Renee 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
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Reflections 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
Continue reading#NCGA: Sources say Tillis Senate race likely a factor in House-Senate budget talks
A well-placed Jones Street source — who has a vote on the floor of his chamber — tells us that Phil Berger and his team may have the upper hand
Continue reading#NCGA: Tillman says Common Core deal VERY CLOSE
State senator Jerry Tillman, the majority whip and NCGA Republicans’ leading voice on education issues, says he is confident the House and Senate will have their differences ironed out within
Continue readingA NCGA-Gov office “family feud”?
The drive-by media and the Moral Monday bunch are working overtime to try and tell us how Gov. McCrory and his fellow Republicans in the General Assembly are working hand-in-glove
Continue reading#NCGA: GOP caucus sources say list of serious contenders for next House speaker down to THREE
I had the chance this week to check in with three of my better moles within the House GOP caucus on Jones Street. (Thanks to the culture of intimidation that
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