#NCSEN: PPP poll shows we’re headed for a GOP runoff.
Public Policy Polling has released its latest numbers on the 2014 US Senate race. The Democrat pollster is finding what a lot of us have known. This thing — at
Continue reading#NCGA: Fletcher Hartsell, Untouchable?
News broke this week that state Senate leaders were appointing long-time senator Fletcher Hartsell (R-Cabarrus) to co-chair “The Joint Legislative Study Committee on The Affordable Care Act.” One wonders
Continue reading#NCSEN: In 2011, Speaker Thom thought state health insurance exchanges OK
Everyone agrees ObamaCare will be a huge issue in the 2014 elections. In 2013, the General Assembly said NO to accepting federal money to set up a state health care
Continue reading#NCGA: A short session surprise?
A piece of legislation that has raised the ire of Civitas and other Tea Party-aligned groups, and has been voted down twice in the state House, has been resurrected and
Continue readingGOP-controlled US House passes debt ceiling lift with almost NO Republican help
The Republican-controlled House of Representatives passed yet another increase in the federal debt ceiling by a margin of 221-201. Of those 201 NO votes, 199 of them were Republican. Boehner
Continue readingWhither the OPPOSITION party?
We’ve got a president operating well outside the boundaries of The Constitution — arbitrarily making changes to laws passed by the legislative branch. If a Republican president had tried something
Continue readingHere we go again: DC taking us back to the 1970s
I don’t know about you, but the 1970s is a decade I’d like to forget. For those of you too young to remember, Google these terms: gas lines, Iran hostage
Continue readingWith Chavis, NC Dems would take wide left turn, hop on board the crazy train
If North Carolina Democrat Party chairman Randy Voller has his way, his party’s day-to-day operations will soon be run by a disciple of Louis Farrakhan who got himself ousted amid
Continue readingThom & Bru: Mutual back-scratching at its best
Thom Tillis and Harold Brubaker have quite a special political bond. They are the only two Republican speakers of the North Carolina House since Reconstruction. The two became very close
Continue readingNCGOP and the politics of teacher pay
Republican leaders in Raleigh are hoping to make political gains by getting behind Gov. Pat McCrory’s call for a teacher pay raise: Saying it was time to start showing respect
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