The view from UNDER the bus
THIS didn’t take long: A leading Republican state senator issued an apology Tuesday for his remarks skewering Gov. Pat McCrory, first lady Ann McCrory and lawmakers in a private meeting
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A Bad Hair Day for Rep. Pittman?
Lady Liberty has done a bang-up job introducing us to the wannabe “hair apparent” to conservative state Rep. Larry Pittman (R-Cabarrus). Conspiracy-minded folks might see the announcement of a primary
Continue readingThe tale of the tape: Rabon’s rant makes public tensions between Gov, House & Senate
The media and The Moral Monday crowd like to paint the GOP majority in Raleigh as a juggernaut working in sync to ram through a conservative agenda. WRAL made some
Continue readingAttorney General Roy NIFONG
Apparently, our esteemed state attorney general learned NOTHING from the Duke lacrosse case. In that 2006 case, you had white defendants and a black victim — complemented by a media circus
Continue reading#NCSEN: Inside the Tillis fundraising juggernaut
I had an interesting conversation a couple of nights ago with an old friend of mine who lives on the North Carolina coast. He’s a successful businessman with a BIG
Continue reading#NCSEN: polls agree (1) Brannon & Tillis lead GOP pack, and (2) roughly 50 % of primary voters undecided
The mainstream media and the political establishment are trying to tell us that state House speaker Thom Tillis is all but nominated to take on Kay Hagan in November. Public
Continue reading#NCSEN: Lobbyists lining up, placing bets on Hagan, Tillis
Lots of folks are trying to compare this year’s US Senate race with Kentucky’s 2010 contest. But political old-timers like myself can see some similarities to North Carolina’s 1984 contest
Continue readingBeing Bi-partisan: offering Thom a helping hand
We’ve already raised questions about Speaker Thom, his movie contributions, the beer distributor bucks, and his ties to a certain well-connected Massachusetts law firm. We found a few more areas
Continue readingFeeding the beast: Amazon to start collecting state taxes from NC customers
Open up your wallets, folks. It’s official. The North Carolina Department of Revenue will start getting a cut of your purchases from Amazon.com starting February 1. It’s not entirely clear
Continue reading#NCSEN: Wrong on the money
Carter Wrenn — Richard Morgan’s pre-weight loss doppelganger — has surfaced like Captain Ahab’s white whale to do a wee bit of the GOP establishment’s dirty work in a post
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