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CNN interviews Alan Simpson and Erskine Bowles on the budget debate taking place in Washington between Republicans who want to cut 1.6% of the budget in FY2011 and Democrats who want to cut no more than 0.28% of the budget. Both chairs of Barack Obama’s deficit commission scoff at the entire debate, pointing out that neither cuts would amount to a hill of beans in controlling the spiraling debt of the United States. Simpson and Bowles emphasize that the debate has to shift from discretionary spending to entitlement reform, and that certain established interests (cough-cough-AARP-cough) are doing their best to...

A Loveland high school educator has been arrested in connection with a sexual assault on a child after police said they found her and a boy in a car ... Loveland police said a patrol officer contacted Courtney Bowles, 31, and the boy at 10:40 p.m. on Friday because they were in a car parked at North Lake Park after closing time. Bowles has been married for eight years, according to her Facebook page. Bowles served a five-month internship on Gov. Bill Ritter's Office of Policy Initiatives in 2008, according to her LinkedIn profile.

Shut down a UNC campus?By Eric Ferreri - Staff writer Modified Thu, Nov 04, 2010 02:50 PM File this under "Worst Case Scenario." UNC President Erskine Bowles is broaching something many would surely view unthinkable: If budget cuts continue at higher levels than now anticipated, might an entire public university campus be shut down? "If you have 20 percent budget cuts, you'll have to think about closing down campuses," Bowles told members of the UNC system's Board of Governors today. "Period." That was the second time this morning Bowles broached that notion - an extreme one, no doubt, but one...

Raleigh, N.C. — University of North Carolina President Erskine Bowles announced Friday morning that he will retire as head of the 16-campus system by the end of this year, or as soon as a successor can be named. "I know in my head that this is the right decision at the right time," Bowles told the UNC Board of Governors during its monthly meeting. Bowles was named UNC president in January 2006, and he said Friday that he had always planned to stay in the position for no more than five years. He called the university system "the best in...

Traitors of Record: The Record of the New York TimesBy Fedora “. . .the most untrustworthy paper in the United States. . .” --President Dwight Eisenhower, referring to the New York TimesIntroductionLast week Senator John Cornyn criticized the New York Times for endangering national security with a James Risen story on NSA surveillance timed to coincide with a vote on the Patriot Act and, incidentally, with the release of a book by Risen. A review of the record illustrates that endangering national security through irresponsible leaks is nothing new for the New York Times. Some particularly outrageous examples are worth...

On the day the University of North Carolina officially began its search for a new president, former U.S. Senate candidate Erskine Bowles said he wants the job of leading the 16-campus system. Bowles, a Charlottean whose resume includes the White House, Wall Street and now the United Nations, called the UNC system presidency "the one job in the world I would really like to have." "It presents an opportunity to have as significant an impact on shaping the future of North Carolina in a positive way as anything I can think of," Bowles told the Observer. "If you have an...

Charlotte Democrat Erskine Bowles has gone to work for his old boss Bill Clinton, this time as a deputy United Nations special envoy to the Indian Ocean region devastated by December's tsunami. "The United Nations will greatly benefit from Mr. Bowles' extensive experience in international affairs and his deep commitment to ensuring that the world does not turn its back on the tsunami victims," Secretary General Kofi Annan said in a statement. Annan said Bowles will work with Clinton, who was supposed to start his job as U.N. Special Envoy for Tsunami Recovery this month. Clinton is recovering from surgery...

With 10 days to go, GOP candidates in N.C. races broach subject to win votes in a bid that could backfire.Republicans working on behalf of U.S. Senate candidate Richard Burr and gubernatorial candidate Patrick Ballantine are saying on TV, radio and the campaign trail that their Democratic opponents have not done enough to curtail illegal immigration.

Need help to support the position that Edwards was not popular at home in NC and could not have even had won his senate primary had he run again for re-election in NC. A couple of folks are saying he would have been the favorite to have won. Can somebody direct me to a poll or two showing that he would have lost in the NC primary had he ran again.

