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2012 Elections

Colbert Super Pac’s First Ad

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January 16, 2012 | Posted in: 2012 Elections, Current Events, Elections | Comments closed | Full Story Permalink

File under Just Making It Up

This Bernstein post kind of reminds me of why that fact check discussion started by the NYT ombud pissed me off. There’s just so much [...]
January 13, 2012 | Posted in: 2012 Elections, Media | Tags: | Comments closed | Full Story Permalink

Perdue-Faison primary looking more likely

WRAL’s Laura Leslie has the breakdown of what is shaping up as a likely run for Governor by Rep. Bill Faison, who just held a [...]
January 4, 2012 | Posted in: 2012 Elections, Elections, Governor | Tags: | Comments closed | Full Story Permalink

Rouzer’s contribution list packed with ag interests, lobbyists

Johnston County State Senator David Rouzer is running for congress in NC-7 and hopes to unseat Democratic incumbent Mike McIntyre in a district redrawn to [...]
October 23, 2011 | Posted in: 2012 Elections, General Assembly, US House | Tags: , | Comments closed | Full Story Permalink

Vote like you mean it

Shouldn’t you be out participating in the Democratic process or something?
October 11, 2011 | Posted in: 2012 Elections, Current Events, Elections | Comments closed | Full Story Permalink

Morning Post: Spotlight on the NC

Politics in North Carolina is drawing quite a bit of interest this morning thanks to several pages of daylight in the New Yorker. Reporter at [...]
October 3, 2011 | Posted in: 2010 Elections, 2012 Elections, General Assembly, Money, Morning Post, Politics | Tags: | Comments closed | Full Story Permalink

Adjournment resolution

Like the last go-round, the General Assembly adjourned with a fairly wide open agenda for the next special session. Spelled out in the adjournment resolution [...]
September 16, 2011 | Posted in: 2012 Elections, Current Events, General Assembly, Politics | Tags: | Comments closed | Full Story Permalink

The Gathering Storm comes to NC

Here’s what we have to look forward to in the next year if the move to put the Gay People Can’t Marry amendment on the [...]
September 8, 2011 | Posted in: 2012 Elections, Civil Rights, General Assembly, video | Tags: , | Comments closed | Full Story Permalink