President Barack Obama’s favorability in North Carolina hit a new low in our poll this month with less than half of voters having a favorable opinion of him. It now stands at 48% favorable, 38% unfavorable, down from a high of 64% the first time we asked in March of [...]
U.S. Sen. Richard Burr will be one of the speakers Tuesday at a rally in the Capitol by opponents of the health care legislation being pushed by President Barack Obama and the Democratic Senate leadership.
Burr, a Republican, will join radio host Laura Ingraham, Sens. [...]
POLITICAL PONG: Thomas Walker, a Charlotte defense attorney who has stood by the side of fallen political figures, is learning about the trouble of standing at the crossroads of law and politics.
President Barack Obama has nominated Walker to the post of U.S. attorney in North Carolina's Eastern District, [...]
Democratic Senate candidate Elaine Marshall said today that she opposes President Barack Obama's move to send additional U.S. troops to Afghanistan.
"I acknowledge that there are no easy answers in Afghanistan and I respect the time and consideration that the president took in making his decision," Marshall [...]
President Barack Obama announced this week steps to use funds from the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP) to help get Americans back to work. Republicans maintain a better use for any leftover TARP money would be to pay down the federal debt.
While that debate continues, John Quinterno of South by [...]
About half of North Carolina voters remain happy with the job President Barack Obama is doing, according to a new poll.
The Civitas Institute surveyed 600 likely voters Dec. 1-3, and found that 48 percent had a favorable opinion of Obama. That is down from earlier in the [...]
U.S. Sen. Richard Burr does not plan to return his "blue slip" on U.S. attorney nominee Thomas Walker until the current investigations into two of the state’s most prominent Democrats are completed.
Burr informed President Barack Obama of his decision through the White House counsel’s office, Barb [...]
Raleigh’s Barack Obama re-election headquarters News & Observer offers this unthoughtful, economically illiterate Obama droolfest of an article regarding our President’s “plan” to create jobs.
The N&O editorial board must live in some alternate universe in which centrally-planned economies manage to efficiently allocate scarce resources without trampling on individual liberty. [...]
Dozens of supporters of President Barack Obama will gather in Raleigh and Charlotte Saturday for training in ways to support Obama on issues such as health care and in future elections.
The workshops are designed to train volunteers to lead "Rapid Response Teams" that can activate people to lobby Congress [...]
While Democratic U.S. Sen. Kay Hagan says she is unsure whether she'll hold up the confirmation of a new U.S. attorney for North Carolina's eastern district, Republican U.S. Sen. Richard Burr has no plans to hold up the process.
With the debate over global warming heating up next week - no pun intended - both sides of the issue will be seeking to influence the debate in Raleigh with dueling lunch presentations.
On Wednesday, President Barack Obama will be Copenhagen to address the United Nations Climate Change Conference.
The [...]
PROSECUTOR TROUBLE: President Barack Obama announced his pick to replace U.S. Attorney George Holding, a Republican who is currently investigating two of the state's most prominent Democrats. The announcement puts Democratic U.S. Sen. Kay Hagan, who has lobbied to let Holding finish his work, in the [...]
President Barack Obama late Monday nominated Charlotte lawyer Thomas G. Walker to replace U.S. Attorney George Holding, who has spent months overseeing federal probes of two of the state’s most prominent Democrats: two-time presidential candidate John Edwards and former Gov. Mike Easley.
Walker, 45, has worked at Alston & Bird since [...]
N.C. Republican Party Chairman Tom Fetzer said President Barack Obama should keep U.S. Attorney George Holding.
Fetzer, in a statement, said that Obama's nomination of Thomas Walker is an example of putting politics first.
"You'd be hard pressed to find someone who had put more [...]
President Barack Obama has nominated Thomas Walker for U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District.
Under George Holding, who was appointed by President George W. Bush, the office is currently running a wide-ranging investigation into former Gov. Mike Easley. He has also convened a grand jury to investigate the [...]
President Barack Obama has pardoned a turkey from Goldsboro named "Courage."
For 50 years, the National Turkey Federation has been delivering birds to the White House. It was only 20 years ago that the tradition of "pardoning" the turkey entered into the tradition.
"Courage" was raised in Goldsboro [...]
