#NCPOL: What Tea Party?
I participated in the big 9/12/09 march on Washington that is credited with being the coming-out party for The Tea Party movement. As my friends and I walked amid the
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#NCGA: Sen. Bingham doubles down, says NCGOP definitely gave him dirt to use on primary opponent
We’ve got quite a kerfluffle going down in one Davidson County legislative race. State Senator Stan Bingham is locked in a primary fight for renomination. The senator recently earned statewide
Continue readingNCGOP: Meddling in primaries? Who? Us?
Under the previous regime at NCGOP, we got complaints galore about meddling in Republican primaries by party staff. The accusations even touched the then-party vice chairman. We were promised things
Continue readingNC-06: A father & son-initiated food fight in the GOP primary?
For the first time in eons, there will not be anyone named Coble on the ballot for this congressional seat. Howard Coble held an iron grip on this seat since
Continue reading#NCSEN: The shih-tzu drops a deuce on Thom’s thax thrickery
Every so often John Drescher’s pet shih-tzu surprises me. The young man occasionally breaks free from RobRielle’s mind meld and does some honest-to-goodness political reporting. Speaker Thom and his diminutive
Continue reading#NCSEN Debate post-game: RobC, Morrill need to talk; set up stupid format, blame the candidates for boring content
It’s always charming when two geriatric liberals attend the same event and come away with two very different accounts. Exhibit One: The N&O’s Rob Christensen — the man who managed
Continue reading#NCSEN: GOP legislator raises questions about speaker-turned-candidate Tillis
The feud between GOP state Reps. Robert Brawley and Thom Tillis is bubbling up again here late in the 2014 primary season. Brawley went public with his issues about Tillis,
Continue readingCould VA-GOP brouhaha blow back onto NCGOP?
US House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-VA)’s primary opponent is calling for an investigation of the Virginia GOP’s new executive director. Why? Apparently, the new ED’s consulting firm is on
Continue readingNC-03: Griffin goes ‘toe-to-toe’ with Laura Ingraham
A bit of advice before going on Laura Ingraham’s radio program: Put on your Big Boy / Big Girl Pants. (Laura is tough. She throws no softballs, and makes
Continue reading#NCSEN: WRAL debate battle demonstrates power of New Media
In the old days, conservative candidates simply had to TAKE whatever WRAL or The Charlotte Observer or The N&O dished out. The powers-that-be at those institutions decided what got communicated
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