by Thomas Mills | Mar 5, 2014 | 2014 Elections, Editor's Blog, NC Politics, NCGOP, US Senate
By now, I expected to see Thom Tillis up on television and burying his primary opponents in feel good ads. Instead, he’s AWOL. So where’s he been? He’s continuing to skip the GOP forums though he said he can’t wait to debate. If he’s moving around the state, he’s...
by Thomas Mills | Feb 26, 2014 | 2014 Elections, Democrats, Editor's Blog, NC House Races, NC Politics, NC Senate Races, NCGA, NCGOP, US Senate
For weeks Republicans have been asking, “Will Kay Hagan campaign with Barack Obama?” With the president’s approval ratings upside down and his signature program, Obamacare, still unpopular, the GOP is giddy at the prospect of the incumbent Senator running away from...
by Alexander H. Jones | Feb 18, 2014 | NC Politics, NCGOP |
While Keynesians sputtered over Stagflation, the Chicago School had better answers. Democratic thinker Elaine Kamarck argued that welfare reform succeeded in key areas. And one of the smartest education policymakers today is Gov. Bill Haslam (R-TN). So give credit...
by Thomas Mills | Feb 14, 2014 | 2014 Elections, Editor's Blog, NC Politics, NCGOP, US Senate |
Somebody needs to take Thom Tillis’s twitter account away from him. And if it’s not him tweeting, then somebody else needs to be relieved of it. I’m guessing that the Speaker was snowed in Wednesday and bored. Throughout the day and night, his account was putting out...
by Alexander H. Jones | Feb 10, 2014 | 2014 Elections, NCGOP, Political Theory
Well, Phil Berger finally gave us cause for enjoyment. It was a dark pleasure, seeing the inveterate hater of regulation become an environmentalist. His statement reveals a lot about what the GOP really likes: Conservatism from afar and liberalism close to home....
by Thomas Mills | Jan 23, 2014 | 2014 Elections, Editor's Blog, NC Politics, NCGOP, US Senate |
I’ll continue my obsession with the GOP primary for U. S. Senate. With seven candidates in the race, the primary seems likely headed for a runoff. The Republican establishment sees Thom Tillis as the most electable challenger to Kay Hagan, and groups like Karl Rove’s...
