How bad can the constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriages be if it’s too much for Renee Ellmers? According to Under the Dome, the congresswoman’s spokesman “confirmed that she planned to vote against the constitutional ban that was adopted by the legislature in September because it is too broadly drawn.” It would ban civil…
Read MoreJulie Rose at WFAE public radio in Charlotte tagged Pat McCrory’s announcement-that-he-will-have-an-announcement-later: “Nothing excites donors or attracts free publicity like a good tease.” She also pointed out that McCrory announced he’s delaying his “big announcement” because “campaigns have become too long and too costly.” This from a man who has been running since…
Read MoreA TAPster asks: Is the Occupy Wall Street protest “a moment or a movement?” Is it a new political wave that, as the Tea Party shaped the 2010 election, will shape the 2012 election? The Tea Party took off two years ago – ironically, sparked by a CNBC reporter’s rant on Wall Street…
Read MoreI have an apology from The New Yorker – and a correction (online, at least). The reporter, Jane Mayer, called me to apologize. She said she was “totally mortified” that her Art Pope story identified me as former executive director of the North Carolina Democratic Party. My biographical information apparently got mixed us with…
Read MoreJilted by Chris Christie, the Republican search for Ronald Reagan Redux goes on. You know things are bad when Herman Cain and Newt Gingrich are rising in the polls. Already, Michelle Bachman and Rick Perry have soared – and then plummeted. But they distinguished themselves by performing a feat no one thought possible:…
Read MoreThe New Yorker article about Art Pope takes me back to the 1980s. Then, my fellow Democrats were whining about the money, power and evil influence of Jesse Helms’ Congressional Club. Now, they’re whining about the money, power and evil influence of Art Pope. Stop whining. Get to work. Find our Art Pope. …
Read MoreDid Governor Perdue get jobbed by the AP jobs story: “Plant deal may enrich N.C. political donors”? A TAPster who works in private-sector economic development – and is no admirer of the Governor – says yes: “The land was assembled for this purpose and is in a catalog of sites available to prospective…
Read MoreMy faith in The New Yorker magazine is gone. I love The New Yorker – the articles as well as the cartoons. In fact, it’s the only magazine I get in the mail – thanks to a friend who gave me a gift subscription. I look forward to it arriving every week. So…
Read MoreAmong my jobs at the N&O in the early 70s were copy editor and night city editor. I still read the paper with an editorâs eye. So I just about swallowed my eyeshade when I read todayâs N&O profile of Raleigh mayoral candidate Randall Williams. How do you write that story without mentioning…
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