Less than 24 hours after voters with a conservative bent help the GOP not only retain but expand its sway in both houses of the N.C. General Assembly, and put a Republican in the governor’s mansion to boot, we’re treated to this for the effort: Republicans bent on lower taxes and smaller government might be […]
No shocker here, as former Queen City boy mayor Pat McCrory had amassed a huge campaign war chest and was running against an opponent tied at the hip to the most unpopular governor in the nation. Still, give McCrory credit for not fumbling what nearly every pundit predicted would be a cakewalk into the end […]
Not so many years ago North Carolina housed the mentally ill in places exclusive to the mentally ill. Anything from mild cases to people needing sedation or restraint were housed much as prisoners, unable to leave because they were behind locked doors. For some – the advocates as they are known, those who work and […]
The day following the announcement of Wisconsin Congressman Paul Ryan as Mitt Romney’s running mate, the pair hit the road in North Carolina for stops in Mooresville and High Point. These two stops and a Sunday evening rally in Ryan’s home state of Wisconsin are likely the only times they will join each other on […]
The double-digit lead Republican Pat McCrory held over Democrat Walton Dalton has evaporated like so much pixie dust in the wind, to the point where the state’s gubernatorial race is nearly a dead heat within the margin of error of the latest Rasmussen poll that finds McCrory leading Dalton by only 5 points (46% to […]
North Carolina Speaker of the House Thom Tillis was the featured, ahem, speaker at the July meeting of the Mecklenburg County Young Republicans on July 24. He spoke to a filled room of about 75 Young Republicans and local elected officials about the need for being involved in this election cycle. It eventually transitioned into […]
Watching the election night returns in the new NC Senate 41 district was like watching a train bearing down on a car trapped on the tracks. You could sense the outcome before it hit, even as you hoped it was not going to happen. John Aneralla held a solid lead in early voting showing strong support among […]
Leave it to Mecklenburg County’s own Becky Carney to showcase how by sheer ineptitude even an aggressively liberal Democrat can sometimes stumble onto the correct side of an important vote. In Carney’s case it came when she hit the wrong button to override Gov Bev’s veto of the state’s fracking bill, which clears the way […]
During his seven-term stint as Charlotte’s mayor, Pat McCrory did little to win favor with the lean-right conservative base of the Republican Party. Indeed, from his cheerleading for light rail to his cozy ties with the uptown lunch bunch, McCrory in many cases actively ostracized the same, leaving small-government, liberty-minded voters with a stale taste […]
PerTwo being the new GOP-adopted nickname for Democrat gubernatorial candidate Walter Dalton, a slam on his ties to incumbent Beverly Perdue and the notion that he’d continue the administration’s failed policies (Perdue/PerTwo ~ get it? Those wacky Republicans). In any event, speaking of failed policies under the Perdue/Dalton administration, North Carolina ranks at the top […]
