NC03: Pouting over a ”missed opportunity”
A celebrity member of the NCGOP establishment sent along to us this article from The Weekly Standard — edited by Bill Kristol, who invested heavily in the 2014 primary challenge against
Continue reading#ncgop: Now THIS is what we’re talking about !
We’re often accused around here of being too tough on the boys and girls at NCGOP HQ. But — with what I saw on Twitter today, from the party’s new
Continue reading#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
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