"This isn't some damn game"
This was the “hang tight” meeting. It’s the fourth day of a government shutdown, and that was the message House Republican leaders delivered to their members Friday morning in a closed session... Read More
NC Spin Articles
Why The N&O declined to attend Gov. McCrory's background briefing
Gov. Pat McCrory and members of his Cabinet and executive team held a background briefing this week for top editors to talk about “issues facing North Carolina,” according to the invitation. Kim... Read More
A wacky idea
Talk about strange things happening: Up in Washington two tribes of politicians have been pummeling each other night and day over who deserve the blame for shutting down the government. Then... Read More
Get the Congressman some coffee
The government is shut down, so Congressman George Holding got some shuteye. On camera. At the moment one of his Republican colleagues declaimed, “It’s about time to do what’s right for the... Read More
GOP battle is now joined
In the aftermath of Senator Ted Cruz’s epic performance on the Senate floor, a few observations: After his disgraceful attacks on Cruz, including his reach-across-the-aisle, dog-in-the-manger... Read More
Shutdown politics can be a distraction
Editorial by Jacksonville Daily News, October 3, 2013. We share congressional Republicans’ distaste for President Obama’s health care law — and judging by most public opinion polls, so does a... Read More
Follow the money
Editorial by Greensboro News-Record, October 5, 2013. North Carolina Republicans were against the lottery when Democrats enacted it in 2005 but they’re all for it now. The GOP-led legislature now... Read More
Lawmakers get update on economic development reforms
by Under the Dome, News and Observer, October 4, 2013. State lawmakers on Thursday heard an update from Commerce Secretary Sharon Decker on her department's massive reorganization, which will create... Read More
Bad Blood: Four feuding leaders
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid privately told fellow Democratic senators this week what he really thought of Speaker John Boehner. “He’s a coward,” Reid angrily said, referring to Boehner’s... Read More
A chance for some answers from DHHS
One of the most frustrating aspects of the myriad of scandals at the troubled state Department of Health Human Services is that no one has offered much of an explanation for anything, not Secretary... Read More
