Tell me again why we tossed Bob Etheridge …
Renee Ellmers came into office with a lot of promise. She campaigned as a die-hard conservative and embraced the Tea Party, which played a big role in her
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Category: Republicans
Frank Palombo (R) for Congress
Congressman Walter Jones’s (RINO-NC) best friend, kooky presidential candidate Ron Paul, has come out to condemn the “assassination” of terrorist Anwar al-Awlaki: Paul said al-Awlaki, a U.S.-born Islamic cleric suspected
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Walter Jones has worn out his welcome
I used to be impressed with the 3rd congressional district’s Walter Jones (RINO). While serving in the state legislature as a Democrat, he frequently broke with the leftist majority
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Berger: PLEASE don’t cancel 2012 NC Gov election
I am sure North Carolina Republicans are sitting back and enjoying some rare bad publicity for Madame Governor. State Senate President Pro Tempore Phil Berger
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Raising Cain in GOP race for WH
The “conventional wisdom” in the GOP presidential race is that Georgia businessman Herman Cain is an “also-ran” who has no chance at the nomination or — for that matter
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Perry and barbecue: cutting through all of the smoke
Rob Christensen and the lads and lassies in the N&O newsroom ought to take Fox News president Roger Ailes’s recent assessment of Texas governor Rick Perry to heart: “If he
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No profiles in courage for NCGOP in DC
North Carolina’s Republican Members of Congress have proved — once again — that keeping Speaker John Boehner happy is more important than looking out for the folks struggling through
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Gov Bev OK with gay day in May?
In his ill-advised visit to UNC-Chapel Hill law school to defend the state legislature’s approval of a May referendum on a gay marriage prohibition amendment for the state constitution,
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One MOORE entrant for the state senate GOP primary?
Stuff keeps coming in over the transom about the state senate seat being vacated by retiring Republican Harris Blake of Pinehurst. Recent redistricting moved Blake and Moore
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Pinehurst’s Cummings to pursue state Senate seat?
My spies within Raleigh political circles, and on the ground here in Moore County and throughout the Sandhills region, tell me retired physician Robin Cummings of Pinehurst is seriously eyeing
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