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.

CarterWrenn200x271

Carter Wrenn

Gary Pearce 2024

Gary Pearce

Archives

Categories

YouTube Lobbying

By Gary Pearce June 5, 2009

 

The Big Scam

By Carter Wrenn June 5, 2009

 

Baby Can You Drive My Car?

By Gary Pearce June 4, 2009

 

Education CEO Squeezes Perdue

By Gary Pearce June 3, 2009

 

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

 

Political Shots Fired

By Gary Pearce April 28, 2026

The political sniping began even as chaos still reigned at the White House Correspondents Dinner. My…

Obama 48-Trump 39

By Gary Pearce April 26, 2026

A new nationwide poll shows that, if they could run against each other in 2028, Barack…

“Conservative Successes”?

By Gary Pearce April 23, 2026

Senator Phil Berger was out of touch with voters in his district – and suffered the…