#ncpol: An opportunity for Dan Forest?
If you’re like me, you’re probably a bit disheartened by our Lt. Governor. Dan Forest talked a good game on the 2012 campaign trail. He talked directly to frustrated Tea Partiers.
Continue reading#nc11: Meadows gets his committee back. Will he keep his cojones?
Fresh off of being labeled a traitor by a little boy named Patrick McHenry, congressman Mark Meadows has his committee chairmanship back: The second bit of good news is that Rep.
Continue readingPiddling while America is ”rewritten” and “remade”
In 1973, we discovered — thanks to The Supreme Court — that we have a “right” to abortion. In the last week, we’ve learned that we have a “right” to
Continue reading“Real” vs. ”unreal” journalists: One heck of a slippery slope
It’s weird to find myself on the same side as blinkin’ Chris and his comedy web site: Education reporter Lindsay Wagner was kicked out of a North Carolina Business Committee
Continue readingLake Norman chamber jumps into I-77 toll road fray
The proposal to install tolls on I-77 in northern Mecklenburg County — championed by Pat McCrory and Thom Tillis — has turned into quite a political hot potato. A
Continue reading#NCSEN: Burr vs. Blue in ’16?
THAT is the spin that is making its way around our fair capital city these days. Sources in the know up that way tell me that operatives close to Hillary
Continue readingThom & Renee: the hit of The Ripon Society’s party
For those of you who may not be familiar with this Ripon crowd, they were founded to counter the rise of the Goldwater / Reagan people in the GOP and
Continue readingChecking in with ol’ Thom
Those of us on the right were told to relax — give the man some time. Our reservations about the prospect of US Senator Thom Tillis would prove to be
Continue readingHeritage Action: Jones, Meadows NC’s top conservatives; Ellmers, Burr most liberal GOPers
According to the folks over at Jim DeMint’s shop, the two guys in our delegation in the most trouble with leadership are doing the best job of abiding by the
Continue reading#ncga: Fletch flounders
Politics is a lot like business in the real world. In business, people form relationships with people because they need something from them. In most cases, those relationships end when
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