#NCSEN 2014: GOP field about to become a threesome?
It is looking more and more like Charlotte pastor Mark Harris is about to join Cary physician Greg Brannon and state House Speaker Thom Tillis in the May 2014 GOP
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After Supreme Court rulings, all eyes are on Roy Cooper and Amendment One
Well, the US Supreme Court has stripped key provisions out of the federal Defense of Marriage Act — which kept the feds from paying benefits to “married” gay couples. The
Continue readingAn Identity Crisis: NC House GOP & Speaker Thom
Rob “Mr. Politics” Christensen tells us that “tax reform” is dead and buried. Never mind that a proposal to abolish the corporate income tax is very much alive and well
Continue readingNCGOPers in DC blindly stick with Boehner on pork-laden, big-spending “farm bill”
The US House narrowly voted down a bloated “Farm” Bill — that was more food stamps and welfare than actual farm stuff. Unfortunately, it took most of the Democrats —
Continue readingState of North Carolina shutters Richard Hudson’s business
The office of North Carolina Secretary of State Elaine Marshall has performed an “administrative dissolution” of Cabarrus Marketing Group, LLC — a business founded by rookie congressman Richard Hudson one
Continue readingBudget brouhaha: NCGOP leaders accepting Dem premise we have revenue, not spending problem?
The GOP majority on Jones Street has passed budget packages. The House and Senate versions are both in the ballpark of $20.6 billion (hundreds of millions higher than Bev Perdue’s
Continue readingToll Roads: We said ‘No, thanks.’ Speaker Thom & co. gave them to us anyway.
Talk about cojones. chutzpah. BIG ONES. Last weekend, delegates to the NCGOP state convention spoke out loud and clear against HOT lanes, toll roads, and anything else of that
Continue readingMeet The New Boss. (Same as The Old Boss?)
Gov. Pat got a lot of mileage out of The Who’s classic “Won’t Get Fooled Again” during his successful 2012 campaign against Walter Dalton. The actions of the NCGOP establishment
Continue readingSEIU, SEANC breaking ranks over “Moral Monday” circus?
The useful idiots at McClatchy and WRAL are breaking their necks to paint Bill Barber’s lefty fruitcake convention at the legislative building as the moral equivalent of
Continue readingWhen things get HOT, Tholl Road Thom takes his marbles and goes home
This was supposed to be a great weekend for Thom Tillis. He’s presiding over the state House at a historic time for the NCGOP. The state GOP convention was in
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