his network targeted, they won 18 of the 22. that s an 82% win rate. and north carolina s legislature turned completely red for the first time since reconstruction. and that, of course, has brought about not only the voting rights rollback that has made north carolina nationally famous this year, and the abortion rights rollback and the short-lived attempt to establish a state religion in the state. remember that one? it s also been a wildly aggressive approach to budgeting in the state, spearheaded by the guy who made it all possible for the republicans, spearheaded by art pope, the architect of the north carolina republican takeover, but who is also the state s new budget director under republican governor pat mccrory. under republican control and art pope s budget stylings, north carolina has pursued deep, deep, deep cuts in education and unemployment benefits and health insurance for the poor. they ve even gone after preschool in the state, all policies that will pretty directly hi
accounts that were linked to art pope. and of the 22 races that he and his network targeted, they won 18 of the 22. that s an 82% win rate. and north carolina s legislature turned completely red for the first time since reconstruction. and that, of course, has brought about not only the voting rights role back that has made north carolina nationally famous this year, and the abortion rights role back and the short-lived attempt to establish a state religion in the state. remember that one? it s also been a wildly aggressive approach to budgeting in the state, spearheaded by the guy who made it all possible for the republicans, spearheaded by art pope, the architect of the north carolina republican takeover, but who is also the state s new budget director under republican governor pat mccrory. under republican control and art pope s budget stylings, north carolina has pursued deep, deep, deep cuts in education and unemployment benefits and health insurance for the poor. they ve even gon
some of those on the chamber of commerce. the chamber moved from a 43% win rate during the conservative during the conservative burger court to a 56% win rate under the very conservative rehnquist court and now they are at a 70% win rate under the roberts court. follow this pro business trend to its logical conclusion and sooner or later you will end up with a supreme court that functions as a wholly owned subsidiary of the chamber of commerce. robert gibbs, i m sure elizabeth warren s finding and you ve seen it and i ve seen it, you ve seen it as a democrat, i ve seen it as a republican, she s on her own up there. corporate interests are powerful on both sides of the aisle in the senate. elizabeth warren doesn t have a lot of allies in a battle