by John Wynne | Feb 3, 2016 | 2014 Elections, 2016 Elections, Carolina Strategic Analysis, Features, National Politics, NC Politics, Presidential race, US Senate |
It should be fairly obvious by now, but those running for office in competitive, high-profile races shouldn’t skip debates. It’s bad. Ask Donald Trump. Ask our former senator, Kay Hagan. According to the Cruz campaign, Trump’s decision to skip the...
by Thomas Mills | Feb 2, 2016 | 2016 Elections, Editor's Blog, Presidential race |
The Iowa Caucuses are over and the presidential primaries are officially underway. The results last night gave shape to the GOP race and altered conventional wisdom. On the Democratic side, not much changed. The winner of the GOP caucus was the Republican...
by Alexander H. Jones | Feb 1, 2016 | 2016 Elections, NC Politics, NCGOP, NCGov |
In case you’ve forgotten, Ricky Diaz, then 24, received a $23,000 bonus along with a sweet gig at DHHS. His buddy did, too, with their respective compensation exceeding entry-level salaries on Wall Street. It struck a huge blow to the governor’s credibility. So Diaz...
by John Wynne | Jan 28, 2016 | 2016 Elections, Carolina Strategic Analysis, Features, NC Politics, US House |
A couple days ago, Hillary Clinton earned the endorsement of U.S. Rep. David Price of the 4th district. Now, another member of the NC congressional delegation has chosen a candidate. This time the endorser is Rep. Mark Meadows, the anti-establishment congressman from...
by John Wynne | Jan 27, 2016 | 2016 Elections, Carolina Strategic Analysis, Democrats, Features, NC Politics |
State Sen. Josh Stein isn’t the Democratic nominee for Attorney General yet, but he might as well be. And at least monetarily, he’s off to a good start. His campaign raised over a half million dollars in the last quarter of 2015, giving him $1.49 million...
by Thomas Mills | Jan 27, 2016 | 2016 Elections, Editor's Blog, US House |
If this election should tell us anything, it’s that Americans have lost trust in their government and lost faith in the political establishment to fix it. Donald Trump, Ted Cruz, and Bernie Sanders express the frustrations of average citizens who believe the system is...
