Missouri and Medicare. The STUPID PARTY rides again
Many years ago, columnist George will coined the phrase “The Stupid Party” to describe the GOP establishment and its stupefying habit of taking a situation — tailor made for the
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Tag: campaign 2012
Emails from Speaker Tillis, other lawmakers raise suspicions of lobbyist shakedowns
Some lobbyists recently received an email from the reelection campaign of House Speaker Thom Tillis asking for money. State law prohibits lawmakers from soliciting lobbyists for
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October trial for Thom Tillis ally Stephen LaRoque? (Wait. There’s an election in NOVEMBER …)
The folks at NCPolicyWatch — who have led the way in reporting on corruption allegations against Richard Morgan and Thom Tillis ally Stephen LaRoque — say that it looks good
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Moore County government internal documents paint rosy fiscal picture
Sometimes, here at The Haymaker, things just mysteriously drop into our laps. (Those doggone little birds … ) We happened to get our hands an email sent out by Moore
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Janet Cowell & Erskine Bowles: Quid Pro Quo on Facebook fiasco?
After our recent post on Facebook’s woes potentially impacting the race for North Carolina state treasurer, I got a call from a faithful reader of this site
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Veteran outside-the-beltline GOP leader expresses concern over NCGOP’s election tactics
I had an interesting talk today with an individual who is (1) a well-known name in North Carolina Republican circles and (2) a battle-tested veteran of decades of political combat:
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Southern Pines Pilot owner lectures North Carolina voters from the comfort of his Tennessee home
Frank Daniels III– cousin of Southern Pines Pilot publisher David Woronoff and one of four partners who own Moore County’s Pulitzer Prize winning thrice weekly paper — is mighty disappointed
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Facebook’s woes may blow back on NC treasurer, become election issue
State Treasurer has typically been one of those races that stays below the political radar. Everyone seems to focus all of their attention on more
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Secretary of State debate on Thursday
Anything hosted IN THE TRIANGLE at a UNITARIAN CHURCH by THE LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS and THE NC CENTER FOR VOTER EDUCATION looks like sure trouble for a Republican candidate.
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The N&O: Playing ‘Gunga Din’ for Walter Dalton
Reading the News & Observer these days, you can almost sense the panic among the stenographers in the newsroom. Just yesterday, the paper ran an item about
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