The current strain of left-wing, Alinsky-taught Democrats seem hellbent to do whatever they need to do to get some kind of government-run health care bill passed. They don’t care about bipartisanship anymore, seeming smugly satisfied, even happy, that they passed the Senate version with no Republican support.
Senate Majority Leader [...]
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 [...]
While the Republicans are having their own caged death match to win the 8th district nomination, it’s possible that an even bloodier contest could take place on the Democrat side:
Some 8th District Democrats are courting a potential challenger to U.S. Rep. Larry Kissell, a sign of their continued frustration over [...]
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 [...]
Wilmington attorney Michael Lee, who carried the GOP banner against Julia Boseman in 2008, has officially announced plans to seek the Republican nomination against in 2010, this time for the open seat resulting from Boseman’s retirement. Another local attorney, Thom Goolsby, has already jumped into the race with both' [...]
I would say that Burr has absolutely no chance of winning. The Senate Race will be at the Top of the Ticket and for Burr that will be something new. He got elected in a Very Strong year for Republicans in which we still had 911 fresh [...]
A new poll shows that voters are almost evenly split on whether to vote for Democrats or Republicans in the legislature.
Public Policy Polling asked 593 North Carolina voters which party they would prefer if legislative elections were held today. According to the poll, 43 percent would vote Democratic, 42 [...]
It may not have been his intention, but Jim Morrill’s squib on Tariq Bokhari’s new civic group makes the effort sound insincere. Yes, the initial and current iteration of the group is overwhelmingly Republican, but the stated goal is to make it non-partisan while advancing the goals of limited [...]
ANYTHING WILL DO: Gov. Bev Perdue had to amend her campaign finance reports because of more undisclosed flights, a fact Republicans compared to the transgressions of embattled former Gov. Mike Easley. Later in the week, Perdue had a spokeswoman explain that Perdue stayed completely [...]
Carter Wrenn, who for decades struck fear into the hearts of North Carolina Democrats, is getting back into the political consulting business.
Wrenn has signed on as general consultant and chief strategist to help Renee Ellmers, a registered nurse and Republican who plans to challenge Democratic U.S. Rep. [...]
Meet Bill James, Republican County Commissioner in Mecklenburg. He's a dick.The start of the candidate filing season for 2010 is still more than a month away, but local aspirants are already signaling their intentions. We’ve already noted some the announcements here already. Bettie Fennell will run again as a Republican in the 8th Senate District, possibly against former state Rep. [...]
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 [...]
U.S. Sen. Richard Burr is neck-and-neck with a generic Democrat in a new poll released by Public Policy Polling.
PPP asked likely North Carolina voters who they would pick between Burr, a Republican, and an unnamed Democrat. The poll found that 42 percent would pick Burr [...]
Bernie Reeves, a well-known Raleigh editor, publisher and conservative commentator, is considering challenging Democratic U.S. Rep. Brad Miller next year.
Reeves, 62 said he has been approached about running for the 13th district by a number of Republicans, and he may enter the contest if he can make satisfactory [...]
