NC Democratic party Executive Director Jay Parmley resigns, blames right-wing bloggers…

By: Moe Lane (Diary)  |  April 16th at 08:30 AM  | 

To refresh people’s memories: allegations came out last week that NC Democratic party Executive Director Jay Parmley had sexually harassed a male staffer (the Daily Caller noted yesterday that local reports are saying that said staffer was also allegedly fired after making a complaint; if that’s true, then there’s a bigggggggggg problem going on in North Carolina right now for the Democratic party*). Anyway, Parmley | Read More »

Bob Etheridge expected to concede at 3 PM.

By: Moe Lane (Diary)  |  November 19th at 01:30 PM  | 

Oh, did we steal his thunder?  Did he want to admit to his loss on his own terms? Yeah, I’m really broke up about that. Congratulations, Rep.-elect Renee Elmers.  Serve well. Moe Lane (crosspost) PS: Remember, folks: two cameras.  Always have two cameras.

Day Two of the Etheridge Incident.

By: Moe Lane (Diary)  |  June 15th at 10:00 AM  | 

I’m not particularly surprised that the Etheridge Incident is perturbing the Beltway. It has all the elements that one needs: A genuine, newsworthy scenario (Congressman attacks cameraman); An easily-accessible narrative (Congressman attacks cameraman); A clear video record (note: two cameras, with footage spliced together); A hint of scandal (Was the Congressman drinking?); And a hint of conspiracy (Was the Congressman set up?). Plus, of course, | Read More »

Meet Renee Ellmers (R CAND, NC-02).

By: Moe Lane (Diary)  |  June 14th at 05:37 PM  | 

Bob Etheridge‘s opponent, but you knew that already. We were able to speak with her briefly: as you can imagine, she’s been busy today. Renee’s site is here. Moe Lane Crossposted to Moe Lane.

Bob Etheridge (D, NC-02) attacks student.

By: Moe Lane (Diary)  |  June 14th at 09:32 AM  | 

This is why you need to have two cameras. The first one, to record being assaulted by a sitting Congressman (Bob Etheridge, D, NC-02): …and a second one, to record the person recording being assaulted by a sitting Congressman (Bob Etheridge, D, NC-02):

PPP: Dems reshuffling deck chairs on HCR Titanic.

By: Moe Lane (Diary)  |  March 23rd at 09:55 AM  | 

Let me preface this by saying that I have nothing against Tom Jensen of Public Policy Polling: he’s a Democratic pollster, sure, but he doesn’t bury polls that are unhelpful to his side.  Which is smart of him – it makes him more credible when he tells me things that I don’t particularly want to hear – but there’s nothing wrong with having a credible | Read More »