by Thomas Mills | Nov 15, 2021 | Editor's Blog |
This morning I have more random thoughts than cohesive ones. My main thoughts are about the Washington Post/ABC poll that shows Democrats trailing Republicans on the Congressional generic ballot by ten points, the largest lead for the GOP in the history of the poll....
by Thomas Mills | Nov 12, 2021 | Editor's Blog |
Congressman Madison Cawthorn announced he’s switching district to run in the newly drawn 13th district that was assumed to have been drawn for House Speaker Tim Moore. Cleveland County, Moore’s home, is in the middle of the district that stretches from Charlotte to...
by Thomas Mills | Nov 10, 2021 | Editor's Blog |
The pandemic has broken down along partisan lines. In the post vaccine world, COVID is disproportionately harming Republican areas with the death rate in red states three times that of blue states. Two years of resisting any sort of mitigation efforts while casting...
by Thomas Mills | Nov 8, 2021 | Editor's Blog |
Democrats had a roller coaster of a week. The began by having tough elections in Virginia and New Jersey and ended it by passing a historic infrastructure bill with bipartisan support. The warnings of the Virginia election still stand, but Biden can now claim that...
by Thomas Mills | Nov 5, 2021 | Editor's Blog |
The takes from Virginia keep coming and I’ve still got more. That said, I think we need to remember that an election, much like a poll, is a snapshot in time. Right now, Democrats are struggling with a difficult national environment, some of their own making and...
by Thomas Mills | Nov 3, 2021 | Editor's Blog |
PoliticsNC has offered several takes on the elections last night. Below is mine. Last night confirmed my belief that Democrats are really bad at politics. Not only did they lose the governor’s race in Virginia, they are barely hanging onto the governor’s race in...
