NCGOP releases 2013 party platform. (Will elected GOPers notice?)
The platform document approved at the recent NCGOP state convention has been released to the public. If you’ll recall, there was a bit of a hubbub at the
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Some needed corrections for The NC Department of Corrections
State Senator Thom Goolsby (R-Wilmington) has pointed out something that should have all Tar Heel State residents concerned: There are 149 convicted criminals who are supposed to be serving their
Continue readingAfter Supreme Court rulings, all eyes are on Roy Cooper and Amendment One
Well, the US Supreme Court has stripped key provisions out of the federal Defense of Marriage Act — which kept the feds from paying benefits to “married” gay couples. The
Continue readingContinuing Resolution: Leadership #FAIL for GOP in Raleigh
The NCGOP has supermajorities in both chambers of the General Assembly. The Democrats can’t stop a thing. (They’re all out in the lobby getting ziptied with Bill Barber.) The NCGOP
Continue readingDPI’s Atkinson: teacher pay turning teachers off to NC. (Your beloved common core isn’t helping much.)
June Atkinson (D), our state’s superintendent of public instruction, is turning to that old saw that proves to be a winner for politicians again and again: Teachers need to be
Continue reading#FREEDANACOPE from the #NCMedia gulag
We don’t see eye-to-eye with SEANC / SEIU head honcho Dana Cope on much, but we agree wholeheartedly with his assessment of the #MoralMondays lunacy at the
Continue reading#NCMedia making you feel a little like a mushroom?
The Left and its comrades at McClatchy and WRAL break their necks to attach the adjective “Art Pope-funded” or “Koch Brothers-funded” to the name of ANY conservative group daring to
Continue readingAn Identity Crisis: NC House GOP & Speaker Thom
Rob “Mr. Politics” Christensen tells us that “tax reform” is dead and buried. Never mind that a proposal to abolish the corporate income tax is very much alive and well
Continue reading#MoralMondays coverage: mainstream media bumbling OR sinister conspiracy? You make the call.
What’s left of our state’s mainstream media has sunk to an all-time low with their coverage of this Moral Monday silliness on Jones Street. We’re getting a
Continue reading#NCSEN Poll: Brannon, Berger are Hagan’s strongest GOP foes
A poll by the left-wing Public Policy Polling firm of Durham suggests that a grassroots, Tea Party-backed amateur candidate and the president pro tem of the State Senate would perform
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