LABOR DAY HOLIDAY 3-PART SERIES Part 2: Question that Reelected Obama

by johndavis, September 2, 2011

LABOR DAY HOLIDAY 3-PART SERIES Part 2: Question that Reelected Obama Post: September 2, 2011       Vol. IV, No. 23     Part 2 “I’m going to ask a question to everyone here on the stage.  Say you had a deal, a real spending cuts deal, 10-to-1, spending cuts to tax increases.  Who on this stage
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Perdue’s Probability of Winning a Second Term as Governor of North Carolina: 45%

by johndavis, August 29, 2011

[Audio clip: view full post to listen] Gov. Perdue’s Probability of Winning 2nd Term in 2012: 45% Post: August 24, 2011       Vol. IV, No. 22 NEW Premium Monthly Subscription! Due to popular demand, a monthly rate for the $245 half-price Premium Annual Subscription to the John Davis Political Report is now available at $23 per
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Obama’s Probability of Carrying North Carolina in 2012: 44%

by johndavis, August 18, 2011

[Audio clip: view full post to listen] Post: August 18, 2011       Vol. IV, No. 21 “You can’t bring home the bacon now because the pig is dead.” Fmr. Wyoming Republican U.S. Senator Alan Simpson, Co-chairman of the Simpson/Bowles Debt & Deficit Commission Investors Political Daily: Obama’s Probability of Carrying NC in 2012 is 44% This
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The Beatings will Continue until Morale Improves; Morale Improves with a Diet of Peas and Satan Sandwiches

by johndavis, August 4, 2011

[Audio clip: view full post to listen] Post: August 4, 2011       Vol. IV, No. 19 “We’ve earned the threat of a downgrade.  If we don’t make significant changes in the way we operate; if we don’t cut spending on entitlements, if we don’t make real cuts in defense spending, if we don’t reform the tax
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How Far Right can NC Republicans Push their Conservative Legislative Agenda without Creating a Political Blowback

by johndavis, June 21, 2011

[[Audio clip: view full post to listen]] “Originally, blowback was CIA internal coinage denoting the unintended, harmful consequences – to friendly populations and military forces – when a given weapon is carelessly used.” en.wikipedia.org     Search: blowback Post June 21, 2011       Vol. IV, No. 13 Blowback: Unintended, Harmful Consequences This report is an
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Marc Basnight’s Best Friend: How a day of clearing tornado debris led to the front porch of Raleigh’s integration history

by johndavis, April 21, 2011

[Audio clip: view full post to listen] “If you see him, tell him I said to ‘take it easy.’ But he doesn’t know how to do that.” Hubert Poole, former NC Senate Sergeant at Arms, speaking about Sen. Marc Basnight Note:  In light of the tornado disaster, with flags flying at half-mast in honor of
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The $1 Billion Question: Can Obama Carry NC in 2012? The images in the campaign kickoff video disclose strategy

by johndavis, April 6, 2011

[Audio clip: view full post to listen] “I don’t agree with Obama on everything, but I respect him and I trust him.” “Ed from North Carolina,” featured in President Obama’s re-election kickoff video, Monday, April 4, 2011 Obama’s 2012 Campaign Strategy Disclosed in Video Released Monday Shhhhhhhhhhh.  If you want to get the inside scoop
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On the Death of Geraldine Ferraro: NC Women have Defeated Men in 23 of 31 Statewide Campaigns Since 2000

by johndavis, March 30, 2011

[Audio clip: view full post to listen] “Do not put such unlimited powers into the hands of the Husbands.  Remember all men would be tyrants if they could.  If particular care and attention is not paid to the Ladies, we are determined to foment a Rebellion, and will not hold ourselves bound by any laws
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Precedent Arguing for a Pardon of NC Gov. William Woods Holden, who was Impeached, Convicted and Removed from Office in 1871 for Taking a Stand against the KKK

by johndavis, March 23, 2011

[Audio clip: view full post to listen] “In Caswell County, the Klan trapped Republican State Sen. John W. Stephens in the county courthouse and cut his throat and stabbed him in the heart. At the time Stephens was collecting evidence of Klan activity for the governor.” News & Observer, March 15, 2011, story by Rob
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A Tribute to Vernon Dahmer and the Right to Vote; and why the priviledge of leading necessitates the responsibility of voting

by johndavis, February 9, 2011

“Pitts puts finger on Sessum, other Klansmen; Names seven he said accompanied him in fatal fire-bombing raid on Dahmer place”  Hattiesburg AMERICAN, Hattiesburg, Mississippi, March 14, 1968  Post: February 9, 2011       Vol. IV, #4  The Murder of Vernon Dahmer for Registering Blacks to Vote   There they were! I knew that I had kept them. 
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