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TWC: Where the rubber meets the road

From this week’s column, some thoughts about incentivising folks The General Assembly is contemplating a return engagement in Raleigh next week with the intent of [...]
September 8, 2007 | Posted in: Current Events, Economy, Governor, Legislation, NCSenate | Comments closed | Full Story Permalink

Poll vault

Ed points to a bit of a back and forth over what Liddy’s recent poll number mean. Here’s a little story ’bout that: Back in [...]
July 12, 2007 | Posted in: Current Events, NCSenate, Politics, Polls | Comments closed | Full Story Permalink

The Senate organizes

Here’s the list of committee appointments for the Senate released last night. Agriculture/Environment/Natural Resources Sen. Charlie Albertson – chairman Sen. Austin Allran – vice chairman [...]
February 8, 2007 | Posted in: Current Events, NCSenate | Comments closed | Full Story Permalink

Marc Basnight opening day remarks

Senator Marc Basnight is not your ordinary public speaker. He can have a very informal, personal style even in the middle of such a formal [...]
January 26, 2007 | Posted in: Current Events, NCSenate | Comments closed | Full Story Permalink

Dole out?

Man, 08′s already making my head spin. . . BlueNC put up a post about a Raw Story post about a News for the Left [...]
December 5, 2006 | Posted in: Current Events, Media, Morning Post, NCSenate, Politics | Comments closed | Full Story Permalink

Dems win the House, Senate on the brink

Democrats won the House and are adding to their majority (+26 as of this update). Three of the six seats needed to switch control of [...]
November 8, 2006 | Posted in: Current Events, Elections, NCSenate | Comments closed | Full Story Permalink

TWC: The Return of the Doghouse Democrats

The Gov just made it official and Dan Blue is back in the NC House. This week’s column harkens back to the days when Blue [...]
November 3, 2006 | Posted in: Columns, Current Events, Elections, NCSenate, Politics | Comments closed | Full Story Permalink

Dohl: Liddy’s fortunes

Liddy’s to lose The fight for control for the U.S. Senate is a close call. Last week, a sudden decline in GOP spending suggested that [...]
October 26, 2006 | Posted in: Current Events, NCSenate, Politics | Comments closed | Full Story Permalink