by Kirk Kovach | Feb 14, 2019 | The Kovach Corner
I wrote a column this week for the Salisbury Post, where I lauded the bipartisan efforts of the General Assembly and Attorney General Josh Stein in pushing the Survivor Act. Briefly, the act would provide millions of dollars to continue testing the embarrassingly...
by Kirk Kovach | Feb 8, 2019 | Politics, The Kovach Corner
One week ago today, it came out that Governor Ralph Northam of Virginia had apparently posed in either blackface or as a Klansman in his medical school yearbook. Northam waffled on the issue, at first claiming responsibility and then the following day suggesting that...
by Kirk Kovach | Feb 8, 2019 | The Kovach Corner
Though it likely went under the radar for most, Governor Cooper rescinded a controversial choice for the North Carolina Human Relations Commission this week. Lawana Mayfield is currently on the Charlotte City Council, and in December the Governor appointed her to the...
by Kirk Kovach | Feb 7, 2019 | 2020 election, Poll Analysis, Polling, The Kovach Corner
I admit: at this point, reading polls and taking them as an indication of anything more than a snapshot in time is a mistake. But to discard what they say now, and what they might portend, is also wrongheaded. Øptimus Consulting released a poll conducted between...
by Kirk Kovach | Feb 7, 2019 | Politics, The Kovach Corner |
Virginia Democrats have imploded over the past week. Quickly put, it came out that Governor Northam (allegedly) posed either in blackface or in klan regalia in his medical school yearbook, during the mid-1980s. He apologized at first, but then backtracked and said it...
