Governor ‘Thin-Skin’
This little gem popped up on Twitter today. It’s interesting that it is just now going public today — FRIDAY. I first heard about it at the beginning of
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Jim Cain for Governor?
That is the hottest scoop circulating through top-tier GOP circles in the state. I heard it first-hand from a source whose title includes the word “honorable” today: “Jim’s name comes up
Continue readingNCGOV 2016 Polls: McCrory, Cooper in dead heat
We’ve been hearing quite a bit of behind-the-scenes grumbling from GOP insiders and activists on both sides of the Raleigh beltline. A new poll from The Civitas Institute may be
Continue readingNext stop for McIntyre: Governor?
Congressman Mike McIntyre made a big announcement today. He’s coming back home after 18 years in DC. A 2014 reelection was looking tough in his new GOP-leaning district.
Continue readingPearce (unintentionally) makes the case for Roy Cooper to quit
With three years until the next governor’s race — North Carolina attorney general Roy Cooper is fixated on evicting Pat McCrory from that state-owned historic property on Blount
Continue readingRunning for office on OUR DIME
First, it was Thom Tillis who told us he could represent the people of his legislative district, serve as speaker of the House, AND run for the US Senate all
Continue readingGov. Pat, a conservative? (Cue the video)
A loyal reader of this site forwarded me a recently-published piece in National Review by John Hood, president of the Raleigh-based John Locke Foundation. Hood’s piece, about conservatism “thriving”
Continue readingMcCrory vs. UNC: Opening a Pandora’s box, inviting lefty jihad?
(No, lefty jihad is not an old basketball coach.) Gov. Pat has trained both barrels on the public education establishment — specifically those folks within the UNC
Continue readingThe McCrory era SO FAR: ObamaCare surrender, “progressive” tax code, wind energy
Supposedly, our state is in the midst of a “conservative revolution.” But the message we’re getting out of our new administration in Raleigh is sounding a
Continue readingLook, Ma! I’m governor!
Today, at noon, the McCrory era began in Raleigh. Pat McCrory, the Republican former mayor of Charlotte, broke the Queen City curse and got sworn in as North
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