Waiting for Team Tillis to stand up and fight
It is hard to understand the squeamishness on the part of Speaker Thom & the House leadership in today’s N&O re: voter id. Speaker Tillis and Rep. David Lewis say
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Facebook: the new battleground for GOP nod in Insurance Commissioner race
I know it’s tough to evaluate candidates for down-ballot races. Sure, it’s pretty easy to separate the wheat from the chaff in the governor and presidential fields. But when
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GOP-controlled U.S. House: more debt in 15 months than in ALL of the first 97 Congresses COMBINED
It took nearly 200 years for previous Congresses to do what John Boehner, Eric Cantor and the rest of the Honorables have managed to do in 15
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“Let’s play CHANGE THE SUBJECT!”
All of us have things that we REALLY don’t want to talk about. State Democrats DON’T want to talk about Barry Obama, John Edwards, David Parker, Jay Parmley,
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Tea Party group issues runoff endorsements: Causey, Forest, Goodwin, Keadle & Tedesco
Moore Tea Citizens — one of North Carolina’s largest TEA Party organizations — has stepped forward with its very FIRST official campaign endorsements. ( The group includes voters
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Democrat PAC smacks McCrory AGAIN
It’s the eve of the NCGOP convention, and the Democrats are carpet-bombing the guy at the top of the state Republican ticket. Another ad, questioning Pat McCrory’s ethics has
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Meet Mike Causey (R), candidate for NC Insurance Commissioner
When you first meet Mike Causey, the Greensboro Republican strikes you as way too nice of a guy to be a player in hard-nosed big-time statewide politics. He presents
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Endorsements Time!
Two Council of State races with runoffs on July 17 have had some movement in the endorsement area. Mike Causey and Richard Morgan are facing off in the
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Tillman’s chicken nugget bill has good intentions, but misses the mark
State senator Jerry Tillman (R) — that body’s majority whip, who also represents Moore and Randolph counties — has pushed through legislation targeting a policy that gave North Carolina
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On eve of NCGOP convention, long knives come out
State GOP leaders are spinning the need for “unity” heading into the November general election, but a flier making the rounds of party activists suggests THAT might
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