Bloviations

My second post at The Indie Register is online and the comments at my first post are quite interesting.

February 2nd, 2010 | Tags: 2010 Elections, Bob Cavanaugh (Rep Candidate), Craig Weber (Dem Candidate), Joe McLaughlin (Rep Candidate), Johnny Rouse (Dem Candidate), NC-03, The Indie Register, United States House of Representatives, Walter B Jones Jr, Writing | Category: 2010 Elections, Bob Cavanaugh (Rep Candidate), Craig Weber (Dem Candidate), Joe McLaughlin (Rep Candidate), Johnny Rouse (Dem Candidate), NC-03, The Indie Register, United States House of Representatives, Walter B. Jones, Jr. (Rep Incumbent), Writing | Leave a comment

My first post at now-regional alt-newspaper-turned-alt-blog The Indie Register is live.
Go check it out and leave some love.

January 29th, 2010 | Tags: Craig Weber (Dem Candidate), Joe McLaughlin (Rep Candidate), Johnny Rouse (Dem Candidate), Marshall Adame (Dem Candidate), NC-03, The Indie Register, United States House of Representatives, Walter B Jones Jr, Writing | Category: Craig Weber (Dem Candidate), Joe McLaughlin (Rep Candidate), Johnny Rouse (Dem Candidate), NC-03, The Indie Register, United States House of Representatives, Walter B. Jones, Jr. (Rep Incumbent) | Leave a comment

to ruin my holiday.
Why can’t he just admit that he lost, admit that his political career is over (much like his financial management career, I hear) and go away?
What is it with NC-03 candidates? Between McLaughlin and Weber, we must be the laughing stock of all the nation!

December 17th, 2009 | Tags: 2010 Elections, Craig Weber (Dem Candidate), Democrats, Joe McLaughlin (Rep Candidate), Onslow County Politics, Republicans | Category: 2010 Elections, Craig Weber (Dem Candidate), Democrats, Jacksonville Daily News, Joe McLaughlin (Rep Candidate), Letters to the Edtor, NC-03, Onslow County Politics, Republicans, United States House of Representatives, Walter B. Jones, Jr. (Rep Incumbent) | Comments (1)

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. Follow the jump for details.

March 1st, 2009 | Tags: 2008 Elections, 2010 Elections, American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, Freedom ENC Communications, INC, Jacksonville Ci ty Council, Jacksonville Daily News, Joe McLaughlin (Rep Candidate), NC-03, NC-Sen, Onslow County, Onslow County Board of Commissions, Republicans, Richard Burr, Walter B Jones Jr | Category: 2009 Elections, 2010 Elections, Freedom ENC Communications, INC, Jacksonville City Council, Jacksonville Daily News, Jacksonville, NC, Joe McLaughlin (Rep Candidate), NC Senate 6, NC-03, North Carolina, North Carolina General Assembly, North Carolina House of Representatives, North Carolina Senate, Onslow County, Onslow County Board of Commissioners, Onslow County Politics, Onslow County, NC, Politics, Republicans, Richard Burr, United States House of Representatives, United States Senate, Walter B. Jones, Jr. (Rep Incumbent) | Leave a comment

In what can only be described as an egomaniacal trip down horror alley, Craig Weber has announced via email his third bid for North Carolina’s Third Congressional seat.
The text is below.
To all,
I want to thank you for every effort that you made in this past election.  It took a bit of time to come [...]

January 9th, 2009 | Tags: 2006 Elections, 2008 Elections, 2010 Elections, Craig Weber (Dem Candidate), Democrats, NC's Third Congressional District, NC-03, US House of Representatives, Walter B Jones Jr | Category: 2006 Elections, 2008 Elections, 2010 Elections, Craig Weber (Dem Candidate), Democrats, NC-03, North Carolina, Politics, United States House of Representatives, Walter B. Jones, Jr. (Rep Incumbent) | Leave a comment

Why are so many of the losing incumbents and losing candidates for election behaving so poorly? It’s an exercise in classlessness, from my point of view.
Take soon-to-be former Senator Elizabeth Dole from North Carolina as an example. Her concession speech was not conciliatory, it was not gracious, nor was it very polite and she [...]

November 9th, 2008 | Tags: Al Franken, Common Courtesy, Craig Weber (Dem Candidate), Elections 2008, Elizabeth Dole, Kay Hagan, MN Senator, NC Senator, NC-03, Norm Coleman, PA-03, Phil English, Walter B Jones Jr | Category: 2008 Elections, Craig Weber (Dem Candidate), Democrats, Elizabeth Dole, Kay Hagan, NC-03, Politics, Republicans, United States House of Representatives, United States Senate, Walter B. Jones, Jr. (Rep Incumbent) | Comments (1)

It’s been 4 days since Election Day. I haven’t updated the Elections Page, but I will. There’s just been a lot to process (politically and otherwise) for me.
Senator Barack Obama won by a pretty large margin (his 53% to McCain’s 46%). Check out President-Elect Obama’s Transition Office’s website for more information on his transition staff and [...]

November 8th, 2008 | Tags: 2008 Elections, 2008 Presidential Elections, NC Council of State, NC General Assembly, NC Governor, NC House 14th District, NC House 15th District, NC House 4th District, NC House of Representatives, NC Lieutenant Governor, NC Senate, NC Senate 6th District, NC-03, Onslow County Board of Commissioners, U.S. Senate, US House of Representatives | Category: 2008 Elections, 2008 Presidential Election, Barbara Ikner, Bill Keller, Craig Weber (Dem Candidate), Elizabeth Dole, George Cleveland (Rep Incumbent), Harry Brown (Rep Incumbent), Kay Hagan, Lionell Midgett, NC House 14, NC House 15, NC House 4, NC Senate 6, NC-03, North Carolina, North Carolina Democratic Party, North Carolina General Assembly, North Carolina House of Representatives, North Carolina Republican Party, North Carolina Senate, Onslow County, Onslow County Board of Commissioners, Onslow County Democratic Party, Onslow County Politics, Onslow County, NC, Paul Buchanan, Politics, Robert Grady (Rep Incumbent), Russell Tucker (Dem Incumbent), United States House of Representatives, United States Senate, W. C. Jarman, Walter B. Jones, Jr. (Rep Incumbent) | Comments (1)

Obama still leads McCain in the state (50% to 48%) but trails in Onslow (43% to McCain’s 56%).
Hagan leads Dole in the state (52% to 43%) but trails in Onslow (46% to Dole’s 49%).
Jones, Jr. leads Weber in NC-03 (67% to 32%) and Onslow (60% 39%).
Council of State races looking Democratic in the state, mixed [...]

November 4th, 2008 | Category: 2008 Elections, 2008 Presidential Election, Barbara Ikner, Craig Weber (Dem Candidate), Elizabeth Dole, Ernie Wright, Kay Hagan, Lionell Midgett, Marshall Adame (Dem Candidate), NC-03, Onslow County, Onslow County Board of Commissioners, Tony Padgett, United States House of Representatives, United States Senate, W. C. Jarman | Leave a comment

As of 8:15pm with 19 counties being counted.
Craig Weber (DEM)

34.41% 29,158
Walter B. Jones (REP)

65.59% 55,584
84,742

November 4th, 2008 | Category: 2008 Elections, Craig Weber (Dem Candidate), NC-03, United States House of Representatives, Walter B. Jones, Jr. (Rep Incumbent) | Leave a comment