PODCAST: A Shady Job Offer

by James Kotecki | May 13, 2014 | 2014 Elections, Campaigns, NC House, NC House Races, NC Politics, PODCAST, Politics, The North Carolinian | 1 comment

Brian Turner is running for North Carolina House District 116 in and near Asheville in Buncombe County. Turner claims his opponent, Rep. Tim Moffitt, offered him a job at UNC-TV in exchange for dropping out of the race. Is this the kind of sleazy political scandal I...

How Thom Tillis won the primary and lost the week

by Thomas Mills | May 12, 2014 | 2014 Elections, Editor's Blog, NC Politics, US Senate

Tuesday night, Thom Tillis celebrated the biggest political victory of his life. It was a short celebration. The rest of the week sucked.  Tillis started Wednesday morning doing national morning news shows. Everything seemed to be okay until he got a question from...

Now, THAT’s an ad

by Thomas Mills | May 10, 2014 | 2014 Elections, Ads, Editor's Blog, NC Politics, US Senate | 2 comments

The Democratic SuperPAC, Senate Majority PAC, has released the best ad yet in the North Carolina contest for US Senate. It’s got entertainment value and a sharp political message. And it’s ballsy.  The ad is apparently filmed at Thom Tillis’ victory party. With Tillis...

Poll Alert! (Rasmussen Reports)

by John Wynne | May 9, 2014 | 2014 Elections, Carolina Strategic Analysis, Features, National Politics, Poll Analysis, US Senate | 6 comments

Well, the first poll since the primary has come out, and it’s … pretty weird. The topline numbers are what you’d expect (Tillis leads by 1 point, obviously within the margin of error) but dig deeper and you find some things that question the validity...

Get ’em, Kay. Hagan on the attack.

by Thomas Mills | May 9, 2014 | 2014 Elections, Editor's Blog, NC Politics, Obamacare, US Senate | 4 comments

Yesterday, Kay Hagan went on the attack. Not a SuperPAC. Not her campaign. Kay.  In the confirmation hearing for Sylvia Matthews Burwell, Obama’s choice to succeed Kathleen Sebelius, Hagan let loose on Thom Tillis for failing to expand Medicaid under Obamacare. It was...

Hagan = Obama, Can’t Win with Typical Campaign

by John Wynne | May 8, 2014 | 2014 Elections, Campaigns, Carolina Strategic Analysis, Features, National Politics, Politics, US Senate | 4 comments

Hagan = Obama; Can’t Win With Typical Campaign If Republicans want to beat Kay Hagan, they need to do two things: they need to nominate a somewhat decent candidate, and they need to turn Hagan into Obama. Whether Tillis meets the criteria for being a “decent”...