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Santorum drops out

Reuters, Politico reporting Santorum will drop bid for presidential nomination. OK, ‘suspend” his campaign. Whatevs. One Santorum supporter said a “group of leaders” supportive of [...]
April 10, 2012 | Posted in: 2012 Elections | Tags: | Comments closed | Full Story Permalink

Vinroot, Gantt cut commercial against Amendment One

On the eve of early voting, the momentum against Amendment One builds. Here’s former Charlotte mayors Richard Vinroot and Harvey Gantt urging you to vote [...]
April 10, 2012 | Posted in: Civil Rights, Elections | Tags: | Comments closed | Full Story Permalink

NCGOP Trumped

Pundits throughout the land rejoice as the NC GOP announces the keynote speaker for the state convention. Via the Grand Old Party: RALEIGH, NC – [...]
April 10, 2012 | Posted in: 2012 Elections, Elections, Politics | Tags: , | Comments closed | Full Story Permalink

JLF on the hotseat

If past is prologue, I’m sure the folks at the John Locke Foundation are scrambling to dig up a graphic that ran on Blue NC [...]
March 22, 2012 | Posted in: Civil Rights, Current Events, Elections, Politics | Tags: | Comments closed | Full Story Permalink

Reform? What reform?

This month’s Exile on Jones Street column in the Indy is the result of a long slog through the campaign finance reports of various players [...]
March 21, 2012 | Posted in: 2010 Elections, Columns, Current Events, Elections, General Assembly, Money | Comments closed | Full Story Permalink

Saturday Morning Post

Crazy week in NC politics. Crazy. The scrambling continues after Bev Perdue’s announcement. Lt. Guv Walter Dalton is in because, as someone said, that’s what [...]
January 28, 2012 | Posted in: Civil Rights, Current Events, Elections | Tags: , , | Comments closed | Full Story Permalink

Faison announces run for governor

Statement from Rep. Bill Faison: Representative Bill Faison announces gubernatorial bid – January 28, 2012 The future of our children and our State depends on [...]
January 28, 2012 | Posted in: Current Events, Elections | Tags: | Comments closed | Full Story Permalink

Like I was saying

The ActBlue folks quickly got a page up to encourage Brad Miller to run for Governor. It’s already up to 17K. Like I was saying [...]
January 26, 2012 | Posted in: Current Events, Elections | Tags: | Comments closed | Full Story Permalink