Joe McLaughlin

This is cross-posted from Bloviations.

Earlier this week (I think it was Tuesday or Wednesday morning) I was bicycling to work and had this flitting thought:

I haven’t heard the names “Joe McLaughlin” or “Delma Collins” in a while. Isn’t that nice?"

And it was, it was very nice…But it wasn’t to last very long.

On Wednesday morning, my co-worker laid a clipping from the day’s Jacksonville Daily News. It was a paid advertisement, sponsored by Joe McLaughlin, which detailed a small slice of funding from the Economic Stimulus Package recently passed by the Congress and signed into law by President Obama.

And it looked exactly like this:

This is a cross-post from Bloviations and is the first in a series of posts examining 2008 Primary Elections in Onslow County.

Primary 2008 over and all that’s left is to clear the battlefields of the dead and wounded. For North Carolina’s 3rd Congressional District, that means sweeping away Democrat Marshall Adame and Republican Joe McLaughlin.

Craig Weber defeated Marshall Adame by nearly 30,000 votes (or 39% of votes cast).

Cross-posted at Bloviations.

Joe McLaughlin isn't the only candidate in NC-03 making the news today. Marshall Adame was spotlighted by the New Bern Sun Journal for more positive reasons, though.

Says the Sun Journal:

Jacksonville's Daily News reports.

Joe McLaughlin has resigned from the Onslow County Board of Commissioners.

"This move will allow me to spend day and night fighting for a return to conservative leadership in Washington,” said McLaughlin, a Republican who is challenging Rep. Walter Jones for the 3rd District seat in the U.S. House of Representatives.

I wonder if the reports of Congressman Walter B. Jones, Jr. continued support by the GOP have something to do with this?

Remember my one easy question?

Due to recent events regarding the U.S. Navy's plan for an Outlying Landing Field (two options are near Onslow County), I emailed Mr. McLaughlin to get his take.

My email:

Given the recent news that two sites that the US Navy is exploring for an outlying airfield are in/near Onslow County and that the US Navy has previously tried to build an outlying airfield in protected wetlands located in Washington County, many voters would like to hear your position.

Cross-posted from the Brock Log.

This post is cross-posted from the Brock Log.

Onslow Commissioner, and Republican Congressional candidate, Joe McLaughlin writes a "Monday Morning Memo" each week. This week, McLaughlin takes aim at Congressman Walter B. Jones, Jr.'s vote on the "Protect America Act" or Senate Bill 1927.

Says McLaughlin in his Monday Morning Memo: