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Obamacare Rx

By Gary Pearce October 25, 2013

Republicans couldn’t defund Obamacare, and Democrats seemingly can’t defend it. Some states (where there’s competition) are seeing lower insurance rates, and some (where Republicans blocked competition) are having sticker shock.   Nobody understands what Obamacare is, but everybody understands a website that won’t work, so we’re obsessing about that.   Maybe we’re overcomplicating this. Maybe…

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Going Viral

By Gary Pearce October 24, 2013

Matt Brown did what digital experts would run over their grandmothers to do. He got a half a million people to read his message, and it didn’t cost him a cent.   North Carolina politicians better take notice.   Think about those numbers for a second. A half-million readers. In a state where 4.5 million…

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Pachyderms

By Carter Wrenn October 24, 2013

The Pachyderms, or Supreme Republican Leaders in Washington, have a natural animus to Democrats – but, these days, who they dislike even more is Ted Cruz and Tea Partiers.   It’s time Ted Cruz, one Pachyderm snorted in the newspaper, started acting like an adult.   Talking about Senator Mike Lee, another added, He’s so…

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Pachyderms

By Carter Wrenn October 24, 2013

The Pachyderms, or Supreme Republican Leaders in Washington, have a natural animus to Democrats – but, these days, who they dislike even more is Ted Cruz and Tea Partiers.   It’s time Ted Cruz, one Pachyderm snorted in the newspaper, started acting like an adult.   Talking about Senator Mike Lee, another added, He’s so…

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Cooped Up

By Gary Pearce October 23, 2013

Roy Cooper has made strong moves to clear the 2016 Democratic primary field for Governor. But he also may be putting a big obstacle in his path.   The AG is adamant that he can go into court and defend Republican-supported laws on voter identification and same-sex marriage, even though he adamantly opposes those laws.…

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Prepare for the Worst

By Carter Wrenn October 23, 2013

Every now and then Gary and I venture out of our respective sanctuaries to journey out into the broader world and, just the other day, we meandered all the way across Raleigh to speak to a very nice group of folks about politics (from our different perspectives).   And, sure enough, during the meeting a…

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Error Message

By Gary Pearce October 22, 2013

For a year we’ve heard how the digital geniuses in the Obama campaign demolished Mitt Romney. Now they can’t make the website work for the biggest thing in his administration?   This might say something about the difference between campaigns and governing – or between the private sector and the public sector. Government IT programs…

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Who Won?

By Carter Wrenn October 21, 2013

The post-mortem’s are rolling in from the wise heads in Washington over the government shutdown and the debt ceiling votes and their verdict is unanimous: Ted Cruz was crushed. The Tea Party was annihilated.   But all these Washington pundits may be sailing right past one subtle fact.   Heritage Action and Club for Growth…

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Civility or Civil War?

By Gary Pearce October 21, 2013

Don’t spike the ball too early, Democrats. The Tea Party may be a taste of what’s ahead for our party.   Last weeks’ Armageddon – or maybe, “Armadebtaggon” – looks now like a disaster for the GOP. The episode turned Americans and many Republicans against the Cruz crusaders.   But the Republican civil war may…

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