Well, the run-up to South Carolina’s presidential primary is already underway. It’s an every-four-years ritual. And with that ritual comes another ritual — moaning and hand-wringing about the Confederate flag
Continue readingThat’s the latest spin coming out of our fair capital city. The grassroots have been fuming since a last-minute surprise watering down of voter ID breezed through the General Assembly.
Continue readingIt’s no secret there’s no love between the speaker and Rep. Walter Jones (R-NC). Jones voted against Boehner for renomination as speaker. He’s also bucked leadership on a number of
Continue readingYou can tell when Raleigh starts feeling the heat on something. They tend to dispatch underlings bearing emails to calm the peons outside the beltline. And we happen to have a
Continue readingElectorally speaking, things weren’t so tough for senator Fletcher Hartsell from 2012 to 2014. So, why did he personally dump six figures into his campaign fund during that time? Hartsell
Continue readingPolitical consultant do a lot of things for their clients. Not many play landlord for them. We’ve been following the unusual case of state senator Fletcher Hartsell (RINO-Cabarrus) —
Continue readingThere’s a new player in the state politics blogosphere. It’s run by former McCrory administration employees. It’s financed by folks close to the governor. It puts out the GOPe(stablishment) spin.
Continue readingIncredible. It is amazing that something that is sooooo common sense is having such difficulty navigating through the conservative revolution: Voters who do not have photo identification would be able
Continue reading“You come at the king, you best not miss.” — Omar Little, HBO’s The Wire ____________________________ We’ve been hearing all kinds of off-the-record rumblings about this year’s mayoral race for
Continue readingWe’re on Twitter here. You can waste a lot of time there if you’re not careful. There are all kinds of people — from all political stripes and varying levels
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