Talking About Politics

Carter is a Republican. Gary is a Democrat.

They met in 1984, during the epic U.S. Senate battle between Jesse Helms and Jim Hunt. Carter worked for Helms and Gary, for Hunt.

Years later, they became friends. They even worked together on some nonpolitical clients.

They enjoy talking about politics. So they started this blog in 2005.

They’re still talking. And they invite you to join the conversation.

Carter Wrenn

Gary Pearce

Joe Sinsheimer came down last week on Mark Mellman, the House Democrats’ pollster, for counseling against raising taxes. (I read this, by the way, on Facebook. Going on it is paying off for me.) Like a lot of Democrats, Joe is enraged about budget cuts proposed in the House. It looks like the…

Easley and the Press

By Gary Pearce • 2009-05-28

Democrats’ Country Inroads

By Gary Pearce • 2024-04-25

New data shows that North Carolina Democrats are right to look for votes on country roads…

A Lost Soul

By Carter Wrenn • 2024-04-23

We don’t know much about him – he grew up in a village on the coast…

Rachel Hunt and MAGA Meltdown

By Gary Pearce • 2024-04-23

Two things this past weekend made me feel good about this election. First, I crashed a…

Carter is a Republican. Gary is a Democrat.

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