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Re: No Soup for you

digitr — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 18:05:55 -0400

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My suggestion: A Monument to Eddie Davis

PoliticalJunkie — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 09:04:14 -0400

And all he has done to wreck the state budget and public schools.

Re: Bringing RC Cola back to campaigns

faulknerspike — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 15:39:07 -0400

I agree, I am so tired of these whiners as well. I bet Meg Scott Phipps, Jim Black, Michael Decker, and even Thomas Wright are also tired of hearing people say "lets take money out of politics". To think, had they only went to several more bbqs, and smiled nice and wide, maybe they would not be in jail, on their way to jail, or recently out of jail.

Re: Clip-n-Save: Super race and 527s

chrismoneymanjones — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 14:33:39 -0400

I like June Atkinson as our State Superintendent, I think she has done a great job as the acting Superintendent and should be reelected. I found this video on youtube I think everyone should check out.

Re: Bringing RC Cola back to campaigns

liam — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 13:36:59 -0400

I'm so tired of these whiners.

Yes, you have to raise money to run a real campaign. No, you can't get elected just eating bbq and smiling nice and wide. And you never could. When exactly were these good ol days of politicking when money wasn't a big deal?

Re: NCAE endorses Hagan, Davis, Young

hangingdognc — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 16:36:11 -0400

You have to wonder what the teachers and state employees of NCAE were thinking when they endorsed David Young. I have heard Young speak about the Treasurer’s office and read his statements in The News and Observer and other papers – it is clear he does not understand how financial markets work or how to manage them – he is after all a Travel Agent. The State Treasurer is responsible for managing the State’s $78 billion pension plan that is supposed to provide the retirement of 820,000 North Carolinians. The State’s employees and electorate have had the good sense over the last 75 years to put someone in the Treasurer’s office who has some real working knowledge of financial markets. Why NCAE would choose to endorse someone who is a Travel Agent is beyond me.

Re: Two more last-minute filings

ebarx — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 15:37:19 -0500

Wayne will be great.
Good luck Wayne.
eugene

Sad

Anglico — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 14:33:18 -0500

Sorry to see this. We discussed the situation at BlueNC a week ago, before they blocked the site.

In their most recent post (December 13), The Soup's chefs point out something about blogging that most people probably don't think about that often:

We launched The Soup six months ago with a mission to carve out a cheeky, stir-the-pot niche in the North Carolina political blogosphere. Based on the comments, kudos and obscenities hurled our way, we accomplished that goal. The Soup broke some news (still batting 1000% over at Under the Dome’s Magic 8-Ball), did some innovative research, and served up plenty of snark. We underestimated one thing: running a snappy, well-written, up-to-the-minute political blog is a fulltime job. Until somebody pays us or we hit the lottery, The Soup is our labor of love. The challenge is finding enough time not to post a bunch of crap. With the holidays here, we’ve decided to take a break for a few weeks, spend time with our family members who haven’t disowned us and reevaluate The Soup’s future. (emphasis added)

I subscribe to "the more the merrier" philosophy when it comes to blogging. But they're right about the time commitment. It's intense. If I weren't a freelance writer keeping my own schedule, there's no way I could do what I do online.

It would be great if they could find a way to keep The Soup alive and accessible.

Re: No Soup for you

jjsmith2 — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 14:19:49 -0500

I would love an invite. It is one of my favorite blogs.

Re: Poll: Perdue, Graham lead

alman — Tue, 09 Oct 2007 09:19:21 -0400

Don't worry Bill Graham's legion of fumbling consultants who pocket his money daily will falter and he will fall out of the gate.

Re: Monday quick hits

Proctor — Mon, 08 Oct 2007 11:45:14 -0400

The campaign managers for Beverly Perdue and Bob Orr will no doubt be looking for ways to keep their candidates from getting all tangled up while looking for votes in Burke County. So here are two possible itineraries to consider (pick one of these two):

Either Orr could have lunch in Valdese while Perdue dines in Glen Alpine,
or Perdue could stop for coffee in Icard while Orr is enjoying a java in the heart of Drexel.

Of course, sometimes campaign managers of candidates competing in separate party primaries like to arrange a "chance meeting" of the two candidates so as to add an extra dash of publicity in the races against their fellow Democrats and Republicans, so how about an environmental protection event in Connelly Springs?

Of course, if Orr and Perdue wish to go ahead and schedule a friendly debate in Burke County, they could call up WRAL's morning news show and ask Morganton native Bill Leslie to go home to moderate. He could even play some of those Blue Ridge songs of his on his guitar before the candidates commence to speechifying just to get everybody into a good frame of mind.

Then, for good measure, don't forget to add a reporter from the Morganton News-Herald and a Catawba Valley bureau writer for the Charlotte Observer to the panel, and folks will be hearing about these campaigns all the way to Hickory, Lenoir and Rutherfordton.

Could Tim Russert match that?

Just think, if all the candidates running for governor and lieutenant governor would pair up across party lines and go hit the hustings across the Old North State, then by the time the party's respective nominees are selected, folks would have a pretty good idea of what the candidates hope to achieve for North Carolina in the next four years.

Re: Atkinson running again

ryanteaguebeckwith — Mon, 17 Sep 2007 18:05:25 -0400

Corrected.

— RTB

Re: Atkinson running again

ryanteaguebeckwith — Mon, 17 Sep 2007 17:24:46 -0400

I'll check that tomorrow. In the meantime, I've removed the reference to the graduation rate.

— RTB

Re: Atkinson running again

dahedgehog — Mon, 17 Sep 2007 17:20:01 -0400

Also, how much longer til we get rid of this position?

Re: Atkinson running again

dahedgehog — Mon, 17 Sep 2007 17:16:09 -0400

59.4%? Do you mean 69.4%?