Dr. Creech, vultures are bipartisan.
The media hysteria over the budget debate on Jones Street is reaching a crescendo. Never mind that Democrats — when they were in charge — actually debated the budget until
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#NCGA: Captain Obvious files his copy
McCrory rift with Senate may stall NC budget. Ya Think ???? That was the eloquently succinct and prescient headline atop the latest missive from McClatchy-Charlotte’s genial geriatric Jim Morrill.
Continue readingVisions of Art Pope dancing in their dope-addled, near-empty heads …
It’s really sad listening to the folks around the drum circle moaning about Art Pope. I’ve actually communicated with Art Pope. He is a guy who has inherited a lot
Continue readingNC-06: It’s Walker in a Runaway
I don’t think anybody saw this beatdown coming. The entire GOP membership of the North Carolina US House delegation (except Walter Jones) had endorsed Phil Berger, Jr. and had raised
Continue readingRenee Ellmers: The gift that keeps on giving
She can melt down on national radio. She can scream at her constituents. She can ignore and avoid a good chunk of her district. But, somehow — despite violating all
Continue readingReflections on the concept of “party loyalty”
I was listening to El Rushbo the other day, and even he was struggling with something that a lot of us have been — the concept of sucking it up
Continue readingBOHICA: $tuff is getting even MORE expen$ive
Today, we’re celebrating the birth of our nation — which began with resistance to bureaucratic tyranny and protests against excessive taxation. Here we are in 2014. As we’re firing
Continue reading#NCPOL: Gov Pat forced to lay in the bed he made
It’s pretty clear — from the background conversations I am having — that things are a bit frosty between the governor’s office and many of the Republican honorables on Jones Street. A
Continue readingIN or OUT? : The curious case of Lyons Gray
We posted previously about state revenue secretary Lyons Gray serving on the national board of an environmental group currently suing the state of North Carolina. It’s a wee bit awkward,
Continue readingNCGOP waters down 2014 platform
In this case, we hate being right. Some time back, we posted about efforts in the NCGOP platform drafting commitee to remove a lot of the issues important to Tea
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