#NCSEN: Cost-of-living and the minimum wage
Kay Hagan and her lefty friends have been beating Republican Thom Tillis around the head and shoulders about what — we think — has been one of the smartest, most
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#NCGA: WWThD (What Will Thom Do?)
The North Carolina Senate has voted to send one heck of a hot potato over to the NC House. The economic development package creates a new method for handing out
Continue reading#NCSEN: Tilting Democrat?
That’s the word of DC-based political prognosticator Stuart Rothenberg on this year’s battle to unseat Miss Kay. Hagan has been holding a steady lead in the polls since shortly after
Continue readingGov. Pat takes a page from Thad Cochran’s political playbook
In Mississippi, when incumbent US senator Thad Cochran appeared to be going down in flames to Tea Party candidate Chris McDaniel, GOP establishment types sold their souls and threw in
Continue readingGov. Pat takes to state-owned media to bash his own party
The ”I-told-you-so’s” from my conservative Charlotte amigos are reaching a crescendo. They warned me — and anyone else who would listen prior to the election — that Pat McCrory would
Continue reading#NCGA: If Gov. Pat wants a fight, Mr. Berger is glad to give him one.
The media, Democrats, and Bill Barber’s rabble have tried to pitch us a narrative about some unified Republican front in Raleigh. Unfortunately, all we’ve been able to see lately is
Continue reading#NCGA: McCrory, Tillis, media gang up on Senate Republicans in budget fight
In budget reconciliation talks, the Senate has backed away from their insistence on dropping teacher tenure in exchange for pay raises. Smelling blood, Gov. Pat, Speaker Thom, and the drive-by
Continue readingMonkey Business Report: Special Tholl Road edition
The news about how the proposed I-77 toll lanes will cost $20 per day round trip — plus word about the Spanish contractor’s woes — has whipped up quite a
Continue reading#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#NCSEN: Stay out of my lady parts, but shell out some $$$ for my BIRTH CONTROL!
The US Supreme Court is acting incredibly sensible these days. One of their latest decisions, the Hobby Lobby case, offered up some protections for employers dealing with the ObamaCare atrocity
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