North Carolina – Republicans
Bev’s Numbers
Let’s look at two sets of numbers important to Governor Perdue: her budget and her polls. Her proposed budget is a solid response to a stinky mess. She spread around the pain. And she still made important investments in economic development, education and human services. She deserves credit for keeping the state on…
Read MoreBurr’s Edge
Richard Burr has a much easier primary campaign than Kenneth Lewis or Elaine Marshall. But he has an ad on TV, and they don’t. That dramatizes the huge financial advantage Burr has this year. His ad is notable for two things: black faces and veterans. He’s softening any Tea Party-image with general-election voters.…
Read MoreTea Time Part II
The revealing New York Times/CBS poll on the Tea Party demographics turned up two golden nuggets. One explains their anger. The other exposes their hypocrisy. The anger: 63 percent of Tea Partiers say Fox is their main news source. Even among Republicans, only 46 percent depend mainly on Fox. A steady diet…
Read MoreTea Time
The Tea Party movement may return the Republican Party to power – or ruin it. Whichever, the Tea Party controls the GOP’s future. If Mushmouth Mitch McConnell and Suntan John Boehner become majority leaders in the next Congress, they’ll have no choice but to walk the Tea Party line. That would pretty much…
Read MoreA Pretty Strange Chapter in Republican Politics …
The way Art Pope sees it his blasting Richard Morgan (because Richard blasted Governor Perdue) wasn’t defending Governor Perdue… … but how did Perdue see it? “Well, miracles do happen!” the Governor chortled, delighted to have Pope’s support. What’s ironic about all this is for years Art’s been hammering Richard, saying he’s too cozy…
Read MoreThe Fetzer Factor
North Carolina Republicans have an asset this year Democrats don’t have: Tom Fetzer. Fetzer is travelling around the state like a heat-seeking missile. His attacks on Governor Perdue make headlines week after week. Democratic Chair David Young is a stark contrast. He’s clearly not comfortable playing the role of political hit man. …
Read MoreThe Eye of the Beholder
Yesterday I wrote about how one of my Republican friend’s is convinced to pay for Obamacare the Democrats are going to slash Medicare $500 billion – by kicking old people off their respirators; then, the next morning, I opened the newspaper and right there on page one was a Democrat who had a pretty odd…
Read MoreExecutive Dilemma
Aside from death-penalty cases, it’s the toughest decision governors make. And that’s so regardless of whether they are Republican or Democrat, named Holshouser, Hunt, Martin or Perdue. The dilemma: A gubernatorial appointee is accused of an ethical – or even criminal – violation. Immediately, the media demands that heads roll. Political opponents…
Read MoreMea Culpa
This will come as no surprise to my wife, children or friends but I have made a mistake – the other day I wrote a blog and said State Representative David Lewis voted for Richard Morgan and Jim Black on the final vote for Speaker in 2003. That was dead on 100% wrong. Representative Lewis…
Read MoreProtesting Politics
In Washington, Republicans vow to fight on against health-care reform. In WakeCounty, school-diversity supporters vow to fight on against the new board’s reassignment plans. In Washington, reform opponents marched on the Capitol, and some spit on congressmen and called them not-nice names. In WakeCounty, diversity supporters protested, demonstrated and even got arrested.…
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