Carter Wrenn
Gary Pearce
David Broder, the long-time Washington Post political reporter who died today, was one of the most decent people I ever met in politics. He was a legendarily hard-working reporter. His news stories and his columns were consistently – even maddeningly – non-ideological. His energy and longevity were remarkable. He covered the 1960 presidential election,…
As Stephen Colbert would say, a tip of the hat to Democrats in the legislature who are fighting Republican bills that would hurt public schools: teacher layoffs, larger class sizes, less early education and private-school vouchers. But a wag of the finger to those same Democrats who would hurt public schools by eliminating state…
Will Pat McCrory be the Mitt Romney of North Carolina’s GOP: suspect on the right for being a closet moderate? Witness the issue of annexation. Senate Republicans pushed through a bill freezing “forced annexations.” “We don’t think government officials should have unrestricted control over someone’s private property,” said Senator Berger. A gnome…
Legislative Republicans seem bound and determined to reelect Governor Perdue. By placating their base on Obamacare and giving her another easy veto, they enabled her to effortlessly shore up her base. That’s her most pressing political need right now. Soon, you’ll probably see her poll numbers rising. Which will help her start-up fundraising.…
Maybe legislative Republicans are trying to counter’s Carter’s charge that they’re too cozy with business. They’re talking now about making it easier for gun-owners to pack heat at the workplace. That will make performance reviews more exciting.
Republicans remind me of Barack Obama. After the 2008 election, Obama wasn’t going to restrict himself to rescuing the economy from a depression. He was also going to reform health care, re-regulate business and Wall Street, save the planet from global warning, win and end two wars, clean up campaign finances and reform the…
Governor Perdue must be happy. She’s had a hard two years but she’s finally gotten a break. Two of them. Her stand to extend the ‘temporary’ sales tax increase (in order to lessen spending cuts) has turned out to be popular. Voters – 60% of them – agree with Perdue and disagree with…
A long-time friend and supporter of Governor Perdue said something surprising the other day: She might decide not to run again. Like everybody else, I’ve assumed that Perdue – like Governors Hunt, Martin and Easley – would automatically seek reelection. Suppose she doesn’t. Suppose she looks at her situation this way: “I’ve…
Over the last three years Wall Street has taken it on the chin – what with bank bailouts and corporate subsidies and Stimulus Bills corporate America has become about as popular as, well, politicians. In fact, a recent Gallup poll showed that big business has almost caught up with Congress – in unpopularity. That…
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…