Credibility gap
Just when conventional wisdom says that the governor is starting to get his game, he opens his mouth. This time, it was on WFAE, the public radio station in his home town of Charlotte. Maybe he thought that the mean old capitol press corps wouldn’t be listening to a...
One and done
This piece was originally posted on August 29, 2013 and part of our Best of PoliticsNC 2013 series. If you enjoy reading PoliticsNC, please consider a donation to keep us afloat. Thanks Pat McCrory just can’t help himself. When he meets with reporters, he tells...
Crystal bawling
A year out, conservative columnists are giddy with the prospect of taking over the Senate. They point to Obama’s falling approval ratings and the health care debacle as the beginning of the end. One conservative writer even said the current polling numbers are what...
Cookies
This piece was first published on July 31, 2013 and is part of our Best of PoliticsNC 2013 series. If you enjoy reading PoliticsNC, please consider a donation to help keep us afloat. Yesterday, Pat McCrory gave a plate of cookies to a group of women...
It’s the young people
Winning back the legislature in 2014 is a tall order for North Carolina Democrats. In the state house, the GOP holds a whopping 34 seat advantage, 77-43. In the state senate, Republicans out number Democrats 33-17, a 16 seat advantage. So Democrats would have to flip...
In the name of profit
The announcement that a group of business leaders has formed an organization to promote public education is probably good news. A similar group of leaders came together under the leadership of then-Governor Jim Hunt to support early childhood education in the form of...
Carpetbaggers
This piece was originally posted on July 9, 2013 and is part of our Best of PoliticsNC 2013 series. It's an appropriate companion blog to Rob Christensen's article today about in-migration in North Carolina. If you enjoy reading PoliticsNC, please consider a donation...
Fifty years of Democrats
This piece was first published July 14, 2013 and is part of our Best of PoliticsNC 2013. It's an appropriate piece to be republished on the 50th anniversary of the death of John F. Kennedy. If you enjoy this blog, please consider a donation to help keep us afloat. ...
My Obamacare story
Republicans who are cheering for Obamacare to fail are really hoping that a lot of sick people don’t get treatment. They can rant and rave about government intrusion all they want but this program will have a real impact on the lives of real people. And it’s going to...
Like a business
Part of our Best of PoliticsNC 2013, this piece was originally posted on August 15, 2013 after we learned that unqualified campaign hacks were being paid more than $85,000 at the Department of Health and Human Services. If you enjoy this or other posts, please...
