NC Spin Articles


It's time to fix North Carolina's bridges

Editorial by News and Observer, July 23, 2014. Gov. Pat McCrory and Republican legislative leaders are facing an issue that will test their governing and budgeting ability. The Charlotte Observer...    Read More

July 24, 2014



Education's broad value

Editorial by Durham Herald-Sun, July 23, 2014. Colleges and universities are facing more and more scrutiny these days over the value of the education they provide and the degrees they grant. That is...    Read More

July 24, 2014

Where's the Democrats' Art Pope?

Art Pope’s critics often accuse him of “buying the State of North Carolina.” If he did, he got it cheap.   The Washington Post this weekend published its obligatory profile about the mild...    Read More

July 23, 2014

Hagan sidesteps Democratic Party turmoil

Having lost its grip on political power in North Carolina, the state’s Democratic Party has the chance to prove its mettle by helping Kay Hagan retain the Senate seat she won in 2008. But internal...    Read More

July 23, 2014


Hagan widens lead on Tillis

The latest PPP poll shows incumbent Democratic Senator Kay Hagan growing a lead over Republican State House Speaker Thom Tillis. Hagan leads Tillis 41/34 with Libertarian Sean Haugh receiving 8% of...    Read More

July 23, 2014

Neither Hagan nor Tillis is a winger

Hardly a day goes by that I don’t get a news release from some partisan source that says a) that Democratic Sen. Kay Hagan is too left-wing to represent North Carolina or b) that GOP Senate...    Read More

July 23, 2014

Medicaid match

Editorial by Greensboro News-Record, July 23, 2014. In his first year as governor, Pat McCrory often said he was stepping on toes of both Democrats and Republicans. Few Republican toes seemed to be...    Read More

July 23, 2014