A Republican Rumble
*Gosh. I can’t think of a better way to spend a Saturday afternoon than sitting through a NCGOP Central Committee meeting.* (Wait. Did I just say that out loud?) Actually,
Continue reading#ncpol: Thom & Pat’s tholls to chase NASCAR across border to SC?
That, according to Charlotte area media reports, is starting to sound like a real possibility: […] Several racing companies around Charlotte are taking a hard stance on a controversial toll
Continue readingMo’ Money: Cooper edging out Gov. Pat in midpoint of 2015 $$$ race
Phoning-it-in appears to be working out well for AG-In-Name-Only Roy Cooper. He’s been running for governor since, um, five minutes or so after he was declared reelected on Election Night
Continue readingDrivebys do Left’s dirty work: tie Confederate flag, Nazi flag together
We know it’s a major component of the left’s campaign strategy for 2016: demagogue the Confederate flag and make Southern Republicans PROVE they are not racists. It’s a move that
Continue readingin the Money: Solar subsidy lobbyist lands BIG job at NCGOP
Those of us who were hoping for big things following the stunning results of the NCGOP state convention are not exactly doing cartwheels in response to the announced staff changes
Continue readingBoehner talks tough on Meadows move (but WHY no vote yet?)
Mark Meadows has taken over from Ted Cruz as the Washington establishment’s whipping boy. He spoke a lot of truth in the resolution he authored seeking to vacate the speaker’s
Continue reading#ncga: Dollar at center of budget talks breakdown
Most everybody associated with the House-Senate budget conference says the breakdown of the talks can be pinned on one person: state Rep. Nelson Dollar. Said one in-the-know source: “The Senate
Continue readingCharles Jeter to NCDOT ???
That is the smoking hot word on Jones Street last night and today. The Republican House member from Mecklenburg is at the center of talk about who will lead that massive
Continue reading#NC-02: Tata testing waters against Ellmers?
We understand — thanks to very good sources in the Raleigh area — that feelers are being put out by political pros to test former NCDOT secretary (and Army general)
Continue readingBook Tour Brouhaha?
There’s been all kinds of speculation about DOT secretary Tony Tata’s sudden departure from his post. Some of my well-placed folks in the capital city tell me that Tata’s split
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