So. We’re cutting taxes — AND SPENDING MORE ??????
The conservative revolution rolls on in The City of Oaks. The mainstream media has been regaling us all day with stories about the $20.6 BILLION budget deal reached by
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US Senate 2014: Is the honeymoon OVER for Mark Harris and the Tea Party?
Well, that was quick. In late June, the Draft Mark Harris committee was touting the hiring of Tracy Bengtson — a Mecklenburg County grassroots activist who was a key
Continue readingLegislative business? Forget that. I’ve got a Senate campaign to run!
It looks like my prediction that running for the US Senate would shove leadership of the state House into a distant second place is panning out. House Speaker Thom
Continue readingTuesday-morning quarterback: The tax “deal” in Raleigh
Well, Civitas has signed off on it: “The tax reform plan will cut personal taxes and simplify taxes for every North Carolinian who works,” said Civitas President
Continue readingThom Tillis, that pesky Constitution, and that annoying separation of powers thingie
McClatchy’s John Frank is doing his best to play arbiter and peacemaker among Raleigh Republicans. And we thank him for it. He’s got a piece out about internal bickering among
Continue readingBeaufort County, TOO ???? (The ABCs of meddling)
I am sensing a pattern here : Beaufort, Craven, Davidson. (You folks in Edgecombe, Forsyth, Franklin, Granville and Guilford better get ready.) Controversy between a county GOP organization
Continue readingTillis, NCGOP caught meddling in Davidson County GOP business?
Some Davidson County GOP leaders are telling me they see the hand of Speaker Thom Tillis and Raleigh-based GOP operatives involved in the process to fill an
Continue readingDC’s GOP Powers-That-Be examining ALL options in NC’s 2014 US Senate race
It’s been the conventional wisdom that State House Speaker Thom Tillis was national Republicans’ odds-on favorite to take on incumbent Democrat US Senator Kay Hagan in November
Continue readingMcClatchy-Raleigh taking the MSNBC route
At one point, MSNBC saw that it was getting bludgeoned in the ratings by CNN, Fox News, Bugs Bunny cartoons, Ginsu knife infomercials, and test patterns. The network decided it
Continue readingA RINO and a lefty walk into a Starbuck’s …. (STOP ME if you’ve heard this one before)
Apparently, a group of GOP legislators has been meeting on the down-low with reps of Bill Barber’s zip-tie crowd. Never mind that Big Bill’s group is composed mostly of (1)
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