Michael Bitzer, Author at Salisbury Post
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This is an excerpt from a blog at OldNorthStatePolitics.com. The Ninth Congressional District’s election fraud storm that has rocked this state is unlike anything I ...
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by Michael Bitzer, Sunday, December 16, 2018 12:52 am
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With Donald Trump’s newest attempt to reboot his presidential campaign, speculation abounds as to whether this latest campaign shake-up, along with the candidate’s mea culpa ...
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by Michael Bitzer, Saturday, September 10, 2016 9:40 pm
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Modern-day nominating conventions have become nothing more than infomercials for both political parties, and this year’s Democratic and Republican national party conventions were indeed that. ...
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by Michael Bitzer, Sunday, August 7, 2016 12:00 am
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By Michael Bitzer With Republican voters solidified behind their presumptive nominee, Donald Trump has turned his focus to the general election. In many statements, Trump ...
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by Michael Bitzer, Monday, June 6, 2016 12:06 am
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Now that both Donald Trump and the Republican Party’s chairman, Reince Priebus, have declared Trump as the presumptive presidential nominee, the attention turns to the ...
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by Michael Bitzer, Sunday, May 15, 2016 12:00 am
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In 1992, the voters of Colorado passed a state constitution amendment in response to several local governments, including Denver, Aspen and Boulder, that had enacted ...
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by Michael Bitzer, Sunday, April 3, 2016 12:00 am
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The key questions throughout the prior primaries and caucuses have been about the electorates’ composition. With the notable influx of voters into the Republican presidential ...
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by Michael Bitzer, Sunday, March 13, 2016 12:00 am
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In the past few weeks, two news stories implied this year’s election could be determined by not only “independent” voters but a possible independent presidential ...
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by Michael Bitzer, Sunday, January 31, 2016 12:00 am
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Evangelicals represent big bloc of voters Recently, Franklin Graham announced that he was going on a 50-state tour to call on evangelicals to go to ...
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by Michael Bitzer, Sunday, January 24, 2016 12:05 am
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Now that the State Board of Elections has finalized the ballot for North Carolina’s March 15 primary election, some have commented that voters will face ...
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by Michael Bitzer, Sunday, January 17, 2016 12:00 am
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House Speaker John Boehner’s resignation wasn’t a complete surprise, but the timing took many off guard since his announcement came only one day after the ...
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by Michael Bitzer, Saturday, October 10, 2015 8:25 pm
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The official kick-off event of the Republican presidential primary debate season came and went, and with few surprises, it seems like the field will stay ...
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by Michael Bitzer, Sunday, August 9, 2015 5:19 pm
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With the pending U.S. Supreme Court’s decision on gay marriage expected, and the issue of whether North Carolina magistrates should be allowed a “religious objection” ...
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by Michael Bitzer, Sunday, June 14, 2015 12:00 am
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Yes, it’s a year and a half away from the November 2016 general election, but already the punditry and analysis has begun in terms of ...
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by Michael Bitzer, Sunday, May 24, 2015 12:00 am
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By Michael Bitzer In many sports, there’s the notion of an unforced error. It’s something that the player did that costs the player or his ...
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by Michael Bitzer, Sunday, March 22, 2015 12:25 am