Issues

Connecting the Dots: NC Big Business & Big Labor Pool Resources to Wipe Out Free Market Conservatives in NC Senate

by johndavis, March 24, 2010

“Basnight often gives campaign money to the state Democratic Party, which can give unlimited amounts to legislative candidates.” AP, March 18, 2010 1 Last Thursday night, former Democratic Gov. Jim Hunt hosted a fundraiser for Democratic Senate President Pro Tem Marc Basnight at the State Fairgrounds in Raleigh. According to the Associated Press, 300 to 400 people
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The Battle for the Speaker’s Gavel in the North Carolina House: If GOP Momentum Wanes, How will they Match the Financial Might of the Democrats?

by johndavis, March 11, 2010

“There’s no real financial infrastructure under the [state] Republican Party, and I reckon building one will take a long time,” he said. And doing so will be “sort of like straightening out a train wreck.” — Carter Wrenn, NC Republican Consultant This is a very fragile time for North Carolina House Democrats and Republicans. They all
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Business Decision 2010: Unilateral Disarmament or Political Action

by johndavis, February 19, 2010

Citizens United Seminar Speakers Lead the Way for Corporations and Trade Associations “Today, the days of Alice in Wonderland budgeting in Trenton end.” –Chris Christie, newly elected GOP Governor of New Jersey, Joint Session of Legislature, Feb. 11, 2010 The Highest Risk Option for Business in 2010 is Unilateral Political Disarmament Leveling NC’s Political Playing
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In Defense of Independent Moderates & a Two-Party State: It’s Time for NC Voters to End the Unchecked and Unbalanced Power of Democrats

by johndavis, February 4, 2010

“I am a life-long Independent, registered Unaffiliated, and consider myself a radical moderate.” -John Davis, John Davis Political Report A Letter to Rob Christensen, Political Reporter, The News & Observer Note: Today’s N&O carried a front page story titled, Perdue: SEANC speaks for state workers. In the story, political reporter Rob Christensen quoted me in writing,
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The SEIUnionization of Public Employees of North Carolina or How Gov. Perdue‟s Executive Order 45 is the First Step to Collective Bargaining for State Employees

by johndavis, January 28, 2010

“[Executive Order 45] means that we can discuss the terms and conditions of our employment.”1 –Dana Cope, Executive Director, SEANC (SEIU Local 2008), Jan. 25, 2010 The State of the Union Money in North Carolina Politics In last Sunday‟s News and Observer, the editorial page carried a misleading op-ed piece written by Gene Nichol, a
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Supreme Court: Business Has Unlimited Political Free Speech Rights – NC 527s Obsolete; Political Parties Weakened; Trade Groups Will Flex New Political Muscle

by johndavis, January 25, 2010

“They’re the men who served with John Kerry in Vietnam. Tortured for refusing to confess what John Kerry accused them of … of being war criminals. With nothing to gain for themselves, they have come forward to talk about the John Kerry they know.”1 Swift Boat Vets and POWs for Truth, TV ad excerpt, September
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What’s More Important in Our Leaders, Character or Caring?

by johndavis, December 18, 2009

“For the good of his district and the integrity of the N.C. Senate, such as it is, he [Sen. R.C. Soles, Permanent Senate Democratic Caucus Chair] should throw in the towel while he has a chance to leave on his own terms.” — Wilmington Star-News Editorial, December 12, 20091 While reading the Wilmington Star-News editorial
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Secret Report Says Liberal Consortium Drove 2008 Turnout: Turnout success rate was 74.6% as compared to the national average of 60.4%

by johndavis, October 9, 2009

“Catalist’s member groups contacted 49 million adults more than 127 million times. A total of 28 million of those contacted voted, representing more than 20% of all votes cast. An astounding 82% of their work occurred in 16 swing states, accounting for 37% of all votes cast in these states, including North Carolina.” — The
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Racial Prisms: Unwanted Family Heirlooms or Healthcare reform is Not a Black/White Issue; it‟s a Liberal/Conservative Issue

by johndavis, October 1, 2009

“I think an overwhelming portion of the intensely demonstrated animosity toward President Barack Obama is based on the fact that he is a black man … that he’s African American.” — Former President Jimmy Carter, NBC Nightly News with Brian Williams1 Former President Jimmy Carter stirred up a hornet‟s nest in September when he stated
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Character Issue: America’s Hypocrisy Pandemic or Political Morality Lessons for 2010 from the Clinton-Lewinski Scandal of 1998

by johndavis, September 24, 2009

On December 19, 1998, after a year of Congressional investigations and testimony riddled with salacious scandal, the U.S. House voted to impeach President Clinton. The next day, December 20, 1998, Clinton’s approval rating jumped ten points to 73 percent, according to a CNN/USA Today/Gallup Poll, an all time high for the embattled president, and higher
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