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Kevin Griffin – A Candidate Worth Your Vote

A snapshot of Kevin Griffin with his Boxer Ginny A father A business owner A candidate for United States Senate from North Carolina He is not a traditional career politician And, he is not a lawyer. January 29, 2016—Kevin Griffin is a name you may not have heard of, but he’s running for Senate against…
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Hats off to the DSCC for losing another North Carolina election
Over the last several months it’s been no secret that Deborah Ross was the favored child of the NCDP to run against Richard Burr. Even the Chair of the NCDP, Patsy Keever, has been working behind the scenes to help Ross and even sponsored a private fundraiser for her. But, yesterday, the Democratic Senatorial…
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Politics as usual within the NCDP :: Minority candidates Chris Rey and Ken Spaulding
Democratic leaders within the NCDP are fundraising and ‘backdoor endorsing’ candidates during this primary election which is against their own Democratic bylaws. The first time I met Ken Spaulding was at an African-American conference in eastern North Carolina. Spaulding had his wife and children seated at a table across from me. During a break…
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Veleria Levy Announces Bid for Rowan County Commissioner

Levy has a reputation of finding common ground among all people on both sides of the political spectrum and working to solve problems collectively.
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Randy Voller Can Only Take Responsibility As Leader—Not Ownership of Failed Campaigns.
When the North Carolina Democratic Chair said he would not seek reelection as leader of the NCDP he took responsibility for the 2014 election cycle and said it was time for new leadership. But, what exactly did he mean? What my ears heard was that he was saying, “the buck stops here.” As the leader…
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Patsy Keever: Things That Need To Be Corrected
In my original piece on the candidacy of Patsy Keever, who is seeking election by the SEC as Chair of the North Carolina Democratic Party, I cited an Asheville Citizen Times article where she says she would not endorse President Barack Obama. screenshot: One of Keever’s supporters and my Facebook friend–,Douglas Earl Berger– brought to…
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When Randy Voller Steps Down as Chair—The Copy & Paste Media Will Have to Write Original Articles about NCDP
When Randy Voller, Chairman of the North Carolina Democratic Party, finally steps down as Chair, the media will have to start writing original articles. I did a cloud search on news stories referencing Randy Voller and over 286 news items cited him as “embattled.” Comparing articles side by side, you can see a definite bias…
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Patsy Keever—ShameGate: No Clear Rationale to Elect Her NCDP Chair. Turns her back on Pres. Obama, Dr. Ben Chavis, Randy Voller and NC.
[Patsy Keever: turned her back on our President, turned her back on Dr. Ben Chavis, couldn’t care less about eastern North Carolina, can’t win elections and led us into ShameGate] Patsy Keever has a political litany of bad decision making and Democratic blunders that leaves me shaking my head as to why she would even…
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Despite what you may think, the sun is rising for Democrats in North Carolina and the NCDP
It’s only natural that NC Dems would finger point over the Hagan loss. And, that’s okay— but, the fact is, we made some tremendous gains in a sea of red. Mike Stone (Sanford, Lee County) is perhaps the most vocal in advocating fracking in NC—he lost. The NCDP filed complaints against Walker (Congress), Americans for…
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How Can We Chastise Republicans When We Attempt To Shame Voters To The Polls?
We criticize Republicans over voter suppression, yet the First Vice Chair of the North Carolina Democratic Party sends out mailers, with her signature on them, in what amounts to voter intimidation. Democratic leaders should be above this type of activity—when they are not the party must hold them accountable. The only way to prove to…