RALEIGH, N.C. — Individuals who watch politics in North Carolina say that Phil Berger, a Republican who calls himself a fiscal conservative and a “social traditionalist,” is probably the most highly effective man within the state. For years, as the highest Republican within the State Senate, he blocked North Carolina from increasing Medicaid beneath the Reasonably priced Care Act.
However in a sunny out of doors ceremony on the governor’s mansion late final month, with the dogwoods blooming in an indication of spring, Mr. Berger appeared on with…
