by Thomas Mills | Nov 14, 2016 | Editor's Blog, North Carolina |
Here’s some of what’s changed since Tuesday. Donald Trump is now the President-elect of the United States. The Republican Party is no longer the conservative party. It’s also not imploding like so many people (including me) thought. Instead, it’s now the populist...
by Thomas Mills | Nov 10, 2016 | Editor's Blog |
The first indication I had that Tuesday might be bad for Democrats came at the end of early voting. By my count, 240,000 Republicans showed up to early vote who had not voted at all in 2012. In addition, almost 70,000 African-Americans who voted early in 2012 had not...
by Thomas Mills | Nov 9, 2016 | Editor's Blog |
Bad election nights are starting to become the norm for me. The last good one was eight years ago. Last night, though, was bad in a special and scary way. I don’t trust Donald Trump to do the right thing. I don’t believe that the Republican Party can constrain him. I...
by Thomas Mills | Nov 8, 2016 | 2016 Elections, Editor's Blog, Politics |
Every election cycle we hear candidates and partisans call it the “most important election of our lifetime.” Until now, that was hyperbole. This year is truly the most important election of my life, and not because I’m on the ballot. The choices are stark and clear...
by Thomas Mills | Nov 7, 2016 | Editor's Blog |
This weekend, a couple of photos on twitter summed up the difference between the Clinton approach to the election this year and the Trump approach. WRAL reporter Candace Sweat tweeted, “Just blocks away from each other, both @NCGOP & @NCDemParty headquarters make...
