The Divided States of America
The election is over and as with any election, there are a lot of people who aren’t happy about the results. But this election brought out a lot of unhappy people long before the votes were tallied... Read More
NC Spin Articles
Bold Leadership in Raleigh
The 2011-12 North Carolina General Assembly has been under a barrage of attacks for bold moves during the first session under Republican leadership in more than a century. Republican lawmakers have... Read More
Post Election Perspective From An Eastern NC Conservative
I don’t know if I should celebrate or cry in my soup. That’s the feeling of many North Carolina conservatives as we grasp for perspective on what just happened in the election. At the state... Read More
Mixed signals from McCrory
The least ideologically extreme conservative politician with significant power in Raleigh after Tuesday’s election may be the Pat McCrory who was the mayor of Charlotte for 14 years, the Republican... Read More
One Word Response to the Elections
The Charlotte Observer asked a panel to provide their one word response to the November 6th elections. We thought it would be interesting to ask our readers to provide their responses. Here are our... Read More
Time to Change Judicial Selection?
Commentary by NC SPIN Panelists In light of recent discussions surrounding the impact big money has on North Carolina's judicial selection process, NC SPIN panelist Jeanne Bonds did some research to... Read More
Gubernatorial Transition: A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words
I like and respect many of Governor-Elect McCrory's transition team members, having known some for quite a while. And I like McCrory. But his transition press conference leaves me wondering. First... Read More
The First Dog
Governor-elect Pat McCrory held a press conference in Raleigh this afternoon to announce members of his transition team and priorities for their work leading up to his inauguration. McCrory said he... Read More
Another well financed right turn in N.C.
The storylines of the 2012 election results could be not more different when you compare the rest of the country to North Carolina. President Obama was reelected overwhelmingly and Democrats gained... Read More
