by Thomas Mills | Oct 23, 2015 | 2016 Elections, Editor's Blog, UNC |
Yesterday proved that the Republican Party has been taken over by a coalition of crazy people and dumb people and funded by rich people who got more than they bargained for. The Benghazi Committee was better off in print than on television. It’s clearly made up of a...
by Thomas Mills | Oct 22, 2015 | 2016 Elections, Editor's Blog, National Politics |
I don’t usually make too many political predictions because politics is so unpredictable. That said, I’m going to make some predictions about the presidential contest. My guess is when all the dust settles, we’ll have a rather boring campaign pitting two candidates...
by John Wynne | Oct 20, 2015 | 2016 Elections, Carolina Strategic Analysis, Features, NC Politics, NCGA |
Want to know why so many legislators aren’t running again? Here’s a fact: serving in the General Assembly is just not fun. Case in point is Rep. Nathan Baskerville (D-Vance), who announced yesterday he’s not running again. Baskerville is only 34...
by Thomas Mills | Oct 20, 2015 | 2016 Elections, Editor's Blog, National Politics |
About a year or so ago, when Bernie Sanders wasn’t on the radar screen and the SuperPAC Ready for Hillary was serving as a campaign-in-waiting, my late friend Ross Bates said that he wasn’t really Ready for Hillary but he was resigned to Hillary. He wasn’t an...
by John Wynne | Oct 15, 2015 | 2016 Elections, Carolina Strategic Analysis, Features, NC House Races, NC Politics, NCGA |
The legislature is losing its one unaffiliated member. Paul Tine, who represents a coastal district in the State House, in a previous post Tine was named as the most vulnerable incumbent legislator in the lower chamber. By ending his tenure on his own terms, Tine...
by Thomas Mills | Oct 15, 2015 | 2016 Elections, Editor's Blog, US Senate |
We have a Senate race in North Carolina. Or at least we might. Deborah Ross’ entry into the contest gives Democrats a candidate who is smart, accomplished, connected—and attractive. She’ll need to leverage those assets into the type of resources she needs to run a...
