The Washington Post and other lefties are upset with Rep. Larry Kissell, D-NC, for his vote against Obamacare. They seem to think that rather than represent his constituents he should represent the Daily Kos kids’ and the mainstream media’s legislative desires. Writes the WaPo:
What Kissell considers a principled stand [...]
It's his fault. It's President Obama's fault. What ... he thought he could rev up a coalition that wanted real reform and then betray it with a sell-out to corporate money and to Joe Lieberman? Apparently, he and his advisors naively thought that everyone would just [...] 
President Barack Obama has the approval of 48 percent of North Carolinians compared to 47 percent who disapprove of his job performance, according to a new poll by Public Policy Polling.
PPP surveyed 593 North Carolina voters from Dec. 11-13.
On the issue of Obama's job approval, 5 [...]
Cal Cunningham received a phone call this week from President Barack Obama, another indication that he is seen in Washington as the Democratic Party's strongest potential challenger to Republican U.S. Sen. Richard Burr.
Cunningham, a former state senator from Lexington, said he talked with Obama [...]
Larry Kissell, the first-term Democrat representing the NC-8, voted against the health insurance bill which the U.S. House passed and which is several light years better than the hardened turd favored by Joe Lieberman and Barack Obama in the Senate.The Winston-Salem Journal does an excellent job today dissecting the blatant political posturing of Bank Run Burr's in the matter of Obama's U.S. Attorney choice.
North Carolina's junior U.S. senator, Kay Hagan, has let the Obama administration know that she also opposes Holding being replaced until he is through with' [...]
Despite its serious flaws, exorbitant costs, and rising unpopularity, the Senate’s health care legislation may still move forward. Democrats apparently believe that delivering to their left-wing base must be their highest priority, whatever the cost.
The Jacksonville Daily News recommends a different course of action:
Liberals argue that President Obama ran [...]
Where 1 means "full of crap political double talk" and 10 means "insight, clarity and leadership" please give your rating on this snippet of an interview with Cal Cunningham about Obama's surge in Afghanistan.
' [...]Democratic political consultant Mac McCorkle picked the right time to study an obscure theologian.
Reinhold Niebuhr, who among other things is credited with writing the "Serenity Prayer," has become a subject of interest since scholars have begun to focus on Niebuhr's influence on President Barack Obama. The New Republic [...]
Mr. Rahm Emanuel, representing the wishes of Mr. Barack Obama, ordered Sen. Harry Reid to kiss Sen. Joe Lieberman's ass yesterday, and Sen. Reid obediently got on his knees.President Barack Obama’s favorability in North Carolina hit a new low in our poll this month with less than half of voters having a favorable opinion of him. It now stands at 48% favorable, 38% unfavorable, down from a high of 64% the first time we asked in March of [...]
