PPP’s tracking poll on the NC Democratic primary shows Obama up 57%-32% on Clinton; but otherwise — and not surprisingly — in the state primary elections it’s the women out-polling the men: Bev Perdue is ahead of Richard Moore, Kay Hagan is (far) ahead of Jim Neal, June Atkinson leads Eddie Davis, and Beth Wood […]

It was a dark and dreary night. Let’s try that again. I named my Independent Weekly column Citizen (or, actually, Citizen) for two reasons. One, I’ve always thought of myself as a citizen, with all the rights and responsibilities thereof, as opposed to being a journalist who has some special right to information. And two, […]