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Sarah Schutte writes for National Review Online about one celebrity judge’s welcome approach to his job. Watching America’s Got Talent or its international namesakes is often just an exercise in…
Count Josh Christenson of the Washington Free Beacon among those unimpressed by Clay Aiken’s latest bid for political office. Failed American Idol participant Clay Aiken is running for Congress again…
• Set your DVRs and check your local listings: Esquire Network’s “The Runner-Up,” highlighting “American Idol” runner-up Clay Aiken’s unsuccessful bid to unseat 2nd District Republican U.S. Rep. Renee Ellmers,…
• Rep. Patrick McHenry, R-10th District, continues to take advantage of his seniority in the lower chamber. McHenry, who’s the chief deputy whip of the Republican caucus, was named vice…
• Happy New Year! Incumbent Rep. Renee Ellmers, R-2nd District, won North Carolina’s fundraising wars during the 2014 congressional campaign, raising $1.83 million in defeating “American Idol” runner-up Clay Aiken,…
• The Hill names Sen.-elect Thom Tillis, R-N.C., as one of the five newcomers in the upper chamber who could be deal-makers. • At Forbes, Patrick Gleason cites the Tillis race…
• “American Idol” runner-up Clay Aiken may have finished second again — this time in his bid to unseat GOP Rep. Renee Ellmers in the 2nd District congressional race —…
This week Carolina Journal broke the news about dubious dealings involving U.S. Sen. Kay Hagan’s husband, her son, and federal stimulus money connected to solar panel installation. Executive Editor Don…
• Candidates for judicial seats are teaming up to boost their buying power. Republican Chief Justice Mark Martin has joined with former Appeals Court Judge Eric Levinson in an ad…
N&R continues its not-so-veiled support for Sen. Kay Hagan by trotting out the old ‘money is evil in politics’ theme in today’s editorial: The reality is that the American people…
• Democratic candidates and unions are inseparable on the campaign trail, as Sen. Kay Hagan and “American Idol” runner-up Clay Aiken show: “Democratic Sen. Kay Hagan and congressional candidate Clay…
• John Hood, president of the John Locke Foundation, points to the latest Thom Tillis vs. Kay Hagan poll taken for The New York Times and CBS News and urges…