Carter Wrenn
Gary Pearce
Thom Tillis may be a fiscal conservative on education, but he’s happy to spend taxpayers’ money on himself. First, as I recall, were the big-screen TVs outside the House chamber – featuring none other than Speaker Tillis. Last week, he told WPTF radio host Bill LuMaye he approved extra pay to staffers fired…
A friend of George Holding (and a Democrat) took issue with yesterday’s blog. He wrote: “Here is the reason I don’t think George will be the next Starr: “Bill Clinton was a flawed man but was fundamentally a good president with lots of allies and a good overall record. “John Edwards is…
Whatever he does, Kenneth Starr will always be remembered for his obsession with Bill Clinton’s sex life. Will John Edwards likewise live on forever in George Holding’s bio? Today’s N&O story by Ann Blyth and John Frank reminds us that the trial might be over, “but one aspect of the case remains unexplained: Why was…
Where does the North Carolina Democratic Party rate with the White House? Here’s a clue: the Jefferson-Jackson dinner speaker isn’t the President, the First Lady, the Vice President or Mrs. Biden. It’s not David Axelrod or another big-name campaign official. It’s the Bidens’ son, Beau. Unless party HQ heard wrong, and the White…
Is Governor Perdue’s sweepstakes tax a smart idea? At a time when she’s struggling to remain relevant, it put her back in the headlines. But the proposal, like her original budget, is headed straight for the legislative trash can. It did put the focus back on school cuts – winning ground for Democrats.…
That’s one less thing to worry about. The Republican legislature has decided that the ocean will not eventually take over our little place at Nags Head. Wait until I tell my brother-in-law that on the golf course this weekend. He’s a Republican himself; after all, he did very well in the oil…
The Romney campaign says: “Under President Obama, the nation has lost 552,000 jobs.” But the New York Times notes, “that statistic includes Mr. Obama’s first year in office, and especially the months of February, March and April, when monthly job losses from the economic collapse were at 700,000 or higher. “Just leaving out…
Richard who’s Irish and Catholic sat listening to Mike the Republican and Tom the Democrat arguing then laid down his fork, leaned forward and said: Let me see if I’ve got this right. Pat McCrory’s going to sue the Democrats. The Democrats are already suing Pat McCrory. And the Democratic Chairman is about to get…
A TAPster with a cruel sense of humor notes: “The Chief of the Cherokees has more influence in the legislature than the Governor of North Carolina.”
The political sniping began even as chaos still reigned at the White House Correspondents Dinner. My…
A new nationwide poll shows that, if they could run against each other in 2028, Barack…
Senator Phil Berger was out of touch with voters in his district – and suffered the…