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Obama Picks NC

By Gary Pearce April 7, 2009

President Obama picked UNC to win the NCAA. More than that, he seems to be picking North Carolina as a key political target. Gary Robertson at AP wrote a good story about the high level of attention we’re getting from the administration.http://www.wral.com/news/state/story/4893290/   He asked me how much I thought that was politically motivated. About…

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Free Cars

By Carter Wrenn April 7, 2009

I thought the Democrats had ‘Ethics Reformed’ pay to play out of existence – but it turns out I was wrong. For instance, it seems automobile dealers (at least some of them) like bestowing cars on Democrats – so former Governor Easley’s been driving a car free, courtesy of a dealership, and so has Mrs.…

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Budget Passover

By Gary Pearce April 6, 2009

 

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How’s He Doing?

By Gary Pearce April 3, 2009

 

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The King Has Left the Building

By Gary Pearce April 2, 2009

 

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Upside Down

By Gary Pearce April 1, 2009

Who said foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds? Republicans in North Carolina certainly appear untethered by consistency when it comes to the relationship between government and the private sector.   Nationally, Republicans are in a frenzy about the Obama administration’s policy toward business.  Socialism, they thunder. The very idea of the federal government…

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Reading the Sunday Paper

By Gary Pearce March 30, 2009

Tom Fetzer is a smart guy. I’m thinking of endorsing him for state Republican Chair. That’s because he would be good, and I don’t want a good GOP chair. I figure my endorsement would be the kiss of death. Tom has a gimmick in his campaign: help put The News & Observer out of business.…

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Bowles Rolls

By Gary Pearce March 27, 2009

How confident is Erskine Bowles of his standing in the legislature? Confident enough to tell the Appropriations Committee that Governor Perdue’s UNC budget is “ludicrous.” Bowles’ bluntness raised eyebrows around Raleigh. The Governor said she was “miffed,” but then assured us that she and Erskine talked and that love is in bloom again. Bowles knows…

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Marching in the Wrong Direction

By Carter Wrenn March 26, 2009

Well, I’d say Obama did pretty well at his press conference the other night – so he must just have been off his game a couple of weeks ago at his first press conference. Right now Obama’s going through the part of his presidency where folks are taking a good look at how he does…

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