by Thomas Mills | Mar 1, 2020 | 2020 elections, Editor's Blog |
Joe Biden won a crushing victory last night in South Carolina, proving that he has the legs to go the distance. He garnered 48% of the vote to Bernie Sanders’ 20%. No other candidate reached the 15% mark needed to collect delegates. The race is now a two-person...
by Holly Jones | Feb 28, 2020 | 2020 elections |
I am the daughter of a NC public educator I am the sister of a public educator I am the mother of a student in NC public schools (about to graduate) I am a product of NC public schools In 2016, I felt so deeply about the need to defend public education and...
by Thomas Mills | Feb 27, 2020 | 2020 elections, Editor's Blog |
It’s time for Mike Bloomberg to drop out of the presidential race. He stated that his reason for joining the contest was to prevent a Sanders nomination that could lead to devastating losses for Democrats in November. Now, Bloomberg is more likely to cause that...
by Thomas Mills | Feb 21, 2020 | 2020 elections, Editor's Blog |
If Bernie Sanders ends up the Democratic nominee, we will probably have Michael Bloomberg to thank. Bloomberg’s plan to buy his way into the Democratic primary and largely by-pass the vetting process is backfiring. While he’s surging, he’s not surging enough. Instead,...
by Thomas Mills | Feb 19, 2020 | 2020 elections, Editor's Blog |
In poll after poll, Bernie Sanders is surging, Joe Biden is tanking and Mike Bloomberg is filling the gap. Nate Silver at FiveThirtyEight predicts that Sanders will sweep up enough delegates by Super Tuesday to have an insurmountable lead. I’m trying to get my head...
by Thomas Mills | Feb 17, 2020 | 2020 elections, Editor's Blog |
When the presidential campaign started last year, I wrote a piece about why I liked Amy Klobuchar. Since then I’ve written pieces about most of the other candidates and have seriously considered them all. After a lot of thought, I’m sticking with Amy. As I’ve said...