More than 200 people gathered for the Civitas Institute’s fourth annual N.C. Conservative Leadership Conference September 11-12, 2009, in Raleigh. This video clip includes highlights from featured speakers: Carrie Prejean, the former Miss California USA who made headlines by expressing her support for a traditional definition of marriage; Grover Norquist of Americans for Tax Reform, who’s pushing for increased government transparency; Alfred Regnery, publisher of The American Spectator; Donna Arduin of Arduin, Laffer, and Moore Econometrics, who says current federal government spending patterns could cost 67,000 N.C. jobs; and John Fund of the Wall Street Journal.
Robinson, Stein in statistical dead heat in NC governor’s race
Support for Republicans on top-of-ballot races in North Carolina has declined slightly over the past two months, while support for Democrats has remained steady, according to the latest Carolina Journal poll of likely voters. Republican Mark Robinson and Democrat Josh Stein are in a statistical dead heat for the governor’s mansion at 39% support apiece....