On Tuesday, September 11 (the 11th anniversary of the barbaric attacks on the US), tensions grew in Cairo, Egypt, apparently over a short provocative anti-Islamic video portraying the prophet Mohammed in a negative light (accusing him of being a womanizer, pedophile, and a fraud).
Published: Thursday, September 20th, 2012 @ 4:10 am
By: Diane Rufino
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The media and the left have told us -- again and again -- that a vice-presidential nominee MATTERS because he /she will be "a heartbeat away from the presidency" if the election goes their way.
Published: Tuesday, September 18th, 2012 @ 12:34 am
By: Brant Clifton
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The last presidential election that focused squarely on issues was the 1972 Nixon-McGovern campaign. Since then campaigns have spent more time and money framing their opponent than dealing with issues.
Published: Saturday, September 8th, 2012 @ 10:33 am
By: Tom Campbell
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Actor / Director / Producer / Musician and Republican Clint Eastwood will speak to the Republicans, and all of America, tonight at the Republican National Convention in Tampa, Florida.
Published: Thursday, August 30th, 2012 @ 3:57 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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This poll of 600 registered 2012 general election voters in North Carolina was conducted July 16-18, 2012 by National Research, Inc. of Holmdel, NJ.
Published: Wednesday, August 29th, 2012 @ 11:36 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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Three GOP congressional challengers gave a preview of their speeches before the Republican National Convention during a morning press teleconference.
Published: Wednesday, August 29th, 2012 @ 3:50 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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This week marks the start of the Republican National Convention in Tampa. Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan will be named the GOP ticket for November's election. We already know that Barack Obama and Joe Biden will be the Democratic ticket.
Published: Monday, August 27th, 2012 @ 11:35 pm
By: Diane Rufino
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Tea Party folks have been told for months now that we need to get on the bandwagon -- for the sake of unity. We need to join the cheering section for Pat and Mitt.
Published: Monday, August 27th, 2012 @ 10:15 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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Yep. That's the bill of goods wonderboy super-scribe Rob Christensen is trying to sell us in the pages of The N&O:
Published: Monday, August 27th, 2012 @ 4:52 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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Senator Harry Reid said,” The Tea Party movement is dead in the water under his leadership, since the Tea Party will disappear as the economy improves, and it is improving every day.”
Published: Sunday, August 26th, 2012 @ 3:48 pm
By: Marvin Sparks
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According to the latest polls, President Obama is far more likeable than Republican candidate Mitt Romney who still hasn't won over the GOP conservative voters.
Published: Sunday, August 26th, 2012 @ 1:14 pm
By: Alicia Colon
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Hammering forcefully at what he called President Obama's "raid" on Medicare, divisive re-election tactics and economic policies that have put America on the edge of a fiscal cliff, GOP vice presidential candidate Paul Ryan told a Raleigh crowd Wednesday it is imperative to elect Republican challenge
Published: Friday, August 24th, 2012 @ 2:26 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The tables have been turned in the political money wars. North Carolina Republicans, who traditionally lag behind their Democratic rivals in fund-raising, are leading their opponents in most races across the state, although there are some notable exceptions.
Published: Monday, August 20th, 2012 @ 9:21 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Question for Mitt Romney: When you worked at Bain did the company do your taxes or did you take your W-2s, 1099s and whatever other "tax" documents you received to a CPA who prepared your taxes??
Published: Sunday, August 19th, 2012 @ 8:31 pm
By: Jim Bispo
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Once again, North Carolina cities were beset with crazy long lines of people. If it wasn't Sunday, many people would have thought we were having another Chick-fil-A Appreciation Day.
Published: Monday, August 13th, 2012 @ 8:26 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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I haven't talked about it much lately, but the Democrats still think that I am a Democrat, and in such a timely manner, I just received this correspondence from Progress NC Action, a liberal Democrat squawk group, loudly professing one inane idea after another.