October 7, 2004--The race to replace John Edwards as North Carolina's next U.S. Senator is too close to call. The latest Rasmussen Reports survey shows Republican Richard Burr with 47% of the vote and Democrat Erskine Bowles with 45%. The survey of 500 Likely Voters was conducted Monday, October 4, 2004.

Bowles 2002 October 4, 2001 To: Campaign Staffers  ***For your eyes only*** Now that I've announced that I am running for Senator from North Carolina, it's time to get this campaign going!!!!!  The bad news is, of course, that everyone thinks I am a Clinton lap dog.  But the good news is that I have done a package deal with the Clintons to come to North Carolina to support my campaign!  Yeah!  Here is what the deal looks like - everyone pay special attention. The A Team Bill Clinton:  Bill provides major firepower for the primary where our nation's first ...

How is Richard Burr doing against Bowles? Should Republicans be worried about this one?

When John Kerry came to Greensboro on Tuesday, Erskine Bowles was nowhere to be found.  Bowles has made a habit of refusing to publicly appear with John Kerry and John Edwards, usually by having an event somewhere far away. In the past, when Bowles skipped a Kerry or Edwards event, he picked some other part of the state to visit. On Tuesday, however, Bowles traveled to Washington, D.C. to attend a PAC fundraiser in his honor.  That’s right, Erskine Bowles would rather leave the state to raise money from PACs than have the voters see him with John Kerry!  Late last...

Despite Democratic claims of solid unity among members, some top candidates for office either showed up and quickly fled the national convention in Boston, or shunned it entirely. Most of the no-shows came from the South, or other conservative red state areas, and are seeking to distance themselves from the liberal Kerry-Edwards ticket. According to the Los Angeles Times, some of the party's most promising U.S. Senate candidates in the South opted to stay home and campaign in an effort to avoid being connected to their party's far-left nominees. Wrote the Times, "Many have staked out positions on such issues...

Easley, Bowles sit out Democrats' gathering By J. ANDREW CURLISS, Staff Writer Published: Jul 27, 2004 Modified: Jul 27, 2004 3:46 PM Missing from this week's giant gathering of Democrats in Boston are two of North Carolina's most high-profile Democrats: Gov. Mike Easley and Erskine Bowles, who is running to replace Sen. John Edwards. Easley and Bowles are staying home while their party's leaders and foot soldiers rally around presumptive nominee John Kerry and his running mate, Edwards. Spokesmen for Easley and Bowles said the two are not running away from Kerry but will be busy in North Carolina and...

Senate Hopefuls Are Convention No-Shows Some Fear Being Tied to Democratic Ticket By Charles Babington Washington Post Staff Writer Monday, July 26, 2004; Page A01 BOSTON, July 25 -- Boston is the place for Democrats this week, but some will be conspicuous by their absence Thursday night, when John F. Kerry accepts the presidential nomination. The top Democratic candidates from seven of the eight most competitive Senate races will be back home, as will dozens of House candidates. Publicly, these candidates say they need to spend every possible minute campaigning at home. Privately, some acknowledge they do not want to...

Democrat Erskine Bowles continues to hold the early lead over Republican Richard Burr in the North Carolina Senate race, but it still could be primarily the result of his higher statewide name recognition – an advantage that will likely disappear in the fall. According to a new WRAL poll conducted by Mason-Dixon, 48 percent of voters statewide currently support Bowles, 38 percent back Burr and 14 percent are still undecided. This 10-point margin is the same as in May. Bowles remains ahead in every region of the state, by varying margins, except for the Greensboro/Winston-Salem Triad --Burr's home region. The...

Edwards' coattails questionable WASHINGTON (CBS.MW) -- In tapping John Edwards to be his running mate, John Kerry stoked growing hopes among Democrats for achieving a Senate majority in the November elections. No doubt, Democratic prospects have improved since the start of the year when most prognosticators expected Republicans to pad their narrow 51-48 majority by at least a seat or two. But overturning GOP control still looks like a tough job. Jennifer Duffy, who tracks Senate races for the closely watched Cook Political Report, sees a 30 to 35 percent chance Democrats will achieve a Senate majority. In January,...

