#NCSEN: Tillis in Texas?
A friend of this site told me about an interesting encounter he had last week at baggage claim in the San Antonio Airport. While waiting for his bags to come
Continue reading#NCSEN: The N&O goes off the rails on the minimum wage
It sure didn’t take long for The miserably-failing Raleigh branch of the McClatchy empire to return to form as propagandameister for all things left-of-center. The N&O has released an unsigned
Continue reading#NCGA: JUST when you thought Chapel Hill couldn’t get any kookier along comes => THIS GUY.
Graig Meyer is, um, *interesting*. He’s running for his first full term (appointed October 2013) as a member of the North Carolina House. Meyer represents District 50 — which includes
Continue reading#NCSEN: political oddsmaker sees Hagan’s fortunes improving dramatically
Nate Silver of ESPN and the Five Thirty-Eight blog is showing the political fortunes of endangered Democrats in North Carolina and Colorado improving dramatically in recent weeks. On September 3,
Continue reading#NCSEN: Elon & PPP both say Hagan 44, Tillis 40
Oh, the *good news* just keeps rolling in for the GOP campaign for North Carolina’s US Senate seat. Left-leaning Public Policy Polling surveyed 1,266 likely voters from September 11 -14.The margin
Continue readingBurr: Back for more?
Word is out among the national drive-bys that our Republican senator is likely to seek reelection in 2016. Burr himself gave that talk life in a recent interview with National
Continue readingDrive-bys gloss over failure of big govt, vomit even more Marxist claptrap
US wealth gap putting squeeze on state revenue. Yep. That’s the headline McClatchy slapped on a screed penned by someone at the AP with the title of “economics writer”: Income
Continue reading#NCSEN: A trip back in time to recall the “old” Kay Hagan
One of our allies out there jogged our memory with a very helpful piece from The Daily Kos about the 2008 version of Kay Hagan: In the race to replace
Continue readingGreensboro drive-by fills in as Hagan PR flack
North Carolina drive-bys have got this interesting little trend going. They have political reporters who also write op-eds. Rob Christensen got it going. (When I was a drive-by, I did
Continue readingThe Speciale matter
It made me sick to my stomach to read about and hear about the arrest of Michael Speciale, Jr. this morning. First off — the allegations against him are horrific.
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