In home stretch of NCGOP leadership races, Pope & Bradley exude confidence
If you believe the spin of a lot of NCGOP insiders, the state Republican Party will be governed for the next two years by a former legislator and the cousin
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Jim Duncan: A NC grassroots leader to keep an eye on
My diligent efforts to bring you the best intelligence and insight into Carolina politics put me into contact with a diverse array of people from across our two states.
Continue readingWhile the MSM chortles & Comedy Central guffaws, here’s an interesting take on the whole official ‘state religion’ thing
Two Rowan County Republican legislators stirred up a national controversy introducing a resolution called “The Defense of Religion Act.” The resolution, which suggested that local governments could establish an official
Continue readingObamaCare: The key to “sock”-ing it to Kay Hagan
Talk about being in the right place at the right time. Kay Hagan was one lucky gal in 2008. At the time, she was a state senator
Continue readingAnd the sequestration scam rolls on …
We’ve been treated to wave after wave of media and lefty spin talking about how devastating the sequestration cuts to the federal budget will cripple our great nation. Never
Continue readingTime for Thom Tillis To Choose: Speaker OR Senate candidate
It’s one of the worst kept secrets in North Carolina that state House speaker Thom Tillis aspires to replace Kay Hagan in the United
Continue readingMcCrory’s Commerce Make-Over: Is it really all that different from what we already have?
We got treated to a “major” announcement from Gov. Pat and his team in Burlington yesterday. The administration will be creating a new non-profit to handle
Continue readingMcClatchy + PFAW: Making you Vote where you claim residency, pay taxes = Tax Increase
The Crayon Corps in the newsroom at The McClatchy School of Creative Writing’s Raleigh Campus never ceases to amaze me. The good soldiers
Continue readingThe VOTER ID saga: House goes wobbly while Senate doubles down
I don’t understand. North Carolinians OVERWHELMINGLY approve of requiring photo ID in order to cast a vote in the state’s elections. Yet, the “conservative revolution” — at
Continue readingTillis 2012: Tolls are bad. Tillis 2013: Tolls are OK.
A Mecklenberg County-based grassroots group has released some rather provocative video featuring state House speaker Thom Tillis. In the video, Tillis can be seen and heard addressing a
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