Barack Obama needs a Manhattan Project.  No, not a bomb.  But an intensive strategic and research project like the one the Clinton campaign ...

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It seems to me, over the years, I’ve witnessed two political earthquakes that changed the ground rules in American politics and gave birth to new poli...

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Toe-sucking transpartisan consultant-turned-pundit Dick Morris, the only man alive who advised both Bill Clinton and Jesse Helms, is right about one t...

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Some members of Governor Easley’s email study commission are privately critical of the news media – like the N&O – for both covering the story and...

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John McCain’s Straight Talk Express has become the Double Talk Detour.   First the scourge of lobbyists and special interests had to purge his ...

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The world up and moved on its axis yesterday morning while I was listening to National Public Radio. It started innocently enough. Cokie Roberts was t...

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Here are some numbers worth pondering as you ponder this year’s elections in North Carolina.   On May 6, 1.58 million people voted in the Democ...

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I had an argument with my friend the pollster.   I told him – in no uncertain terms – Barack Obama’s a rerun of George McGovern, Walter Mondal...

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The Wake County Manager’s trying to hold the line on spending – but he’s getting no sympathy from the School Board. He offered to increase the school’...

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Given that this should be a Democratic year and that Democrats have won the last four Governor’s races, it is surprising that early polls show the Gov...

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