North Carolina – Democrats

The “Smith Center Boos Bev” story is why my new-media guru Nation Hahn says: “If you’re not on Twitter, you’re not part of the conversation.” I was following the New Hampshire results on Twitter Tuesday night (the best way to do it) when John Frank of the N&O tweeted that the Smith Center crowd booed…

Here’s a good use for Bill Faison’s half-million dollars – or somebody’s: a super-PAC that hammers at the “legislature’s war on teachers.”   Here’s the message (or narrative, as we say today): “First they slashed education budgets and forced layoffs of hundreds of teachers and teacher assistants. Then they took college scholarships away from aspiring…

The legislature apparently is determined to help Governor Perdue win reelection.   The worse the legislature looks, the better her chances in November look. Now she can bash them over a post-midnight power play that punishes teachers who dare to speak out against education budget cuts. (That’s how I’d explain it. It will make a…

This headline should strike fear in us: “State government reorganizes, seeking more efficiency.”   Pardon my cynicism, but I’ve seen this movie before. Every administration in Washington and every state capital promises to reinvent, reorganize and rethink government.   Now, Rob Christensen reports in the N&O that North Carolina is scrambling the bureaucratic eggs again. This…

Governor Perdue has been taking heat from Republicans for allegedly breaking the law by releasing federal job numbers.   Which raises two questions:   Since when did Republicans get so concerned about protecting federal-government information?   Was it since the numbers were good for the Governor?  

Governor Perdue had to hate reading the N&O this morning.   First there’s a front-page story regurgitating her flight problems, with a boost from Democratic scold Joe Sinsheimer. Then Dome quotes a professor from his perch at UVA opining about her tough path to reelection.    This is why Democrats are wringing their hands about…