More state residents are worried about the economy than a year ago, according to a new poll by Public Policy Polling.
PPP asked 593 likely North Carolina voters how worried they are about the direction of the nation's economy. The poll found that 56 percent of respondents were "very worried," [...]
Sen. Kay Hagan offers up her lame defense of Harry Reid’s sleazy tactics to secure votes for the healthcare bill, saying ” it was very important to our country in order to move forward with that legislation.”
Yeah, let’s talk about Harry Reid, who could be heard laughing and [...]
The intern at Sen. Ben Nelson’s Omaha office is getting an up-close-and-personal lesson in democracy. It would interesting to know what the intern is saying to the callers who are jamming Nelson’s lines to register their opinion of his health care vote.
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Democratic senatorial hopeful Cal Cunningham slammed U.S. Sen. Richard Burr for the Republican incumbent's vote on the Department of Defense spending bill.
Burr was one of 10 members to oppose the bill. In an e-mail to supporters, Cunningham suggested that Burr doesn't care about military families.
"I can't [...]
Looks like Nebraska Senator Ben Nelsonwasn’t the only one receiving goodies in the health care bill. National Review spotlights the special exemptions and handouts given to a number of Senators who voted in support of the bill.
Anybody realistically think such political patronage and cronyism will actually stop once [...]
The Greensboro Redevelopment Commission voted yesterday to sell over two acres of downtown land to a neighborhood association hoping to build a hotel with federal stimulus money.
The City Council will take up the matter at its Jan. 5 meeting. It should be interesting. I give some council members credit [...]
A year after Pat McCrory ran a statewide campaign as the Republican candidate for governor, 45 percent of voters say they don't have an opinion of him, according to a new poll.
Public Policy Polling asked 593 likely North Carolina voters for their opinion of McCrory, who [...]
In another poll from Public Policy Polling, both Senators Richard Burr and Kay Hagan are showing poor approval ratings from the voters of North Carolina. Burr’s numbers shows a paltry 35% approving of his job in Congress with Hagan having relatively the same lack of popularity at 36%. Hagan, [...]
This is rather interesting. Public Policy Polling has a released a poll of North Carolina voters showing that the Republicans in the state have their best shot at capturing either the house of the state legislature or both since 1994. According to the pollster, 43% of North Carolina voters [...]
As you’ve probably heard by now, the U.S. Senate cleared an important hurdle over the weekend in their efforts to further politicize the delivery of medical care and health insurance in America.
It should also come as no surprise that political backroom deals and favors were involved. In particular, Sen. Ben [...]
From politico.com comes Sen. Richard Burr’s reaction to the deal Sen. Ben Nelson secured in exchange for his health care vote — #60 of 60 needed by the Democrat controlled Senate. What did Nelson get?
He won an agreement that the federal government will forever pick up Nebraska’s share of [...]
I’ve sorted through your comments and your emails and now I’m pleased to present your nominees. I’m changing the rules a bit from last year, so as you look over this fine list of the best the Carolinas has to offer, keep this in mind:
-You may now vote for THREE [...]
U.S. Rep. Virginia Foxx was one of just 12 House members and the only one from North Carolina to vote against a bill protecting freedom of the press worldwide, but her office says it was a procedural opposition rather than one based on the legislation’s merit.
The [...]
