Carter is a Republican. Gary is a Democrat.

They met in 1984, during the epic U.S. Senate battle between Jesse Helms and Jim Hunt. Carter worked for Helms and Gary, for Hunt.

Years later, they became friends. They even worked together on some nonpolitical clients.

They enjoy talking about politics. So they started this blog in 2005.

They’re still talking. And they invite you to join the conversation.

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Senator Doug Berger’s Blooper

By Carter Wrenn June 8, 2009

For the past month, State Senator Doug Berger has been telling just about anyone who’ll listen that 45% of the patients who get home care services through Medicaid are ineligible.   He’s gotten so worked up over the whole thing he wrote one lady, who disagreed with him, and told her the ‘ineligible’ patients’ children…

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Walking the Plank?

By Gary Pearce June 8, 2009

 

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YouTube Lobbying

By Gary Pearce June 5, 2009

 

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The Big Scam

By Carter Wrenn June 5, 2009

 

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Baby Can You Drive My Car?

By Gary Pearce June 4, 2009

 

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Education CEO Squeezes Perdue

By Gary Pearce June 3, 2009

 

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Education CEO Squeezes Perdue

By Gary Pearce June 3, 2009

 

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Barbara Matula

By Gary Pearce June 2, 2009

 

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Are Taxes Political Death?

By Gary Pearce June 1, 2009

Joe Sinsheimer came down last week on Mark Mellman, the House Democrats’ pollster, for counseling against raising taxes.   (I read this, by the way, on Facebook. Going on it is paying off for me.)   Like a lot of Democrats, Joe is enraged about budget cuts proposed in the House. It looks like the…

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Out of Touch

By Gary Pearce February 20, 2025

I’ve resisted the temptation to rail every day about Trump’s cruelty, corruption and incompetence – and…

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Jeanette Hyde

By Gary Pearce February 14, 2025

Jeanette Hyde went from Miss Yadkin County to Madam Ambassador. Hyde, who died Monday at age…

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The Best Way to Steal an Election

By Carter Wrenn February 13, 2025

We’ve heard a lot about stolen votes – but here’s the best way to steal an…

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