What would be the worst possible news for Mitt Romney to have to deal with the day after President Obama announced he supports gay marriage?
North Carolina became the last southern state to adopt a constitutional amendment banning gay marriage Tuesday, and like its fellow southern states, it has a long history with regulating marriages.
The overwhelming North Carolina vote to define marriage as legal only between a man and woman is an unequivocal reminder that gay marriage remains unappealing in many parts of the country, even as its support grows overall nationally.
It was rough night for liberals as primary season turned its focus from presidential candidates to more local concerns.
Let's all welcome David Mitt and William Ryder Romney into the world, twins born to Mitt Romney's son Tagg and his wife Jen.
Despite the increasing popularity of gay marriage nationwide, a majority of North Carolinians support a constitutional amendment that bans it. Plus, the Supreme Court gets less popular. Here's our guide to today's polls and why they matter.
It's enough to make you wonder if Democrats really want to have their convention in Charlotte later this year.
Despite what they're telling you, we are pretty sure that The New York Times is reporting and covering the John Edwards trial from Greensboro, North Carolina--not Greensboro, South Carolina.
It's a strange Constitutional quirk that the voters of only a couple states will be lavished with -- and tortured by -- attention from the presidential candidates till November.
For a moment, Newt Gingrich could picture an amazing improbable victory for himself. But even Newt thinks that is not to be. Gingrich is but a shadow of the anti-Mitt Romney warrior he was only months ago.
There's a conservative counter-outrage to the Trayvon Martin outrage whipping around the blogosphere that suggests that racism no longer exists in America. But after visiting a flea market in North Carolina last week, I disagree.
Two polls show the 2012 election campaign in a curious moment: the candidates are talking about one thing few voters noticed -- who's more like an Etch A Sketch -- and not talking about one thing voters are upset about, the Afghanistan war. Here's our guide to today's polls and why they matter.
In nine months, the Democratic National Convention will get underway in Charlotte, North Carolina, and in this time of active street-level politics associated with Occupy Wall Street, the city's already working on a plan to control unrest by essentially outlawing occupying.
Social issues have been mostly ignored nationally this year as Congress and presidential candidates fight over government spending, but on the state level, the fight over sex hasn't gone away.
His reelection campaign has spent as much as the GOP candidates combined
With low approval ratings among working-class whites, he targets educated independents
The Texan was quoted as saying "I've had roadkill that tasted better than that"
Regardless of the final outcome, the state legislature has sent a message to the people
Wind speeds are expected to exceed 131 miles per hour
Forecasts show the storm may become a Category 3 today
Richard James Verone has become an American folk hero
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