#NCSEN: The state of the write-ins
If you want to have your votes in the November elections tallied as a write in candidate for a statewide office, you need to have 500 signatures from duly registered
Continue readingIf you want to have your votes in the November elections tallied as a write in candidate for a statewide office, you need to have 500 signatures from duly registered
Continue readingIn 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 readingThe ”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 readingThe state budget is on the mind of a lot of Raleigh-watchers and insiders. How to get pay raises for teachers has been a major sticking point on reaching an
Continue readingThe 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 readingIn 2012, Bev Perdue came to the conclusion that she had enough of a GOP majority on Jones Street and escaped Raleigh to the safe confines of Harvard’s Kennedy School
Continue readingBy all indications, Republicans should have a good November. But we also thought that about November 2012. Remember everyone saying there was no way in hell that Barry Obama would
Continue readingIf you were in DC in late February — and had $1000 burning a hole in your pocket — you could have enjoyed the musical offerings of Justin Timberlake while
Continue readingIn 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 readingIn Charlotte and Raleigh, leaders are trying to raise property taxes in order to finance teacher pay raises. There is NO money available right now to pay for those raises,
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