Clinton book's praise gives Bowles increased attention He has avoided talking about former boss in bid for Senate THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Thursday, June 24, 2004 CHARLOTTE President Clinton's praise for his former chief of staff in his autobiography is putting Erskine Bowles in an awkward spot as he runs for the U.S. Senate. Clinton's 957-page My Life includes several references to Bowles, a Charlotte Democrat who held several positions in the Clinton White House. Clinton praises Bowles as a "world-class deal maker" who helped balance the federal budget and played a mean game of golf. Bowles and U.S. Rep. Richard...

Bowles retains solid lead By AMY GARDNER, Staff Writer Democrat Erskine Bowles continues to widen his lead over Republican Richard Burr in this year's U.S. Senate race, a new statewide poll shows. Bowles, a Charlotte investment banker and former White House chief of staff, leads Burr, a Winston-Salem congressman, 47 percent to 39 percent, according to the survey this month of 600 likely voters, conducted for a partnership of The News & Observer, WRAL-TV and WUNC radio. That's up from 45 percent to 40 percent in January. But what the numbers really mean depends upon which campaign is talking. North...

June 02, 2004, 8:40 a.m. Operation Clinton ErasureErskine Bowles tries running without Clinton this time. By Sam Dealey With a functioning Republican Senate in the balance, the race for the seat of retiring Democratic Sen. John Edwards (N.C.) is one of most closely watched in the country. The match pits GOP Rep. Richard Burr against Erskine Bowles, a top Clinton-administration official who failed in a similar bid against Elizabeth Dole (R.) last time around. From the looks of things, Bowles appears to be sitting pretty. Recent polling by the Mason-Dixon firm shows the Democratic candidate with a 15 to...

Poll gives Bowles a 10-point lead over Burr By ROB CHRISTENSEN, LYNN BONNER AND AMY GARDNER AND JOHN WAGNER, Staff Writers Democrat Erskine Bowles holds a 10-percentage-point lead in North Carolina's U.S. Senate race and is in far better position than two years ago, a new poll says. Bowles, a Charlotte investment banker, leads Republican Congressman Richard Burr of Winston-Salem by a 45 to 35 percent margin with 20 percent undecided, according to the Mason-Dixon Poll conducted for WRAL-TV and several other news organizations. The poll found that Bowles, who was President Clinton's White House chief of staff, leads Burr...

PINK HILL - Say hello to Erskine Bowles version 2.0. The Charlotte investment banker, former Clinton White House chief of staff and 2004 U.S. Senate candidate stopped in the Smith community in northern Duplin County on Thursday to meet and greet voters and supporters. "They're going to promise us a lot of things," said 68-year-old Doris Hatcher, a staunch Democrat from Chinquapin. "I just hope they come through on most of them." Bowles built largely on the same platform he used during his miss at the Senate in 2002 when he ran against Elizabeth Dole. A must-have federal tobacco buyout...

Poll has Bowles in lead By ROB CHRISTENSEN, Staff Writer North Carolina's U.S. Senate race is shaping up as a potentially close contest with a new poll showing Democrat Erskine Bowles holding a modest lead over Republican Richard Burr. Before any TV ads or much campaigning, Bowles, a Charlotte investment banker, leads Burr, a Winston-Salem congressman, by a 45 to 40 percent margin, with 15 percent undecided, according to the poll done for The News & Observer. That suggests the race for Sen. John Edwards' seat has remained static. A similar N&O poll in November showed Bowles leading 43 percent...

Chinese textile imports became a larger issue in the North Carolina Senate race Wednesday, as the Bush administration nears a decision on whether to issue trade sanctions against the Chinese government. Democratic Senate candidate Erskine Bowles called on the administration to impose the "special safeguard" provision next week, and suggested that Republican Congressman Richard Burr had not been forceful in lobbying his White House ally. Burr, the GOP Senate frontrunner, flew from Washington, D.C., on Air Force One to attend a fund-raiser with the president in Winston-Salem last week. But Burr, one of more than 150 members of Congress to...

