Carter Wrenn
Gary Pearce
Even liberal pundits criticize the Obama White House for dissing Fox News. They say the President and his team should deal with anybody – even the devil. I disagree. In politics, it helps to have the right enemy. Fox is the perfect enemy for Obama. By spotlighting Fox as the opposition, he…
A Raleigh wag suggests the perfect PR move for John Edwards: “Dancing With the Stars.”
Money’s tight the Democrats in Raleigh say, so the state’s flailing away to cut health care costs – it’s slashing home care, nursing home care and hospitals. But one group is safe. North Carolina Medicaid spends $1 billion a year on prescription drugs. But North Carolina is one of six states without a Medicaid ‘Preferred…
Here’s a factoid: Because of the so-called budget ‘crisis’ Governor Perdue’s cutting health care spending on home care for the elderly, people in Nursing Homes and children on Medicaid – at the same time, up in Washington the Government Accountability Office reports eliminating prescription drug fraud would save $63 million “in North Carolina and…
The comic strip Mallard Fillmore – as well as Democrats and Republicans alike – is still beating up on poor Jimmy Carter for speaking the truth about race and President Obama’s critics. Even Bill Clinton piled on. But he’s never been a Carter fan, Carter overstated the case, as he often does.…
Governor Perdue’s team is working to counter the drumbeat of bad poll numbers. They make some good points: Yes, her numbers are low. But so are those of Senators Burr and Hagan. North Carolina has had the worst one-two punch in the country – high unemployment and the budget crisis. Perdue is paying…
It’s hard to fault President Obama for winning the Nobel Peace Prize – after all, he was the first to admit he was as surprised as anyone and, beyond that, he’s giving the money to charity. In the end what else could he do but smile and say, Thank you, politely. There’s also no…
This is why Governor Perdue has problems. She is one of six Democratic governors who didn’t sign a letter supporting health-care reform. That makes Democrats mad. But her spokesperson says Perdue agrees with the points made in the letter: “She did not sign it, but wants to make it clear that…
Inside the Beltline may be the place to live. But it wasn’t the place to be in Tuesday’s elections. One new school board member summed it up after Charles Meeker, Jim Goodmon and other prominent people spoke out for the diversity policy: “Do you know who cares about those people? People inside the…
The political sniping began even as chaos still reigned at the White House Correspondents Dinner. My…
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