Published: Friday, August 10th, 2012 @ 3:12 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Candidate Barack Obama, arguably the most inept president since Jimmy Carter - and because of his complete inarguable abject dishonesty, I will make the argument of his being the most inept - believes he deserves four more years to complete the work he set out to do - make this a socialist nation.
Published: Thursday, August 9th, 2012 @ 9:41 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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President Obama has been relentless with his attacks on Mitt Romney, and his association with Bain Capital. The major media outlets only print the propaganda that the White House feeds them. Let's hear the other side of the story.
Published: Sunday, July 29th, 2012 @ 3:51 pm
By: Marvin Sparks
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I have no problem offering electoral predictions. Until 2008, I had a fairly good record pegging races, and my 2010 predictions proved to be within a couple of seats of the actual congressional and legislative results.
Published: Wednesday, July 25th, 2012 @ 6:17 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Mowing your lawn is usually a rather boring activity, but it does give you an (pretty much) uninterrupted opportunity to contemplate the great mysteries of the universe - or something.
Published: Saturday, July 7th, 2012 @ 11:33 am
By: Jim Bispo
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When Chief Justice John Roberts released his majority opinion upholding the constitutionality of President Obama's health care bill, the reaction among conservative and libertarian lawyers, scholars, and policy activists was mixed.
Published: Tuesday, July 3rd, 2012 @ 4:42 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The Supreme Court ruling to uphold the core of President Barack Obama's 2010 health-care law has wide-ranging political and economic implications.
Published: Thursday, June 28th, 2012 @ 1:07 pm
By: News Services
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I am not sure any "government program" can "solve" an economy run down the tubes since Reagan started the "trickle down" assumptions which have obviously failed.
Published: Sunday, June 24th, 2012 @ 12:21 pm
By: Gene Scarborough
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Republican women -- aided by Washington state U.S. Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers - lined up Tuesday at state party headquarters to chide President Barack Obama for policies they say have harmed women.
Published: Friday, June 15th, 2012 @ 9:14 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Civitas does their usual fine job in exposing the current political climate in North Carolina through their noteworthy delivery system - "May Primary Flash Poll".
Published: Sunday, April 29th, 2012 @ 6:22 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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Civitas does their usual fine job in exposing the current political climate in North Carolina through their noteworthy delivery system - "March Poll Results".
Published: Thursday, April 26th, 2012 @ 10:44 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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Civitas does their usual fine job in exposing the current political climate in North Carolina through their noteworthy delivery system - "February Poll Results".
Published: Saturday, April 7th, 2012 @ 10:18 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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In the President’s Weekly Address on March 10, 2012, Barack Obama stated, “You and I both know that with only 2% of the world’s oil reserves, we can’t just drill our way to lower gas prices – not when we consume 20% of the world’s oil.
Published: Saturday, March 31st, 2012 @ 9:20 am
By: David Pring-Mill
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Although Rick Santorum made the news headlines by winning the Alabama and Mississippi primaries, it was Mitt Romney who got a bit closer to the nomination in the count that really mattered - the number of delegates awarded in all four of Tuesday's contests.
Published: Friday, March 16th, 2012 @ 7:14 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Political math isn't all about arithmetic. According to the arithmetic, Mitt Romney didn't clinch the GOP presidential nomination in yesterday's Super Tuesday balloting.
Published: Thursday, March 8th, 2012 @ 10:13 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Newt Gingrich, who has said many things that have inspired, and similarly, dismayed many prospective supporters, found a way to win in South Carolina, and win big as well.
Published: Saturday, January 21st, 2012 @ 8:52 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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In early New Hampshire Primary results, Mitt Romney is projected to win the New Hampshire Republican Primary, with Ron Paul running a distant second.
Published: Tuesday, January 10th, 2012 @ 9:07 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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It has been a "photo finish" in the Republican Caucuses in Iowa, with Mitt Romney and Rick Santorum jockeying for 1st or 2nd in this race that launches the Republican primary season.
Published: Tuesday, January 3rd, 2012 @ 11:18 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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