L.F. Eason III, the director of the state of North Carolina’s Standards Laboratory in Raleigh, was forced to resign this week because he refused to follow an order to lower the laboratory’s flags in honor of former North Carolina Sen. Jesse Helms, who died late last week. Eason, 51, had worked for the state for […]

Former Sen. Jesse Helms, the North Carolina Republican, has died on the Fourth of July — just like Jefferson and Adams, although the similarities end there:
Former U.S. Sen. Jesse Helms, a North Carolina Republican who became an icon to conservatives, died Friday at the age of 86, a senior congressional source said.
The Heritage Foundation, […]

Charlie Black, John McCain’s senior adviser, made news earlier this week when Fortune Magazine editor David Whitford reported that Black told him “with startling candor” when asked how a terrorist attack inside the United States would affect the campaign,”Certainly it would be a big advantage to [McCain].”
“He’s very folksy, but he’s tough. Charlie will pat […]

Poll Tracker:
North Carolina Sen. Elizabeth Dole may be hearing foot steps behind her as two polls show her Democratic challenger, Kay Hagan, a five term member of the state senate, closing the gap between them. Public Policy Polling has Dole ahead by 48 percent to 43 percent compared to the 17 point lead she had […]

“I went in there thinking I was going to vote for Hillary. I just started thinking about the electability issue. I think he can actually pull it off.”
- Rob Carr, 50, Charlotte, friend of Pensito Review — speaking to reporter doing exit polling for the Charlotte Observer.
Happy birthday, Rob!

Sen. Elizabeth Dole is up for reelection this year, and the combination of her underwhelming performance over the past six years and the general bad odor emanating from the Republican Party of late makes her particularly vulnerable. (A longtime resident of the Watergate apartments in Washington, D.C., Dole has also irked many of her constituents […]

This is the final post from a friend in North Carolina who has been monitoring the buildup to tomorrow’s presidential primary and giving us a Wilmington-eye view on the campaign. Thanks Mike!
With just a few days to go before the North Carolina primary, it’s not surprising that almost everybody here in Wilmington is talking politics. […]

Clinton Comes Within 7 Points in Average of Six Polls
In the wake of the Wright controversy and despite — or because of? — the trashing Hillary Clinton is receiving in the media and on the web, the RealClearPolitics poll of polls shows that, with four days to go before the North Carolina primary, the double […]

Clinton campaign manager and board member of Women’s Voices, Maggie Williams
A whole bunch of African-American registered voters in North Carolina recently received a strange automated phone call. Suddenly they were registered and confused, which investigators think was most likely the purpose of the calls.
“Hello. This is Lamont Williams. In the next few days, you will […]