BLUE STATERDemocrats in North Carolina breathed a sigh of relief when Sen. John Edwards finally backed out of a re-election race that would have taken the back seat to his presidential (or vice presidential) aspirations. His retirement, as it were, opened the door to Erskine Bowles, the former Clinton chief of staff who has already run for the Senate once and lost once to Elizabeth Dole. Bowles was the state Democratic Party’s pick to run for the seat, in part because it believes Bowles has the personal financial wherewithal and the fundraising connections nationally to make it a competitive race...

In the North Carolina Senate race, Erskine Bowles (D) "has a double-digit lead" over Rep. Richard Burr (R) "in a hypothetical Senate matchup, according to an independent poll taken last month for a nonpartisan North Carolina business group,"

Sheriff: 'I am not for sale'Bowles regrets letting vendor pay for items but says it wasn't wrong12:35 AM CDT on Wednesday, October 15, 2003By DAVE MICHAELS / The Dallas Morning News Dallas County Sheriff Jim Bowles said Tuesday that he regrets allowing a vendor to buy his meals and pay his travel expenses, because it has created a perception that his integrity was for sale. The sheriff said his actions were not wrong because he never intended to steer the department's commissary contract to Jack Madera, the CEO of Mid-America Services Inc. He said Mr. Madera's company won the contract...

Burr leads Bowles, Blue in U.S. Senate race, poll finds By ROB CHRISTENSEN, Staff Writer Republican Rep. Richard Burr of Winston-Salem holds an early lead in next year's race to replace Democratic Sen. John Edwards, according to a new statewide poll. Burr leads two prospective Democratic opponents, Charlotte investment banker Erskine Bowles and Raleigh attorney Dan Blue, the survey found. Meanwhile, Democratic Gov. Mike Easley, who plans to seek a second term next year, continues to show resilience despite a battered economy and 2 1/2 years of budget crisis, according to the survey of 600 likely voters conducted last week...

US Senator [and 2004 Democratic Presidential Candidate] John Edwards met behind closed doors Wednesday with Erskine Bowles, a Democrat very interested in pursing his Senate seat if Edwards continues running for President of the United States. Both emerged from their meeting in Raleigh tight lipped about their political futures.'What they discussed is private between them,' said Jennifer Palmieri, Edwards Presidential Campaign Press Secretary.Neither Edwards or Bowles, who ran unsuccessfully for the Senate last year, would comment directly. While Edwards could legally appear on the ballot for both offices in 2004, most political observers believe that scenario is unlikely.He [Sen. Edwards]...

WRIGHTSVILLE BEACH -- Warren Gentry was among the dozens of beach- goers who greeted U.S. Sen. John Edwards warmly here Friday and wished him well on his White House bid. But after the North Carolina Democrat and his entourage had moved down the strand on his annual beach walk, Gentry, a film producer from Raleigh, said he hoped Edwards would soon decide what to do about his Senate seat, which is also on the ballot in 2004. "That's a very important thing for him to do," said Gentry, who voted for Edwards in 1998. "That could be the downside, if...

Today Charlotte banker Jim Hance co-hosts an uptown fund-raiser for Republican Richard Burr's U.S. Senate campaign. On Saturday, Outer Banks restaurateur R.V. Owens hosts another in Nags Head. For Burr, the two men are prize catches. For Democrats, they could be costly defections. Both raised money for last year's Democratic Senate nominee, Erskine Bowles. And both represent what some Democrats say is the risk in U.S. Sen. John Edwards' decision to keep his re-election options open even as he mounts an aggressive campaign for president. Edwards is walking a high-stakes tightrope between a presidential run still trying to get traction...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Sens. John Edwards and Bob Graham may be busy running for president, but their fellow Democrats back home are in limbo as they anxiously await word on the pair's Senate re-election plans for next year. Edwards, a freshman from North Carolina, and Graham, a three-term veteran from Florida, have left open the option of running for the Senate again next year if their presidential campaigns do not take off. The uncertainty has left the Senate races in both states in suspended animation and complicated Democratic hopes of recapturing a Senate majority next year. "It has put everybody...

