Last week I blogged (“Anti-Social Media”) about tweets by Jeanne Milliken Bonds, Bill Faison’s campaign manager. A TAPster now sees evidence that Faison’s campaign is behind a fake Bob Etheridge Twitter account. The TAPster spotted identical tweets from both Bonds and the parody site “Bobby(B.B)Etheridge.” Both Bonds and B.B. tweeted: “The “restless energy”…
Read MoreNot long ago I blogged that some people call Walter Dalton dull. (Not that there’s anything wrong with a governor being a bit dull; see Sarah Palin and Mark Sanford.) Now his video ad “Restless Energy” reflects what I’m hearing about Dalton on the stump and in person: that he has become a forceful…
Read MoreA TAPster raises a key question about the Democrats running for governor: Why? See below: Your blog today about Bobby Etheridge and Dan Blue and their crafty mobilization of black voters prompted a thought about the Democratic governor’s primary in North Carolina. Why would any Democrat want the job? Walter Dalton, Etheridge…
Read MoreHere’s an intriguing back story in the Democratic governor’s race: Did Dan Blue and Bob Etheridge cut a deal by which Blue bowed out, Etheridge got in and Blue will endorse him? That’s the Raleigh chatter. Blue and Etheridge reportedly talked frequently as filing date neared. It would make sense. They go back…
Read MoreHere’s a lesson learned the hard way: a thin skin and a tendency to overreact don’t serve you well in politics. But that’s exactly the tone being set on Twitter by Jeanne Milliken Bonds, campaign manager for Bill Faison. And it doesn’t serve Faison’s campaign well. Some background: As faithful readers know, I’ve…
Read MorePaul Coble’s gone and done it again. Just a few months ago Paul Coble was asking Joe Knott to support him for Congress. Now, treading water, Paul’s hit the panic button and called Joe Knott a wild-eyed liberal – because Joe’s supporting George Holding and not Paul. Next, out of a clear blue…
Read MoreIn a hyper-speed, short-attention-span world, North Carolina Democrats are having a hyper-speed, short-attention-span race for Governor. The campaigns have to do in two months what you normally do over many months and even years: hire staff, find office space, recruit consultants, do benchmark polls, conduct oppo research, prep on issues, collect endorsements, make ads,…
Read MoreYesterday, Paul Coble reared up on his hind legs and brayed like a mule and hurled a mudball straight at George Holding – which is a sure sign Coble’s campaign is in trouble. The rhubarb began Saturday at the debate – Coble rolled through a homily to himself then Bill Randall asked, What about…
Read MoreAfter all these years, I find out that Carter Wrenn is a liberal. He had me fooled â working for Jesse Helms, where he ran ads calling Jim Hunt a âMondale liberal.â Even after we became friends and worked together on some non-political projects, he maintained the façade of a crusty conservative. Now…
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