#ncpol: Dallas’s fastball right down the middle …
In baseball, a fastball down the middle is a gift — begging to be smacked out of the ballpark. THAT, we argued earlier, is what Dallas Woodhouse’s “history” lesson was
Continue reading#ncga: Reading the redistricting tea leaves
Will you keep your “honorable,” or get yourself a “new” one? Court-mandated redistricting has placed this question on many a mind inside and outside Raleigh. Here’s one interesting driveby take
Continue reading#ncpol: The Lesson of Robeson County
Robeson County is one of the most diehard Democrat counties in the state. Republican presidential, gubernatorial, legislative and congressional candidates regularly get their feelings hurt there at election time. But
Continue reading#ncpol: History 101 with Professor Woodhouse
Once again, NCGOP executive director has opened his mouth in public. And, once again, grassroots Republicans are experiencing a face-palm, WTF moment. North Carolina Democrats took to Twitter to celebrate
Continue reading#ncga: I KNOW I left that $17K laying around here SOMEWHERE!
The House majority leader is a busy guy. Sometimes, all of that bookkeeping and keeping track of money stuff can get in the way. Just look at this from his
Continue reading#ncga: Paying yourself to campaign for, um, YOURSELF.
After six years of observing these folks on Jones Street, I don’t get surprised anymore. They’ve all got campaign funds stocked mostly by lobbyists with needs from the General Assembly.
Continue reading#ncpol: Um, Party Disloyalty?
WRAL ran this cutesy item about one Charlotte mayoral candidate getting some help from the other side of the aisle: […] State Sen.Joel Ford‘s mayoral bid in Charlotte got a
Continue reading#ncpol: Thilli$$$ picks a fight (with a GIRL)
When it took you thirty-some years (some 17 community colleges and an online correspondence program) to get your bachelor’s degree, it takes some pretty big cojones to act all superior
Continue reading#ncga: Finance is HARD.
He’s chairman of the House Appropriations Committee, and vice-chairman of the House Finance Committee. He’s got a lot of say in the financial affairs of state government (as well as
Continue reading#ncga: Auditing Mr. Saine
He’s vice chairman of the Appropriations Committee and Senior Chairman of the Finance Committee. He has a lot of say on issues relating to the state’s finances and the your
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