Old-fashioned back room politics?
The other day while I was having lunch with one of Raleigh’s Democratic wizards he said, You know a lot of people believe the Senate Republican Caucus has captured the Chamber of Commerce and... Read More
NC Spin Articles
The difference between liberals and conservatives
After a lifetime of observing politics, I’ve discovered the basic difference between liberals and conservatives. “Liberals think everything should be free; conservatives don’t want to pay for... Read More
Coal ash reversal
Editorial by Greensboro News-Record, June 28, 2014. The state Senate’s coal ash bill creates a new regulatory authority that will supervise a massive waste-disposal effort for at least the next... Read More
Spaulding accuses Democratic Party chair of dismissing him
by Winston-Salem Chronicle, June 26, 2014. Ken Spaulding, a former member of the N.C. House of Representative, and others are upset about N.C. Democratic Party Chairman Randy Voller’s seeming... Read More
New teacher plan better than others
Editorial by Charlotte Observer, June 27, 2014. N.C. Gov. Pat McCrory and pal-for-the-day House Speaker Thom Tillis have at least figured out that optics matter. In rolling out their mini-budget with... Read More
The battle over UNC in 2014
One of the more interesting political battles in 2014 might come over state funding for the university system and calls for more tuition hikes to replace the deep budget cuts made in the last three... Read More
Hagan up by 6 in Civitas poll
by Doug Clark, Greensboro News-Record, June 26, 2014. Democrat Kay Hagan leads Republican Thom Tillis by 6 points in a Civitas Institute Poll released today. Neither U.S. Senate candidate comes... Read More
We don't hear you Raleigh
It’s a rite of summer. The House, the Senate and the Governor can’t agree on a budget. They tell themselves that millions of North Carolinians are in suspense, following the latest twist in the... Read More
The wrong cure
Mike, a young down-the-line rock-ribbed Republican partisan who sees eye to eye with Senator Bob Rucho (who once tweeted ‘Obamacare has done more damage than the Nazis’) but is too smart to say... Read More
Missing the budget forest for all the sniping in the trees
Most of the talk in Raleigh these days is about the sniping between House and Senate leaders as lawmakers try to come up with a final budget agreement. This week House Speaker Thom Tillis joined... Read More
