the platform, and sometimes THE LAW
Well, The N&O has broken open a rather troubling story involving the governor, some of his big donors, and favors they may have received from the state bureaucracy (allegedly thanks
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#ncga: Heads up! Robert Brawley is back.
He was an outspoken critic of House leadership. Then-speaker Thom Tillis found him a primary opponent and helped knock him out of the House. Theam Thillis may have knocked Robert
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 readingElaine Marshall (Dazed and Confused?)
John F-in’ Kerry (a/k/a Lurch, who also — if you didn’t know — served in Vietnam) — is our nation’s secretary of state. His job is to carry out the
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
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