More veterans, fewer partisans
The Republicans just chose a 25 year old partisan to replace Rep. Bryan Holloway who gave up his state House seat to take a job with North Carolina School Boards Association. Kyle Hall’s entire career has been in politics. He currently works for US Representative Mark...
Wealth, privilege, and access
The rich are not like the rest of us. Just ask the Keith family. They’ve got big houses and fancy cars. When their kid’s not starting on the high school football team, they find a school where he can. And when they have a problem with a government contract, they call...
Wayne was right
Republicans in North Carolina can barely contain their glee. Insurance premiums in the state are rising by almost 33% for those purchasing coverage under the Affordable Care Act. To hear them tell it, the rate increases are proof that Obamacare doesn’t work. Don’t...
On the take
In the latest McCrory administration scandal, Secretary of Public Safety Frank Perry says that a donor to Pat McCrory complained that he had given a lot of money to political candidates and that he expected something in return. In particular, he wanted a contract...
Like a business
Republicans are always talking about running government like a business. Now, we’re getting a good look at what that means. Investors make out like bandits, management reaps benefits, and workers get screwed. In political campaigns, candidates often ask donors to...
Last night, polling and the establishment lost in Kentucky
Last night should be a cautionary tale for Democrats—and pollsters. By all accounts, Kentucky Attorney General Jack Conway was going to win his race for governor. It didn’t work out that way. His opponent, Matt Bevin, won by nine points. That’s a rout. Matt Bevin is...
Just not believable
Pat McCrory has long had a problem with the truth. He’s shown over and over again that he will say virtually anything to make himself sound good or to please his audience. So when McCrory says he didn’t hear a big donor complain that he wasn’t getting an adequate...
The Keiths to success
I emerged from a week of fog caused by a nasty respiratory illness just in time to read the N&O’s disturbing and remarkable story of apparent corruption in the McCrory administration. While pay-to-play politics in the current administration is the central figure...
A coalition of dumb people and crazy people
Yesterday proved that the Republican Party has been taken over by a coalition of crazy people and dumb people and funded by rich people who got more than they bargained for. The Benghazi Committee was better off in print than on television. It’s clearly made up of a...
On a first name basis
I don’t usually make too many political predictions because politics is so unpredictable. That said, I’m going to make some predictions about the presidential contest. My guess is when all the dust settles, we’ll have a rather boring campaign pitting two candidates...
