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Before the 1970s, presidential nominations were won in smoke-filled rooms as deals were cut between party bigwigs motivated by promises of appointments and federal largess for their states.
Published: Wednesday, April 20th, 2016 @ 8:39 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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In national news coverage leading up to the March 15 presidential primaries, North Carolina's election was treated as an afterthought
Published: Wednesday, March 16th, 2016 @ 1:13 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Only in the headline nation of the storied western World, the only world of living creatures that we are fully aware of, can there will be an impending election of a possibly good People, where the election will be, inarguably, a political 'race to the bottom'.
Published: Tuesday, March 15th, 2016 @ 2:34 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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The topsy-turvy campaign of 2016 is going to do wonders for many journalists, political practitioners, and scholars
Published: Wednesday, March 9th, 2016 @ 9:01 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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You've no doubt heard the spin put on the outcome of the Iowa caucuses, but when you cut through the noise this week's vote was a good indicator of what to expect going forward.
Published: Wednesday, February 17th, 2016 @ 3:07 am
By: Tom Campbell
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I am still evaluating the odds on this lottery
Published: Tuesday, February 16th, 2016 @ 9:53 pm
By: Bobby Tony
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The two front runners for their party's respective nominations both lost the bid, although former New York Senator tried to claim victory before she literally bolted from the Hawkeye state.
Published: Tuesday, February 16th, 2016 @ 1:52 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Anybody who has ever been in sales and participated in a Sales Blitz may be able to sympathize with Marco Rubio.
Published: Friday, February 12th, 2016 @ 4:26 pm
By: Bobby Tony
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I have an incredible story here last night - and, by the way, just to give you a little bit of inside data, if you watched the debate last night, did you hear a lot of boos for Trump?
Published: Tuesday, February 2nd, 2016 @ 2:51 am
By: Brant Clifton
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There have been quite a few races in recent years where I wish I had that choice on the ballot. But, according to the recently released sample ballots for May, we will have that choice for the GOP presidential primary.
Published: Friday, January 29th, 2016 @ 12:11 am
By: Brant Clifton
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The campaign estimates that 1,300 filed into the Gov. Jim Holshouser Building on the State Fairgrounds to listen to Rubio, who is on North Carolina's March 15 presidential preference primary ballot
Published: Thursday, January 14th, 2016 @ 12:37 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Logic is the strong suit of computers, but it can seem that they have more cognitive ability than they do.
Published: Monday, January 11th, 2016 @ 7:08 pm
By: Bobby Tony
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Someone asked me what I thought about the Presidential candidates still in the race and who I support.
Published: Wednesday, January 6th, 2016 @ 9:56 pm
By: Rod Eccles
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"Take Back America," the GOP presidential forum hosted by Heritage Action, in Greenville, SC on Sept. 18, was a huge success
Published: Friday, October 9th, 2015 @ 12:13 am
By: Diane Rufino
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If you ever thought that complaining about the tax system was a modern phenomenon, I can disabuse you of the notion in two sentences.
Published: Tuesday, August 11th, 2015 @ 2:55 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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It began with Ted Cruz, on March 23rd, and continued with Rand Paul, on April 7th, who were the first to announce their candidacy for the highest office in the Land.
Published: Saturday, April 18th, 2015 @ 12:25 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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In his 1955 paper "The Role of Government in Education," Milton Friedman suggested the idea of equity contracts to finance college education. Friedman thought that loans were not the appropriate means of financing education. He argued that the better way was to advance the needed funds for...
Published: Friday, March 21st, 2014 @ 8:21 pm
By: John William Pope Center
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When it comes to higher education, most politicians are cheerleaders. They're content to speak the usual pieties about the importance of college and never do anything that could upset the status quo.
Published: Saturday, March 1st, 2014 @ 4:36 am
By: John William Pope Center
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Well, let me begin this, by emphatically stating, that not all Republicans wish to shut down the federal government.
Published: Saturday, September 28th, 2013 @ 12:17 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Nothing bristles dedicated conservatives like the word 'amnesty' tossed around while Congress debates immigration reform.
Published: Monday, February 18th, 2013 @ 1:39 am
By: Alicia Colon
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We are seeing an outrageous amount of 20:20 hindsight about why Mitt Romney lost the election.
Published: Monday, November 12th, 2012 @ 8:00 am
By: Jim Bispo
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This article is about Eastern North Carolina and the May 8, primary election for the North Carolina House and Senate seats.
Published: Friday, April 6th, 2012 @ 5:05 am
By: Hood Richardson
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