by John Wynne | Jun 13, 2014 | Budget, Education, Features, NC House, NCGA, NCGOP |
While Phil Berger might be the savviest Republican in Raleigh, Thom Tillis and the House budget writers should rank a close second. The budget that emerged from the House can be accurately described as bipartisan. Eight Democrats ended up voting for it, with only one...
by John Wynne | Jun 12, 2014 | Campaigns, Carolina Strategic Analysis, Congressional Races, Features, Immigration, NCGOP |
A couple of months ago, neither Ellmers nor Cantor looked particularly vulnerable. That’s especially true in Cantor’s case, obviously. Both were attacked as supporters of “amnesty” and went up against opponents who made opposition to illegal...
by John Wynne | Jun 10, 2014 | Carolina Strategic Analysis, Features, NCGOP, US Senate |
Sometimes the people in my party can be a bit, well … “stupid” is too generous a word. I’m speaking of the “conservative” effort to qualify former State Rep. John Rhodes as a write-in candidate for U.S. Senate. You might remember...
by Thomas Mills | Jun 9, 2014 | Editor's Blog, Education, NCGOP |
For years, when Democrats controlled the legislature, Republicans criticized education spending as nothing more than building an education bureaucracy. They said they wanted to put more money directly into the classrooms. Now that Republicans are controlling the...
by Matt Phillippi | May 28, 2014 | Features, NC Politics, NCGOP |
Last week I wrote a piece on the fight between Rep Robert Brawley and Speaker Tillis, and I spent the majority of that article focusing on the politics and the fight itself. In doing this I wasn’t able to give the issue that sparked the fight in the first place...
by John Wynne | May 22, 2014 | Campaigns, Carolina Strategic Analysis, Features, National Politics, NCGOP, US Senate |
This year’s Senate contest will be a raucous affair. But after that’s over with, there’s going to be another Senate race just on the horizon. The big question there is whether or not our state’s senior senator Richard Burr will seek a third...
