North Carolina state taxing and spending by the numbers
As the election season gears up, the phony statistics and the excrement are really going to be flying. We decided to head some of that off by injecting some interesting,
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#2016POLLS: Tighter than Bill Barber’s SPANX!
That’s right. It looks like we have nail-biters all around the top of the tickets this November. (Of course, things NEVER seem to really heat up until right after Labor
Continue readingIs the Tea Party spirit dead?
We’ll find out about 8 PM or so tomorrow night. With this special election, we have a fantastic opportunity to send some unresponsive professional politicians packing. You can grumble and
Continue readingPolling North Carolina
Every so often, we get a poll dropped on us about an upcoming election. I am talking to more and more political pros who suggest polling is getting more and
Continue readingHB2: Pat travels. Roy fiddles. Binky piddles
Here’s a great primer on how drive-by “news” coverage in our fair capital city works. First, you get a press release / tweet from a liberal pol / organization, like
Continue readingFeds STILL dumping unaccompanied illegal kids in Carolinas
Remember all of that hubbub about Central and South American kids pouring across our southern borders? Well, it died down after a while. The drivebys had the Kardashians and Bruce
Continue readingElon poll predicts November drama in NC
The good folks at Elon have Roy Cooper opening up a lead in the governor’s race, and Deborah Ross hanging tight with Richard Burr in the US Senate race: Support
Continue readingFreeloadin’ Roy getting a free pass
Not long after winning a new term in 2012 — unopposed — attorney general Roy Cooper announced he was running for governor. No, he wasn’t going to step down and
Continue readingONE US House seat. 17 GOP candidates. (Welcome to campaign 2016.)
Well, filing for the special June primary ended yesterday. And we here at Haymaker HQ are not envying the Republican voters of the new 13th congressional district. Apparently, every Tom,
Continue readingIt’s ON! Nee-Nee v. Sleepy George for NC-02
Ok. It has been talked about. But, according to the state board of elections, we now have our first member v. member US House race in AGES. George Holding, the
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