Skip’s Gamble

Carter Wrenn posted on June 26, 2008 09:38

House Republican Leader ‘Skip’ Stam is turning thumbs down on North Carolina casting its electoral votes for the candidate for President who wins the ...

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Presidential Campaign Winners and Losers

Gary Pearce posted on June 25, 2008 11:55

Winner: Campaign Symbols Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton are holding their Unity Rally in – no kidding – Unity, New Hampshire. Appa...

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$4 Gas and Obama

Gary Pearce posted on June 24, 2008 11:45

A Republican consultant figures there is a direct relationship between the price of gas and Barack Obama’s vote in North Carolina. He told me...

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The School Board in a $36 Million Huff

Carter Wrenn posted on June 23, 2008 17:39

The School Board’s shocked, just shocked. And mad. “Who on the Wake County Board of Commissioners,” growls one board member, “Wants the dubious honor ...

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Bushed

Gary Pearce posted on June 23, 2008 13:45

2008 must look worse for the Republicans than I thought. At least, they think so. President Bush stole into and out of Raleigh Frida...

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McCrory and Bush

Gary Pearce posted on June 20, 2008 09:56

Cullen Browder from WRAL-TV asked me if it helps or hurts Pat McCrory for President Bush to do a fundraiser in North Carolina. The answer is:...

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Good News, Bad News

Gary Pearce posted on June 19, 2008 14:04

The topic at breakfast downtown this morning was the cutbacks at the N&O – and consolidation with The Charlotte Observer. “Society and de...

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Bad News

Gary Pearce posted on June 18, 2008 10:58

The only thing worse than the cuts at The News & Observer was the way N&O executives handled the announcement. They sounded like the stonewall...

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The Female Brain

Carter Wrenn posted on June 18, 2008 10:09

Yesterday was a red-letter day for enlightened modernists and a black day for the old-fashioned. Duke University hired its first Muslim chaplain, keep...

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More Than a Head Fake?

Gary Pearce posted on June 17, 2008 11:45

The Obama campaign may be serious about targeting North Carolina. I heard last week they are sending 280 field organizers into the state. The...

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