Sometimes I hate to be right. Like on the Wake County school board races. But you could see it coming. Even supporters say the present board has been arrogant and high-handed. Exhibit A: One diversity supporter explained the election by saying, “It’s the result of people not knowing what the issues are.”…
Read MoreTom Campbell at NC Spin has an interesting alternative to my Perdue Comeback Plan. I suggested she gamble on tax reform. Tom suggests ethics reform. He’s right. She should. But I doubt that gets her far enough. Cynical voters will never believe the stable has been cleaned up. For good reason. Pass a…
Read MoreNews flash: There are sane Republicans! Tommy Thompson, Bill Frist and Michael Bloomberg (sort of a Republican) all say they like the health-care bill emerging in the Senate. Of course, none of them can vote there. If they did, the GOP Jacobins would take their heads off. Why is Can Obama…
Read MoreAn alert reader spotted this “Income Opportunities Available” banner on the WakeUp America TV ads about “corrupt Democrats.” The reader followed the link to: http://www.wakeupamerica.com/income-opportunities. There he read: If you are interested in becoming a Team Leader, and building a team of commission fundraisers to help air Wake Up America TV…
Read MoreIn 1993, Tom Fetzer’s election as mayor of Raleigh proved to be a portent of a national Republican tide the next year. Tomorrow’s Wake school board races could be the same for 2010. I haven’t seen any polling. But I have a bad feeling that the bad guys – the anti-diversity crowd – will win.…
Read MoreI got worried when I saw the “corrupt Democrats” ad sponsored by the North Carolina conservative group Wake Up America. But I felt better once the ad ended. The ad’s beginning goes right at a real Democratic vulnerability in North Carolina: the combination of corruption and higher taxes. “Are state Democrats the most…
Read MoreFirst time candidate for City Council Champ Claris has spoken the tabooed words ‘Don’t build it downtown.’ Since Charles Meeker was elected Mayor (which seems like it was not long after General Sherman marched through Raleigh) Meeker’s been trying to turn downtown into the southern equivalent of the ‘Great White Way.’ It’s a mystery…
Read MoreRepublicans and the media are up in arms because President Obama will go overseas to lobby for the Olympics in Chicago in 2016. A waste of time, they sniff, when the nation faces so many important issues. Once again, Obama is a step ahead of his critics. His trip would be one…
Read MoreEarlier this week I wrote that Governor Perdue should consider championing tax reform. To her advisers, that lifeline probably looks more like an anchor. But history suggests otherwise. Mike Easley raised taxes – and survived. At least, survived raising taxes. Jim Hunt raised the gas tax in 1981. Jesse Helms &…
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