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 [...]
The latest polling from Public Policy Polling of the South Carolina gubernatorial race shows the Republican candidates with comfortable over the Democrats. AG Henry McMaster at this point seems to be the best prospect for the GOP as he leads Democrats Jim Rex 40 - 31, Vincent Sheheen 41 [...]
The Winston-Salem Journal says legislative Republicans “have some ideas about state tax reform that warrant serious consideration.” The major reform is broadening of the sales-tax base to include services, which the Journal says should enable the state to reduce the sales tax rate.
You might remember a month ago after the Republicans swept the Wake County School Board elections that Clay Aiken came out and publicly denounced their plans to do away with “diversity” busing. His words caused him a minor controversy of his own as he was outed (yet again) as still [...]
Conventional wisdom suggests that incumbent Democrats will be slammed next November for failing to do almost anything important, a description that certainly applies to Larry Kissell in NC-8. Perhaps that's why a slew of government-hating Republicans are lining up at the public trough to take him on.
Morgan Bruce Reeves, a former college football star and construction company CEO, is running for governor as an independent.
Reeves criticized both Republicans and Democrats for not finding common ground to solve the state’s urgent issues, and said one of his objectives would be to extend term limits to lawmakers.
“We need [...]
After nearly one year in office, President Obama has failed to implement policies that earn the confidence of the American people. From Rasmussen: (emphasis is mine)
Fifty-three percent (53%) of Democrats say the country is heading in the right direction, but only 12% of Republicans and 24% of voters not [...]
There are plenty of N.C. voters who think both Democrats and Republicans are corrupt.
A poll of 711 state voters by Public Policy Polling found that 45 percent believe that Democrats are corrupt while 27 percent think they are not. The poll also found that 37 percent of voters believe [...]
