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Paul Chesser

Paul Chesser publishes CarolinaPlottHound.com, a news aggregator for North Carolina, and is a contributor of articles, research and investigative reports for both national and state-level free-market think tanks.
by | Oct 28, 2010

“Titanavatarinator” director James Cameron is out with a new campaign ad that opposes California ballot initiative Proposition 23, which would stop the state’s extreme global warming emissions law (Assembly Bill 32) until its unemployment rate falls below 5.5 percent for…

by | Oct 28, 2010

Politics Daily reports that North Carolina Democrat Rep. Heath Shuler says he may run for Speaker against Nancy Pelosi if his party keeps control of the House. The disclosure came in his debate with Republican opponent Jeff Miller: During the…

by | Oct 28, 2010

The district hasn’t been polled since June, so who knew what movement there’s been since, but today the Civitas Institute (a conservative North Carolina think tank that does respected polling) announced a survey in which Democrat incumbent Rep. Bob “Who…

by | Oct 27, 2010

I know the main focus at AmSpecBlog is on federal offices and the races to get to DC, but it’s always worthwhile to highlight elected officials’ unhinged behavior, regardless of where they serve. So today I bring you Washington State…

by | Oct 27, 2010

While most Democrats are running away from their votes in support of Obamacare, Rep. Bob “Who Are You” Etheridge last week produced an advertisement that attacks his challenger, Palin-endorsed Renee Ellmers, on the health care issue: On Friday Ellmers responded…

by | Oct 26, 2010

Bored with dazzling production values and in-your-face political commentary? Then let this little video (TV production from the 60s; hairstyles from the 80s; embedding not allowed) created by the League of Women Voters in Cupertino & Sunnyvale, Calif., soothe your…

by | Oct 25, 2010

Looks like Gov. Schwarzenegger and the legislative elites in California cannot count on the Tiffany Network to help their cause in stopping Proposition 23, which is the ballot initiative that would halt the state’s global warming law that limits carbon emissions….

by | Oct 20, 2010

I expect we’ll be revisiting this many times. The Washington Post reported a few weeks ago: The massive economic stimulus package President Obama pushed through Congress last year is coming in on time and under budget – and with strikingly…

by | Oct 19, 2010

At least not on the global warming/cap-and-trade issue. From the Politics Daily coverage of last night’s West Virginia Senate debate: (Democrat Joe) Manchin repeatedly rapped the president for his energy reform legislation, known as cap and trade, that would charge carbon…

by | Oct 19, 2010

The landmark case that overturned key components of McCain-Feingold — namely, bans on campaign contributions by businesses and unions — has been trickling down in challenges to similar state laws including Wisconsin, Minnesota, and yesterday, Montana. The Western Tradition Partnership…

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