by Thomas Mills | Sep 9, 2020 | 2020 elections, Editor's Blog |
For most of his presidency, Donald Trump has unleashed a new outrage or become embroiled in a new scandal every few weeks. And every time, the media and Democrats chase the story to its, usually, very murky end. The outrages never go away. Trump never apologizes and...
by Thomas Mills | Sep 8, 2020 | 2020 elections, Editor's Blog |
With Labor Day past and election day a mere eight weeks from today, it’s time to check in on North Carolina’s US Senate race. No incumbent has struggled as much as Thom Tillis. Democrat Cal Cunningham has led most of the year, sometimes by eye-opening margins. Right...
by Thomas Mills | Aug 26, 2020 | 2020 elections, Editor's Blog |
Over the past few months, Democrats have held steady leads in most of North Carolina. A Morning Consult poll out yesterday has Cal Cunningham up by eight points, 47-39 and has Joe Biden leading Trump by three, 49-46. Numbers like that have been steady for most of the...
by Thomas Mills | Aug 21, 2020 | 2020 elections, Editor's Blog |
Last night Democrats wrapped up a virtual convention that by almost all accounts, even Fox News, was a success. Democratic nominee Joe Biden closed out the convention with an acceptance speech that laid out his case against Donald Trump and his vision for the future...
by Thomas Mills | Aug 20, 2020 | 2020 elections, Editor's Blog |
We’ve normalized Trump. Despite every warning when he was initially elected, the American media and American public shrug at behavior that should be cause for dismissal from office. Certainly, his actions should make him unelectable. That they don’t says a lot about...
by Thomas Mills | Aug 14, 2020 | 2020 elections, Editor's Blog |
The left-leaning political organization FlipNC released an analysis of the state called Pivotal at Every Level: Cumberland County is Ground Zero for Flipping NC Blue in 2020. The central premise is that Cumberland County has now become the most competitive county in...