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Entries for November 2007
Carter Wrenn posted on November 30, 2007 11:08
The Democrats in Congress have gotten themselves into a bit of a tangle over gay rights. The House passed a bill to make discrimination against gays i...
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Carter Wrenn posted on November 29, 2007 17:40
There’s an unusual thing happening on the City Council: Two of Mayor Meeker’s cronies, Councilmen Thomas Crowder and Russell Stephenson, are up in arm...
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Carter Wrenn posted on November 29, 2007 17:13
Here’s a heck of a thing: The Community Colleges are overcrowded, there’s a shortage of funds and classrooms, and the head of the Community Coll...
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Gary Pearce posted on November 29, 2007 15:08
After one recent Democratic presidential debate, a couple of people told me they were impressed by Joe Biden and Christopher Dodd. One even like...
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Gary Pearce posted on November 28, 2007 13:54
I’m going to start a “heated up” watch.
“Heated up” is the most overused lead in political news coverage. It’s a cliché reporters resor...
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Gary Pearce posted on November 27, 2007 16:17
Mark Binker, the Raleigh correspondent for The News & Record of Greensboro, has a good blog. He recently engaged in an exchange with GOP Gov...
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Gary Pearce posted on November 26, 2007 18:31
The pre-Thanksgiving flap over a Republican judge’s comments about redistricting is a classic case of a politician committing a sin by speaking the tr...
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Carter Wrenn posted on November 21, 2007 16:52
Up in Washington, back when Judge Mukasey stuck his head in the sand ostrich-like and declared he didn’t know anything about water-boarding, you can b...
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Gary Pearce posted on November 19, 2007 15:35
Election victories always carry the seeds of defeat. Because winners too often can’t help but overreach.
Look at George Bush after 2004...
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Gary Pearce posted on November 16, 2007 16:53
When campaigns prep for debates, they have to decide which audience is most important: the inside media/politico audience or the voters.
Hill...
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