#NCPOL: Gov Pat forced to lay in the bed he made
It’s pretty clear — from the background conversations I am having — that things are a bit frosty between the governor’s office and many of the Republican honorables on Jones Street. A
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#NCGA: McCrory blasts Senate for respecting state constitution & concept of balanced budgets
The North Carolina constitution requires a balanced budget. Gov. Pat and Speaker Thom got together and submitted a revised budget plan that does not balance. Speaker Thom whipped his troops
Continue reading#NCGA: Mr. Berger & co. don’t like Pat & Thom’s budget deal. (Um, SURPRISE ?!)
Looks like “The Family Feud” is moving into a new phase of unpleasantness. It’s *great timing* — given the effort to achieve party unity for the election five months from
Continue readingTillis, McCrory: House, Senate not so far apart on budget agreement. (Really? OK, then. Where’s Mr. Berger?)
House Speaker Thom Tillis and Gov. Pat McCrory had a big media event yesterday. They were touting the idea of separating education from the rest of the budget and passing
Continue readingJuneA @ NC DPI: Poorly-performing students repeating a grade ‘a 20th-century artifact’
I am starting to believe that the plastic surgeons have stretched June Atkinson’s face so tight that it is putting pressure on her brain and degrading her motor skills. The
Continue readingThe 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
Continue readingThe ObamaCare “study”: stoves are hot, ice is cold, socialism is BAD
Setting up a commission or a committee to “study” an issue is a great way for politicians to show they “care” –without actually doing anything substantive. “Fast and Furious,” anyone?
Continue readingThe WSJ LOVES Raleigh’s tax cut deal
We heard a lot about major tax reform during the 2012 elections. Steve Moore — a nationally renowned economist, free market fan, and editorial board member at The Wall Street
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 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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