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Let's face it. McCrory is a professional politician in the sleaziest sense of the term. For years, Duke Energy funded his never ending campaign for governor. And now his sugar daddy is the well-connected law firm, Moore & Van Allen. Nice "work" if you can get it.

Can't blame him. I'd quit too. Truth is, I don't know how Speaker Hackney has put up with all the jerks and morons in the General Assembly for as long as he has. Just in via email.

I have decided that I will not be a candidate for re-election to the North Carolina House of Representatives this year.

I guess it makes sense. If your "vision" is to have a governor who will suppress voting rights and discriminate against gays and lesbians, then by all means, let the awards begin! Congratulations, Mr. Rogers. It takes a big guy to pollute the planet, subvert democracy, and screw over your gay employees all in one career.

The only thing "broken" about North Carolina is the Republican-controlled General Assembly. So with all due respect, thanks-but-no-thanks Mr. McCrory. We can do just fine without more Tea Party ideas for fixing government.

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In case you missed the memo, here's the plan. First we force pregnant women to have babies, no matter what. And if those babies turn out to be so mentally incompetent that they commit murder, we simply , execute their dumb asses with lethal injections. It all suddenly makes sense.

From Daily Kos.

In his State of the Union address last week, President Obama highlighted one particular piece of legislation to restore the public's faith in their government:

“Send me a bill that bans insider trading by members of Congress, and I will sign it tomorrow,” Obama said during his address to a joint session of Congress.

Today, the Senate voted to move forward with the STOCK Act, which will do precisely that. Today's vote was on cloture, the Senate agreeing to move the bill forward, and it passed 93-2 (Sens. Tom Coburn [R-OK] and Richard Burr [R-NC] voted against).

From Indy Week, some encouraging words from Brad Miller.

In addition to the calls and e-mails I’ve received without asking, I’ve made a few calls to people who have supported me in the past. I am encouraged that if I do decide to run, I would begin with a credible base and would be able to put together a campaign quickly.”

Funny stuff from Mr. Clark at the Greensboro News-Record.

The good people of North Carolina should believe nothing of what they hear about the work of their legislature that does not issue directly from Mr. Tillis, who, it is well known, is always home in bed by 10 p.m.

More Clark snark below the fold.