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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Education CEO Squeezes Perdue

By Gary Pearce June 3, 2009

 

Barbara Matula

By Gary Pearce June 2, 2009

 

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…

Easley and the Press

By Gary Pearce May 28, 2009

 

Up is Down

By Carter Wrenn May 28, 2009

 

Please Oppose Her

By Gary Pearce May 27, 2009

 

Easleygate

By Gary Pearce May 22, 2009

 

Snopes in North Carolina

By Carter Wrenn May 22, 2009

 

Popping in Raleigh

By Carter Wrenn May 20, 2009

 

MAGA-gator

By Gary Pearce March 12, 2026

Thom Tillis and Phil Berger fed the MAGA alligator. Then it ate them. Thomas Mills wrote…

Enough is Enough

By Gary Pearce March 11, 2026

Exactly 80 years ago, in 1946, Republicans took control of Congress with a simple message: “Had…

Faith in Politics

By Gary Pearce March 10, 2026

Jim Hunt would like James Talarico winning the Democratic primary in Texas. Like Talarico, the late…