NC Spin Articles

Cooper fundraising missive draws GOP fire

Posted by Rob Christensen on October 17, 2013 - News & Observer, Under the Dome Blog North Carolina’s Democratic Attorney General Roy Cooper has sent out a fundraising missive following up on an... Read More

October 18, 2013

Fear

Old FDR was on to something in March 1933. Eighty years later, fear itself drives American politics – and maybe is driving us into serious economic troubles. Fear lies at the bottom of the mean... Read More

October 17, 2013

Blindness

Back in the throes of winter the State Auditor audited the North Carolina Medicaid Department and reported it had the highest administrative costs of just about any state Medicaid Department around... Read More

October 17, 2013

McCrory leads in disregard for the poor

If there were a contest to see which state administration has the most disregard for low-income families in 2013, the clear leader would be the McCrory Administration in North Carolina. Here is their... Read More

by Chris Fitzsimon | October 17, 2013

Temporary Sanity

Editorial by Greensboro News & Record, October 17, 2013. To say sanity was restored in Washington Wednesday would be an exaggeration. Rather, the more responsible lunatics agreed only to a temporary... Read More

October 17, 2013

Did you really hear what I said?

By Dr. Ben Carson, professor Neurosurgery NYU, Washington Times, October 15, 2013. Many can remember as youngsters doing something wrong, for which they knew punishment was deserved. In order to avoid... Read More

October 17, 2013

Spaulding: Cooper should appoint independent counsel

by Rob Christensen, Under the Done, News and Observer, October 16, 2013. NC Democratic gubernatorial candidate Ken Spaulding Wednesday criticized state Attorney General Roy Cooper for his dual... Read More

October 17, 2013

Poll suggests shutdown may hurt GOP efforts to win Senate

Voters in six states with key races that will determine control of the U.S. Senate next year, are very unhappy about the government shutdown, according to a new poll. The survey, which included North... Read More

October 17, 2013

If Cruz didn't exist, Democrats would have to invent him

by Ezra Klein, The Washington Post, reprinted in News and Observer, October 16, 2013. A true cynic about American politics would, at this point, be forced to one conclusion: Sen. Ted Cruz is a... Read More

October 17, 2013

Rand Paul's endorsement boosts Brannon's campaign, shows GOP divide

by John Frank, News and Observer, October 16, 2013. Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul, a leader in the national tea party movement, endorsed Republican Greg Brannon in North Carolina’s marquee U.S. Senate... Read More

October 17, 2013