Cobey shines in GOP
If North Carolina's Republican nominee for governor were chosen in a party convention or caucus, Bill Cobey would likely dominate the way "The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King" swept this year's Oscars.
May 9, 2004
Helms not yet displaced
Reflecting on his recent quest for the White House, U.S. Sen. John Edwards mentioned his former colleague and fellow Raleighite in less-than-flattering terms.
May 2, 2004
Ballantine says age isn't issue
Fortunately for Patrick Ballantine, North Carolina has a history of picking governors who still have all their hair and most of their teeth and can still see their feet. Jim Holshouser was 38, Jim Hunt and Bob Scott were 39 and Terry Sanford was 43 when they were first elected governor.
Apr. 25, 2004
Caucus carries no weight
Dick Cheney was shocked when the president took a whupping in North Carolina.
Apr. 18, 2004
W visits Charlotte - again!
Dear President Bush, Was it something we said? Do we need to take a breath mint?
Apr. 11, 2004
Dole widens her role
North Carolina's most famous political couple -- that's Elizabeth and Bob, not John and Elizabeth -- will open their Watergate condo later this month for a fund-raiser.
Apr. 4, 2004
Politics, migration tangle
'Scum" is how U.S. Sen. Furnifold Simmons of New Bern described the immigrants from eastern and southern Europe during the early 20th century.
Mar. 28, 2004
Shrum figures in VP choice
The great guessing game in Democratic circles these days is whether there will be two Johns at the podium at the party's national convention in Boston in July.
Mar. 21, 2004
Whose back yard is this?
Mar. 14, 2004
That 'no' sounds familiar
Mar. 7, 2004
Edwards likely hasn't run his last race
John Edwards failed in his White House bid, but few who know the North Carolina senator expect him to exit from the national stage. Edwards put a coda on his campaign before a packed gymnasium Wednesday at Broughton High School. But in a nearly three-year quest for the White House, Edwards impressed Democratic activists, political leaders and experts as a talented campaigner and a rising national figure.
Mar. 4, 2004
He came out of nowhere
North Carolina Sen. John Edwards has reached the end of the road on the presidential campaign trail -- traveling farther than many thought possible, but stopping far short of 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. On the grueling road from Des Moines to Atlanta, Edwards impressed voters as a fresh face, an optimistic voice and a promising figure in national Democratic politics.
Mar. 3, 2004
Cleanup clause bears fruit
The images that have flickered across Tar Heel TV screens during the political campaigns of the past two decades have been scary enough for one of those slasher, Texas chainsaw massacre movies.
Feb. 29, 2004
Edwards wows 'em in Wis.
Edwards has never been buddy-buddy with reporters. But the night before Tuesday's Wisconsin primary, Edwards is wired.
Feb. 22, 2004
Dixie's one-two punch hits Edwards hard
John Edwards' campaign for the White House appears to be rapidly running out of political oxygen. Having campaigned as the candidate who can win in the South, Edwards on Tuesday decisively lost primaries in Tennessee and Virginia to a New Englander.
Feb. 11, 2004
Edwards has no cronies
It is January 2005 and President-elect John Edwards raises his right hand to take the oath of office as president of the United States. Whom will he bring with him to help him run the country? Answer: Probably not many people from North Carolina.
Feb. 8, 2004
For Edwards, it's No. 1 or naught in S.C.
From the beginning of his run for the White House, Sen. John Edwards has looked forward to some home cooking in South Carolina -- the state of his birth and the fount of his smooth upstate accent. His game plan was to make respectable showings in the Iowa caucuses and the New Hampshire primary and then make a powerful statement by winning the South Carolina primary Tuesday.
Jan. 28, 2004
Edwards stuns us again
I was standing in the back of A.J.'s Cup of Coffee restaurant here the other day, when John Edwards' daddy delivered an I-told-you-so.
Jan. 25, 2004
Clark, Dean get local help
They hold house parties across Raleigh. They knock on doors in Iowa and South Carolina. And they are Internet-savvy, creating political networks through chat rooms and e-mail lists. But they are not Edwardians.
Jan. 18, 2004
