Shots fired

Shots fired

Well, the Daily Haymaker, the right-wing gossip sheet, has some interesting news. It seems that Republicans believe Pat McCrory is trying to take out a group of GOP senators. Apparently, someone did “push polling” in several districts and that a GOP operative “close...
The ribbon-cutter

The ribbon-cutter

Poor Pat McCrory. Never has the governor of any state been so disrespected by the other leaders of his own party. This weekend, Republican Senator Tom Apodaca told the Asheville Citizens-Times, “The governor doesn’t play much of a role in anything.” Ouch! McCrory came...
I got mine

I got mine

The fight between the ideologues and pragmatists in the GOP is wide open. The current leader of the pragmatists is Speaker Tim Moore. Moore is a native North Carolinian who is the son of storekeepers. He knows the story of this state and the role education plays in...
Pat McCrory 2.0

Pat McCrory 2.0

In the N&O this morning, state Sen. Bob Rucho said something nice about Pat McCrory. It wasn’t exactly a compliment, but Rucho didn’t criticize the governor, either. That’s a big difference from the way Massachusetts Bob usually talks about McCrory. Rucho now says...
I got mine

Finger pointing

Well, Pat McCrory lost his auto plant and the finger pointing has begun. Volvo announced yesterday that it will build its first American plant in South Carolina. Almost immediately, Commerce Secretary John Skvarla blamed the legislature for its inaction on legislation...

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