It’s hard not to like Barack Obama.  Or admire his success.  Or perseverance.  Or eloquence.   But I’m beginning to have a feeli...

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If the News & Observer is not careful pretty soon folks on Governor Easley’s Board of Transportation are going to be calling it a Republican newsp...

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There are more cross currents in the Democratic Presidential primaries than a hurricane.   It’s got everything.  Race.  Sex.  Mo...

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Even the most secular Democrats fervently await the Second Coming.  Of John Kennedy, that is.   Barack Obama is the latest in a long line ...

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Mitt Romney has ‘suspended’ his campaign – which in plain English means he’s struck the flag.   Romney out-fundraised, out-spent, out-organized...

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The News & Observer reports how the candidates for governor are spending their money.   Republican Fred Smith led the way spending the mos...

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Mark Johnson writes in today’s N&O and Charlotte Observer that it’s a mathematical certainty North Carolina’s presidential primary will count this...

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As CNN’s Jeff Greenfield said so memorably late on Election Night 2000, we have now left the gravitational pull of earth.   This presidential r...

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Three recent developments in the Governor’s race sharpen the perception that Beverly Perdue’s campaign is not in the same league as Richard Moore’s. ...

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Bob Orr is a smart guy.  Even though he’s a Republican.  He may be right that North Carolina would be better off with an appointed Superinte...

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