by Thomas Mills | Nov 10, 2017 | Editor's Blog, National Politics |
As a kid, most Saturday afternoons, we watched professional wrestling with the likes of “Nature Boy” Ric Flair, Chief Wahoo McDaniel, Rufus R. “Freight train” Jones, and our personal hometown favorite, Sy Ritter, “The Junkyard Dog.” On Sunday mornings before church,...
by Thomas Mills | Nov 9, 2017 | Editor's Blog, Politics |
After the drubbing Republicans took Tuesday, they need to stand back and look at their options. None of them are very good. They can keep on the current course. They can embrace Trump even more. Or they can start to govern without him. I highly recommend the latter....
by Thomas Mills | Nov 8, 2017 | 2018 elections, Editor's Blog |
A tsunami like the one Democrats will need to take back Congress next year hit last night. In Virginia Ralph Northam won his race for governor by nine points, the largest victory margin in 32 years. Democrats also won the Attorney General and Lieutenant Governor...
by Thomas Mills | Nov 7, 2017 | Democrats, Editor's Blog, NC Politics, Politics |
The race for mayor of Raleigh highlights a division in the Democratic coalition that’s less noted than the split between establishment Democrats and left-leaning populist supporters of Bernie Sanders. In Raleigh, the split is between less affluent African-Americans...
by Thomas Mills | Nov 6, 2017 | Editor's Blog |
Voters go to the polls in cities across North Carolina and in Virginia and New Jersey tomorrow. Given the political environment and the president’s dismal approval ratings, it should be a banner day for Democrats. That’s not what the papers or polls are saying though....
