by Thomas Mills | Oct 15, 2020 | 2020 elections, Editor's Blog |
As early voting begins today, my twitter feed is full of photos of long lines at polling locations an hour or more before the polls even open. Democrats are celebrating and sharing the images. Republicans are silent. One of the starkest differences to have emerged in...
by Thomas Mills | Oct 14, 2020 | Editor's Blog |
As the Senate moves toward confirming Amy Coney Barrett to a lifetime appointment on the Supreme Court, we need to remember that Mitch McConnell radically altered the process for choosing Supreme Court justices. In an unprecedented move, he denied Merrick Garland a...
by Thomas Mills | Oct 13, 2020 | 2020 election, Editor's Blog, Polling |
A poll released yesterday indicates that the scandal Republicans hoped would sink Cal Cunningham has had little impact on the race. In fact, Cunningham’s margin over Tillis increased by a few points over the past month. The WRAL/Survey USA poll conducted since the...
by Thomas Mills | Oct 12, 2020 | 2020 elections, Editor's Blog
Thom Tillis is throwing Donald Trump under the bus. He said this weekend, “The best check on a Biden presidency is for Republicans to have a majority in the Senate.” In other words, he’s acknowledging that Trump is likely going to lose. Elect Tillis to protect us from...
by Thomas Mills | Oct 9, 2020 | 2020 elections, Editor's Blog |
Twitter certainly has its problems. It’s added to the incivility of our dialogue by allowing anonymous posters to spout vile or demeaning comments, often directed at someone in particular, with no real consequences. It does, though, give us insight into what...
