Forest upstaging McCrory on Common Core
Usually, the media and the public look to the governor on state government policy questions. Lt. Governor Dan Forest is turning that equation on its head
Continue readingINCOMING !!!! : ‘Lt. Dan’ opens fire on Common Core
Now THIS is what I’m talking about. The Dan Forest we grew to love on the campaign trail appears to be BACK. ln a recently released YouTube video, North Carolina’s
Continue readingNC sits on sidelines while OTHER FOLKS in OTHER STATES take ObamaCare to court
The Competitive Enterprise Institute — an excellent organization based in DC that fights the good fight for the free market — is suing on behalf of some small businesses and
Continue readingNCICL: Banning incompetents from voting is unconstitutional
That’s right. An analyst with The North Carolina Institute for Constitional Law — an outfit founded by former state Supreme Court Justice and GOP gubernatorial candidate Bob Orr
Continue readingCraven-Tillis tiff dominates 3rd CD GOP meeting
You knew things were going to get interesting in New Bern this weekend when all non-members of the 3rd congressional district GOP executive committee were kicked out of
Continue readingSlash & Burn: NCGA sources say speaker’s team seeking censure of Brawley, encouraging negative rumors
Some of you outside the Charlotte area may have missed THIS INTERVIEW with state Rep. Bob Brawley on WBT radio. [Fast forward to the last three minutes, and
Continue readingGetting filthy rich off of Uncle Sam
I realize the economy stinks. But The Wall Street Journal lets us know that NOT EVERYONE is suffering: On a bright spring morning, Debbie Driesman and
Continue readingThe congressional farm bill: growing the welfare state, passing around Pork, spreading more fertilizer
North Carolina’s senators, Kay Hagan (D) and Richard Burr (R), are teaming up to fend off purported cuts to federal subsidies for tobacco insurance.
Continue readingE-Mail: Craven GOP chair thought Tillis censure, letter, and meeting were A-OK from the start
We’ve been getting disturbing reports from on-the-ground in Craven County about how county GOP chairman Paul Hill has changed course on — and is now opposing — the Tillis censure
Continue readingThom Tillis? FOR SENATE ? (Ya Don’t Say.)
Well, the worst kept secret in North Carolina politics got “let out of the bag” today — state House speaker Thom Tillis is jumping into the 2014 US Senate GOP
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