Opinion

5 attributes of a winning candidate

Politics is not for the faint of heart, especially in the Tar Heel state. Throughout our history, North Carolina has been the home of countless incredible statesmen — they’ve all had several common attributes. New candidates and veteran incumbents ask the same question every election cycle: “What will it take for us to win this race?”  Based...

David Capen
Opinion

Beltway consultants will cost GOP the House 

As we head into final weeks of the midterm elections, there’s a plethora of chatter on the cable news channels about the possibility of either a blue or a red wave.  Much is at stake in November, including control of the House and the Senate, and the chances articles of impeachment could be approved by...

Marc Rotterman

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Karl Rove Aims to Set Record Straight on Bush Years

The memoir’s dual themes are: correcting Rove’s own public record and justifying and enhancing President Bush’s. Rove explains his own politics and defends his tactics in campaigns and in the White House. The criticisms of those tactics hit home. Rove had not been in position to respond, so he was anxious to get into print. Like Henry Kissinger, he understands the advantage of being the first adviser of a departing president to publish an inside-the-White-House book.

George Stephens