Linda Bowles.Photo courtesy of worldnetdaily.com By Rick Silva - Managing editor Nationally-syndicated columnist Linda Bowles died April 30 at Merced-area hospital after she committed suicide, the Paradise Post learned yesterday.No memorial service will be held out of respect for her final wishes.Bowles, 51, whose column appeared in the Chico Enterprise-Record, the Houston Post, Washington Times, Chicago Tribune, Arkansas Democ-rat-Gazette and WorldNetDaily.com, reportedly never recovered from the loss of her husband Warren. She also appeared on and was a frequent guest host for Liveline with Bruce Ses-sions show on KPAY.In a statement released by her only daughter Mi-chelle Bowles early...

Pressure is beginning to grow on John Edwards to decide whether he plans to seek re-election to the U.S. Senate next year, as North Carolina Democrats fret that further delays could hamper efforts to hold the Senate seat. Two of the potential Democratic Senate candidates, former White House Chief of Staff Erskine Bowles and former state House Speaker Dan Blue, say they cannot afford to wait until the Feb. 27 candidate filing deadline before mounting a campaign for Edwards' seat. Bowles said he ideally would like to launch a Senate campaign next month or, at the latest, by October. He...

RALEIGH, N.C. - John Edwards' presidential aspirations are competing with the equally pressing task of shoring up his political support back home. The Democratic senator from North Carolina has not ruled out running for a second term in 2004 if his White House bid falters. While state law allows him to seek both offices, not even Edwards' confidants expect him to take that path. Recent polls have shown that more North Carolina voters disapprove than approve of Edwards' presidential run. A statewide poll also showed President Bush handily defeating Edwards in a hypothetical general election matchup. Edwards has responded by...

Why in the world should President Bush promote a former Clintonoid who the voters of North Carolina just rejected? Read on. "The trial balloon floating the name of Erskine Bowles as a potential successor to Harvey Pitt as chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission is likely to pop, sooner rather than later," United Press International reported today. Bowles, former chief of staff to Clinton and failed Democrat nominee for U.S. Senate in the Tarheel State (Elizabeth Dole beat him by bigger margin than the pundits and opinion polls decreed she would), has "impeccable" credentials, UPI says. But he "would...

Some Washington officials have said that Erskine Bowles is among those considered to succeed Harvey Pitt as chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission.A Republican operative has said to have asked Bowles about his interest in the position.Bowels is a Charlotte Investment Banker and former Cheif of Staff to President Bill Clinton.Bowles is also said to possesses the credentials and credibility with the Democrat critics of the commission.The Communications Director during the Bowles campaign, Brad Woodhouse said the job is something Bowles is not considering at this time.Woodhouse said Bowles is looking through a lot of other options.

Krzyzewski Is Burned for Showing a Political Bent By SELENA ROBERTS It wasn't as if the coach whose reputation could pass a white-glove test threw a campus keg party, but Mike Krzyzewski's campaign bash on Duke grounds left him scolded just the same. It wasn't as if the coach who rinses Cascade clean raised money to buy off recruits, but his fund-raiser for the Republican Elizabeth Dole was turned into an ethical violation in the Tar Heel State. It wasn't as if the coach with the nasally voice of a man in need of Nyquil shouted "Blue Devils for Dole!"...

CHAPEL HILL -- Republican Elizabeth Dole maintains a comfortable lead over Democrat Erskine Bowles in the final days of the campaign to replace Sen. Jesse Helms, according to a statewide survey conducted by the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Journalism and Mass Communication. In interviews with a representative sample of 560 registered voters in the week ending Oct. 31, the Carolina Poll found 47 percent supporting Dole, 40 percent for Bowles and 13 still undecided. If undecided voters choose between the two candidates in the same proportions as decided voters, the likely Dole margin is about...

Top Democrats from North Carolina showed support for U.S. Senate candidate Erskine Bowles.Former Governor Jim Hunt, Congressman David Price and Senator John Edwards joined Bowles at a rally for education in downtown Raleigh. "It is not an accident that the polls are moving in the direction they're moving. It is not an accident that the wind is at Erskine Bowles' back,” Edwards said. Supporters at the rally downtown. "North Carolina is going to need 90,000 new teachers in the next decade,” Price said. “You could fill up Carter Finley stadium. You could fill up the Entertainment and Sports Arena and...

