#NCSEN: How to read Karl Rove’s silly poll
The shih-tzu included some recent polling on the Republican US Senate race in his “Morning Memo” this AM. Karl Rove’s Crossroads super PAC issued polling results from their own survey
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Coakley’s Run: A REAL opportunity for the NCGOP
Former Charlotte TV news anchor and radio talk show host Vince Coakley announced Tuesday that he plans to run as a Republican for the 12th congressional district seat vacated by
Continue readingRace for NCGOP Vice-chairman a true test of THE Pope’s “party loyalty” message
State GOP vice-chairman Joyce Krawiec’s appointment to an unexpired state Senate seat from Forsythe County has created a job vacancy within the party hierarchy. Krawiec’s move to the Senate meant
Continue readingThomTV: What? No mention of the NCGA success story?
I’m in the Raleigh media market. We’ve just now started seeing Thom Tillis’ TV ad that the mainstream media has been cooing about for weeks. In the ad, the speaker
Continue readingPublic Schools: Starving? (Hardly.)
Teacher pay and other education spending are supposed to dominate the upcoming short session at the General Assembly. For months, we’ve been pounded by stories like this one – mainly
Continue readingFree speech in its death throes in Chapel Hill
I worked on Capitol Hill for the late Senator Jesse Helms during his early-90s campaign to defund The National Endowment For The Arts. Leftists lashed out at him claiming that
Continue readingNC Rural Center: Quick cash from US to politicos and their powerful friends
I am beside myself. TWO DAYS IN A ROW we’re getting real reporting from McClatchy-Raleigh. (It’s interesting that they are finally noticing The Rural Center 26 years after its establishment
Continue readingAmnesty for illegals more important to DC pols than border security, American sovereignty?
Brace yourselves, folks. Our nation is getting sold down the river once again by our elected “leaders.” First, it was the DC-generated housing / financial sector crisis.
Continue readingBudget brouhaha: NCGOP leaders accepting Dem premise we have revenue, not spending problem?
The GOP majority on Jones Street has passed budget packages. The House and Senate versions are both in the ballpark of $20.6 billion (hundreds of millions higher than Bev Perdue’s
Continue readingFailure of institutions, growth of red tape hinder business. Spelling doom for US economy?
I’ve become a big fan of the work of British-born Harvard economist Niall Ferguson. Ferguson, a disciple of former British PM Margaret Thatcher, has put together scores
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