NC Spin Articles


What the GOP can learn from Chris Christie

New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, R, will likely win big in his re-election contest Tuesday. His campaign is quick to point out that Democrats outnumber Republicans by 700,000 in a state President Obama...    Read More

November 5, 2013

Take This Obamacare Quiz

Want to test your knowledge of the provisions, justifications, and implications of the Affordable Care Act? I’ve made it simple for you. Just answer the following yes-or-no questions, check against...    Read More

by John Hood   |   November 4, 2013


The endless campaign becomes a reality in NC

Republican Pat McCrory is appearing in TV ads talking about his accomplishments as governor. His likely opponent, Democratic Attorney General Roy Cooper, is moving around the state giving speeches...    Read More

November 4, 2013

Tillis is toast

by James Protzman, Blue NC, November 3, 2013. After Peter Principling his way to fame and fortune, North Carolina House Speaker Thom Tillis has taken to believing his own press. He's under the...    Read More

November 4, 2013

Axelrod hammered on 'you can keep it'

Former White House Senior Adviser David Axelrod had no allies on NBC's "Meet the Press" Sunday when he was asked repeatedly by a roundtable of journalists and pundits why the president told Americans...    Read More

November 4, 2013




Time to close NC’s reading gap

Editorial by News and Observer, November 2, 2013. Occasionally there’s a story about a prominent college athlete who is unable to read or who can read only at an early elementary school level. The...    Read More

November 4, 2013


The DHHS sitcom

How many Department of Health and Human Services employees does it take to screw in a light bulb? We don’t know but it will take 19 to run their new marketing and public relations shops. I wonder...    Read More

November 3, 2013