by Kirk Kovach | Feb 14, 2018 | Features, The Kovach Corner |
Amidst the fire and fury that is the Trump presidency, two important memos were released this week. No, not the Nunes memo, nor the Schiff rebuttal. I’m talking about Priorities USA and a new poll today from PPP. Both of these should encourage and scare Democrats, but...
by Kirk Kovach | Feb 12, 2018 | Features, The Kovach Corner |
The NCGOP is attempting, once again, to distract from their own problems and create artificial ones for Governor Cooper. For February, the imagined “slush fund” resulting from the Atlantic Coast Pipeline negations has been fodder for the majority party in the General...
by Kirk Kovach | Jan 29, 2018 | Features, NC Politics, The Kovach Corner |
Governor Cooper has been an energizing force for Democratic fundraising during his first year in office, all while keeping his approval rating higher than it was twelve months ago. Governor Cooper is setting the standard for how Democrats in the south can govern both...
by Kirk Kovach | Jan 11, 2018 | Features, NC Politics, The Kovach Corner |
We are just days removed from the decision of federal judges to, yet again, condemn the congressional maps in North Carolina, and the partisan spin is in full effect. Part of the trouble that got Republicans into this mess is their own pomposity. Having succeeded in...
by Kirk Kovach | Dec 28, 2017 | Features, Politics, The Kovach Corner |
Now that tax cuts have been pushed through Congress on partisan lines, the agenda for the upcoming legislative year is wide open. The logical next step for the GOP, after concocting a revenue plan that will demand cuts to entitlement programs in future sessions, is to...