<p>Republican Elizabeth Dole continues to lead Democrat Erskine Bowles in the North Carolina Senate race, but the race continues to tighten.</p> <p>According to the latest Mason-Dixon poll, statewide, 48 percent of likely voters currently support Dole, 42 percent back Bowles, 2 percent are for Libertarian Sean Haugh and 8 percent remain undecided. Dole lead 50 percent - 40 percent two weeks ago.</p>

Questions Raised for Bowles by Committee Report on Clinton Database Scandal NORTH CAROLINA REPUBLICAN PARTY 1506 Hillsborough St. Raleigh, North Carolina 27605 Tele. (919) 828-6423 • Fax (919) 899-3815 • www.NCGOP.org ........................................................................................................................... FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE October 22nd, 2002 Government Oversight Committee's Report On Clinton Database Scandal Raises Questions for US Senate Candidate Erskine Bowles (RALEIGH) - On September 25th, a Washington Times article noted that Erskine Bowles has a penchant for "Clintonite ethics" when it comes to scandalous activities, including his involvement in the "illegal merging of White House and Democratic Party databases." * "As deputy White House chief of...

GREENVILLE, N.C. - On stage Saturday night for the last debate of their U.S. Senate campaign, Republican Elizabeth Dole and Democrat Erskine Bowles offered theater as well as substance, punctuating their positions with frequent jabs at each other. They discussed issues ranging from North Korea to health care to the depressed Eastern North Carolina economy. But before a live statewide and national TV audience, both took every opportunity to attack, even blaming each other for the negative tone of the campaign. It was a marked contrast to their first meeting Monday, when the two taped an appearance without even disclosing...

<p>Republicans wasted little time in TV ads criticizing Bowles over his previous ties to the White House. On the campaign trail, Bowles is careful to distance himself from his former boss, President Bill Clinton. But his campaign has placed an ad in The Carolinian, an African-American newspaper, touting his experience as Clinton's chief of staff.</p>

<p>A new poll shows Republican Elizabeth Dole continues to lead Democrat Erskine Bowles in the North Carolina Senate race, but the race has tightened over the past month.</p> <p>The telephone poll, conducted by Mason-Dixon Polling and Research Oct. 11 to 14 has a margin of error of 4 percentage points.</p>

After nearly a year of running for the Senate and 50 minutes of debate where he painted himself as a Democrat Jesse Helms, Erskine Bowles has admitted that he worked 5 years for the Clinton Administration. Did you Freepers know that Erskine takes all of the credit for the Balanced Budget in '95?

Andrew Reyes, the former Mecklenburg Democratic chairman missing for 17 months, is in a San Diego jail today wearing a khaki jumpsuit and facing charges in what investigators say could be one of Charlotte's biggest embezzlements. Federal agents arrested Reyes on Thursday as he and three friends crossed the border from Tijuana, Mexico, in a 1997 Dodge Caravan. For days, police and FBI agents had been staking out places he was believed to frequent around the border town of Chula Vista, Calif. (Snipped)

The U.S. Senate race has moved this month into North Carolina's living rooms, where ads featuring images of NASCAR legends and former presidents are defining the most expensive Senate race in the country. The pitch has escalated rapidly since Sept. 10, when Democrat Erskine Bowles and Republican Elizabeth Dole won their respective primaries. In 30-second thrusts and parries, they are going after each other on such issues as Social Security, the minimum wage, family leave and even Bill Clinton. So far, the candidates have left the nastiest ads to the political parties, but that could change in the five weeks...

Junior Johnson gives Bowles' campaign a lift Car racing legend Junior Johnson knows a bit about tough races, personal scandal and the White House. That makes him, perhaps, the perfect person to rebut Republican efforts to tie Erskine Bowles to former President Bill Clinton's lack of popularity in the state. Johnson, once pardoned by Republican Ronald Reagan, is backing Bowles, the Democratic U.S. Senate candidate, in a television commercial. "I'm not going to let them run Erskine Bowles into the wall," Johnson says in the ad. "They're going after Erskine because he worked for Bill Clinton? Get off my bumper....