by Thomas Mills | Oct 23, 2019 | 2020 elections, Editor's Blog
Yesterday, the federal courts said that state courts should decide the gerrymandering suit brought against North Carolina’s Congressional districts. Given the outcome of a similar suit involving legislative districts, expect new Congressional districts in 2020. Also...
by Thomas Mills | Oct 22, 2019 | 2020 elections, Editor's Blog
This morning, the New York Times has a piece on establishment Democrats fretting about the primary and Biden’s weaknesses, in particular. They’re all looking for a centrist savior to sweep in and save the party. It’s not going to happen. The establishment needs to...
by Thomas Mills | Oct 21, 2019 | 2020 elections, Editor's Blog |
A National Journal article this weekend listed Senator Thom Tillis as the incumbent US Senator with the lowest approval rating. The piece says that Democrats’ path to taking back the Senate is becoming increasingly clear and that North Carolina will be front and...
by Thomas Mills | Oct 16, 2019 | 2020 elections, Editor's Blog
A poll out this week shows the political atmosphere for Republicans is still perilous. Donald Trump’s favorability rating continues to fall while support for impeachment grows. Overall, people are not very satisfied with the direction of the country, a warning sign...
by Thomas Mills | Oct 14, 2019 | 2020 elections, Editor's Blog
After Donald Trump got elected president and Democrats began predicting catastrophic consequences to our government and country, Republicans coined the term Trump Derangement Syndrome, or TDS for short. They see the Democrats’ hysterics as laughable and believe that...
by Thomas Mills | Oct 11, 2019 | 2020 elections, Editor's Blog |
There have been few empty suits as empty as Thom Tillis. Sure, we have a lot of politicians who want to be something more than they want to do something. But few get so far standing for so little as Thom Tillis. Yesterday, when Tillis was asked whether he...
