“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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Why is this man smiling? (Answer: He — um — GOT OFF.)
After lengthy deliberations, a federal jury has found former senator (and all-American baby-daddy) John Edwards not guilty on one criminal count, and got hung up
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I’ll take endangered big spenders for a trillion, Alex
The folks at the NRCC in Washington have come up with a creative little web site that should appeal to the fans of the popular long-running game show Jeopardy.
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Property rights, economic development questions for Southern Pines, Pinehurst councils
There was an interesting line in a recent Pilot story about Pinehurst’s new budget: […] Another $252,000 is in the budget for the construction
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