President Bush was already giving whoever has the distinction of being the most unpopular president in history a run for his money. Now, as if the war in Iraq isn’t a big enough challenge, he’s leading the campaign to legalize 12 million illegal immigrants, which polls show 70% of Americans oppose. More to the point,…
Read MoreIf Fred Thompson gets into the Republican presidential race, there will be four major candidates: Thompson, McCain, Giuliani and Romney. If my math is correct, the four have – between them – a total of eight marriages. In fact, as James Carville points out, the only one of them who had just one wife is…
Read MoreWith apologies to Keith Olberman of MSNBC, here are my nominations for the worse, worser and worsest people in Wake County. All of them for saying in The News & Observer that they don’t want to pay taxes for schools. Worse: Carridene Narron, 83, of Raleigh, a retired title examiner at the state Division of…
Read MoreThere is talk around the legislature that some veteran Democratic Senators will not run for reelection again – and that Marc Basnight may be serving his last term as President Pro Tem. Republicans certainly would welcome that. Some restive Democrats might even say good riddance. But the Democrats need to ponder their chances of keeping…
Read MoreIt’s probably not another blockbuster scandal. But a tiny black cloud just floated over the Lottery Commission’s horizon. The Charlotte Observer (5-19-07) reports that the firm hired to conduct one of the lottery audits is not registered to do business in the state and was not investigated by state officials before beginning the work. It…
Read MoreYou think about heroes when you sit in the hot sun at a Memorial Day ceremony. The ceremony Monday was in Murfreesboro, a tiny town in Hertford County in northeastern North Carolina. I went with my mother and my two children, because my dad’s name is on a veterans’ memorial the town’s residents built this…
Read MoreHere in North Carolina the Democrats poll (Public Policy Polling) shows President Bush’s popularity continues to be low (News and Observer, 5-21-07). President Bush Job Approval Approve – 41% Disapprove – 52% And, if anything, the numbers in the Republican (Civitas Institute) poll are worse. Approve – 39% Disapprove – 57% The good news is…
Read MoreThe Iraq-money vote turned out to be a winner for everybody in Washington. George Bush and his diminishing band of supporters got their money without any real strings. Nervous congressional Democrats inoculated themselves against campaign charges that they voted against money for the troops. Hillary and Obama and Pelosi and Reid get to tell the…
Read MoreIn honor of Memorial Day, congressional Democrats decided they were better off politically not to be seen as cutting off money for American troops in Iraq. That’s smart. It’s also smart to jump on another issue that resonates at Memorial Day: gas prices. A very smart North Carolina Democrat asked me this week, “Why haven’t…
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