Carter Wrenn
Gary Pearce
The Powers That Be on the WakeCounty school board are once again demonstrating their fatal flaw: They pick needless fights. What is the sense of this fight over changing the name of EnloeHigh School? Clearly, it’s payback – and spite. If Margiotta and Tedesco were bigger men – and real leaders –…
Read MoreGeneral Stanley McChrystal and his hard-driving team probably didn’t say anything about their civilian bosses that military leaders haven’t always said about their civilian bosses. McChrystal & Co. just said it in front of a reporter. From Rolling Stone, no less. No wonder these guys can’t catch Osama. McChrystal never quite hit…
Read MoreCarter and I taped WRAL’s “On the Record” today for airing Saturday night at 7 p.m. Or you can watch it on the station’s website. We were with anchor Bill Leslie and WUNC radio’s Laura Leslie (no relation to Bill). The topic, of course, was Tuesday’s runoffs and the November elections.
Read MoreA while back President Obama’s administration was giving cell phones to people on welfare and, now, State Senator Doug Berger has sponsored a bill to have the “E-NC Authority” provide broadband Internet service to the same folks. It is unclear how hard-pressed welfare recipients will get computers. Senator Berger’s bill may be seen as…
Read MoreRaleigh is reviving an old Southern trait: We don’t cotton to outside agitators invading paradise and stirring up folks. First my old friend Grady Jefferys wrote a provocative piece in the N&O complaining about “big city” ideas ruining old Raleigh. This week, after losing his Republican congressional primary, Bernie Reeves lamented that we’re…
Read MoreWomen are winning everywhere: Elaine Marshall, Nikki Haley, Blanche Lincoln, Carly Fiorina, Meg Whitman. North Carolina leads the way. Marshall would make two female Senators. A female governor. As Thomas Mills with the Marshall campaign pointed out, seven of ten statewide winners in 2008 were women. And women are moving up in the legislature…
Read MoreThere’s a simple explanation for Elaine Marshall’s victory: Thomas Mills. Her homegrown campaign manager outwitted Cal Cunningham’s bigger-name team, defied the DSCC and disproved the doubters. Maybe one time in 10 the candidate with less money wins. This was one, and that’s a big win in politics. As Secretary of State, Marshall…
Read MoreD.G. Martin again has generously shared his radio time on WCHL (1360AM) with me. He did two more lengthy interviews about my book on Jim Hunt, which will be published in November. The final part of the program airs tonight at 6 pm. (Another segment aired last night.) Or you can listen on…
Read MoreElaine Marshall’s campaign has shown a striking level of confidence about today’s runoff. She said the only way she could lose would be to walk down the street naked. Yep, that would do it. And her campaign apparently sent out a communication that sounded like an early declaration of victory. They…
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