North Carolina – Democrats

If you’ve bought the line there’s a budget crisis in state government – here’s proof you may have been sold a bill of goods.   The State Department of Agriculture ordered 9,000 camel-colored t-shirts to give away at the state fair – for $18,000.   You might ask – why did the state need to…

… couldn’t get any worse, it did. Her popularity dropped again.   According to a poll last week an astonishing 63% of North Carolinians disapprove of the job Perdue is doing as Governor. She’s lost the support of Moderates, Conservatives, Independents, Republicans and half the Democrats who voted for her last November.  All she has…

Most of my political conversations these days are about investigations, not elections.   Especially about John Edwards and Mike Easley.   This can’t be good for Democrats.   But maybe the party can find shelter from the fallout. Try this:   Neither Easley nor Edwards ever was a good party man.   Easley rarely went…

When Ken Lewis entered the U.S. Senate race, he had a good story about his family’s rise from slavery and the farm. The N&O said he “vowed to support policies that would help other families pursue the American dream.”   Lewis said:   “That arc of progress that begins right here in PersonCounty at the…

Last January Governor Perdue decided to climb out on a limb and appointed a health care lobbyist, Lanier Cansler, head of state health care programs.   Of course, Secretary Cansler came into office with a welter of conflicts of interest. His old clients – like the Nursing Home Association – do business with his department.…

Governor Perdue is getting some criticism for going to China and Japan during a budget crisis.   The criticism is short-sighted.   In a global economy – especially in these economic times – a governor needs to be going around the world selling the state.   Mike Easley was criticized for not doing enough selling.…

A Raleigh wag suggests the perfect PR move for John Edwards:   “Dancing With the Stars.”