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 […]
Official unofficial results: Obama snags 303 electoral votes; Romney tallies 206. The popular vote shows Obama at 50% (59,631,659) and Romney at 48% (57,001,726) ~ a spread of just over two million votes. Meanwhile, we will still have House Speaker John Boehner, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, and a looming fiscal cliff. This from the […]
There were two, um, high notes from last night; maybe it’s time to move to Colorado or Washington. This from CNN: Voters in Washington and Colorado passed ballot initiatives Tuesday to legalize marijuana for recreational use, the biggest victory ever for the legalization movement. “The significance of these events cannot be understated,” said NORML, a […]
The Mecklenburg Republican Party found itself in an awkward position last month, when it had to revise its official 2012 Voter Guide that included a candidate who had posted upwards of 4,000 messages on a white supremacist website. Thousands of the MeckGOP Voter Guides that were printed and distributed originally listed Doug Hanks as the […]
The mainstream media is shell shocked by the latest polling numbers coming out of Michigan, where the RCP average shows Mitt Romney pulling to well within the margin of error among likely voters and the Bailout King’s lead withering to a slim three points, down from six less than a month ago. As a result, […]
The headline might sound like an apt post-Election Day analysis, but let’s not jump the gun quite yet. For now, have a Happy Halloween and enjoy some tricks and treats: For some reason, mine never end up looking this good:
So says David Axelrod over on CNN, where the headline informs that Negativity isn’t Obama’s closing message. Um, OK. Absolutely nothing negative in The One’s latest ad spot, about a world “where gays can be fixed and sick people just die and oil fills the sea.” Nope, pure positive energy and a laser focus on […]
I’m going to go out on a limb and assume this wasn’t highlighted on the Charlotte Chamber’s inter-city visit NYC itinerary: A city cop with a taste for human flesh was charged Thursday with plotting to kidnap, torture, “slow cook” and eat women he tracked down through law enforcement databases. Accused cannibal cop Gilberto Valle, […]
The Pittsburgh Steelers are rolling into Sunday’s game sporting throwback jerseys from 1934, which have been roundly panned by critics – including team president Art Rooney II, who conceded they looked “like a prison uniform” when they were unveiled earlier this year to help celebrate the franchise’s 80th anniversary. Bumble Bee Convicts? A preview courtesy […]
