The Hunt for the Republican Jim Hunt. Helms went to DC. Hunt stayed home; the NC GOP’s worst nightmare.

by johndavis, June 24, 2010

“Hunt criticized the Democratic controlled General Assembly for raising taxes in 1991 during the recession, saying the budgetary shortfall was ‘sheer government mismanagement.’”[i] Rob Christensen, News & Observer, The Paradox of Tar Heel Politics Twenty-five years ago, in Washington DC, U.S. Senator Jesse Helms, a North Carolina Republican, was beginning his third term in the
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Is the NC Democratic Party the Toyota of State Politics? Top 10 Political Liabilities Leading to Loss of Voter Market Share; Part V: Liability 10

by johndavis, June 11, 2010

Part V: Liability 10 “What’s disappointing to me,” said Stupak, “is learning that Toyota seems to have focused more on discrediting its critics than on solving the problem.” Rep. Bart Stupak, D-Michigan, May 20, 2010, U.S. House Commerce Committee Hearing on Toyota’s sudden acceleration problems[i] Obama: Walking on Oily Water in a Sea of Disappointments
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Is the NC Democratic Party the Toyota of State Politics? Top 10 Political Liabilities Leading to Loss of Voter Market Share; Part IV: Liability 9

by johndavis, June 3, 2010

Part IV: Liability 9 “The Toyota affair emphasizes some basic points of management. First, any company, no matter how large and how famous for its merits, can stumble into grave error. Second, damaged pride and nervous fear make it difficult to correct the error in good time. Third, management decisions should normally never be taken
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