by Thomas Mills | Jun 25, 2018 | 2018 elections, Editor's Blog, NC Politics
Republicans are in such a rush to rig the electoral process in North Carolina that the people carrying out the laws can’t even keep up. The GOP has made changes to the voting process almost every year since they took power–gerrymandering local government, making...
by Thomas Mills | Jun 22, 2018 | 2018 elections, Editor's Blog, Poll Analysis, Polling |
Yesterday, Civitas released its monthly poll of North Carolina politics and it’s brutal for Republicans. It may just be an outlier but the numbers suggest a political environment that’s collapsing for the GOP. The issues on people’s minds favor progressives, Donald...
by Thomas Mills | Jun 21, 2018 | Editor's Blog, NC Politics |
It must be nice to have friends in high places. Earlier this week, we saw how the Beer and Wine Wholesalers got the legislature to do it’s bidding in a contractual dispute with big suppliers. Now, we have a lobbyist and legislator conspiring to fix something that...
by Thomas Mills | Jun 20, 2018 | Editor's Blog |
This morning, in a remarkable series of tweets, Steve Schmidt renounced his membership in the Republican Party, calling it “corrupt, indecent and immoral.” Schmidt was the campaign strategist for John McCain’s 2008 presidential campaign and worked for dozens of other...
by Thomas Mills | Jun 19, 2018 | Editor's Blog |
Not everything the legislature does gets the attention of constitutional amendments, teacher pay or other budget issues. A lot just happens quietly with very little coverage and sometimes under the radar of the media and even some legislators. That almost happened in...
