* U.S. Rep. Patrick McHenry editorializes on 2010 Census in Washington Times, says Democrats "politicized our nation's largest peacetime mobilization."
* BlueNC finds President Obama's shoutout to Attorney General Roy Cooper in the official White House transcript.
* The Independent begins the speculation on who might fill soon-to-be-Sen. Dan Blue's old seat in the House by looking at his competitors.
* Spokesman for the N.C. Republican Party disappointed that N&O editorial didn't prominently mention Gov. Mike Easley's party. (It's Democrat.)
Comments
Re: Quick Hits
May 13, 2009 - 7:48pm — lpetrouI am just wondering who paid for Cooper to go to the White House to talk politics with the President? Why isn't he at home investigating Easley. Or did he get his marching orders from the President on what to do and when to do it? Of course it always takes the feds to investigate the Democrats here in NC. There is an old truism that if one party is in power for any length of time they tend to become corrupt. All anyone has to do to prove this truism is look at NC where there have only been 2 Republican governors since reconstruction (and for those that are educated in government schools that was in the second half of the 1800s). No wonder there is so much corruption in this state and Cooper is following in the footsteps put in the sand by the Blacks and the Phelps, and the rest of the Democrats that are or have been in jail.
Re: Quick Hits
May 13, 2009 - 1:34pm — JNEickNo, scharrison, there is nothing democratic about the Democrat Party.
Re: Quick Hits
May 13, 2009 - 1:30pm — JNEickI'm happy that Roy Cooper celebrated UNC's fifth national championship in Washington, D.C., but I've got to wonder when he will start to focus on investigating the potentially criminal behavior of Mike Easley. Unless he starts looking into the Easley saga, Cooper will only reinforce the notion that the state Democrat Party runs rampant with scandal, fraud, and cover-ups. I think anthonydent hit the nail on the head when he suspects that Cooper is avoiding his job in order to protect his political future. 'Tis a shame.
Re: Quick Hits
May 13, 2009 - 1:03pm — anthonydentMy question is, instead of flying up to Washington and hanging with the big-wigs in town, why isn't Roy Cooper actually doing his job and investigating Easley? Oh wait, I forgot, Easley's a Democrat, so it's not going to happen. Roy Cooper won't want to create enemies before he runs for the Senate in 2010. Too bad...
Re: Quick Hits
May 13, 2009 - 12:29pm — bethanydgThey should definitely mention that Mike Easley is a Democrat because I'm sure Republicans don't want anyone thinking he belongs to them.
Re: Quick Hits
May 13, 2009 - 11:38am — scharrisonMike Easley is a Democrat, but his Party is Democratic.
Re: Quick Hits
May 13, 2009 - 11:14am — dvberwynRoy Cooper at the White House? He doesn't need any lessons from the Dems up there, he's already figured out how to run the Dems game here in NC.