by Thomas Mills | Dec 4, 2013 | 2014 Elections, Editor's Blog, NCGOP, US Senate
In his column this weekend, Rob Christensen wrote that Kay Hagan’s re-election bid is more tied to the political environment than anything she has done in the U. S. Senate. The week before, another article explored the damage that Obamacare might cause her campaign....
by Thomas Mills | Dec 1, 2013 | Editor's Blog, NC Politics, NCGOP |
State Senator Bob Rucho really is a silly little man. When he didn’t get his way on tax reform, he threw a temper tantrum and resigned as Co-Chair of the Senate Finance Committee. Now, he’s tweeting that “JFK could have been founder and leader of the Tea Party...
by Thomas Mills | Nov 10, 2013 | 2014 Elections, Editor's Blog, NCGOP, US Senate
Edwin Peacock lost the Charlotte Mayor’s race last week. Peacock is a moderate Republican who opposed Amendment One and has served several terms on the Charlotte City Council. He faced fellow council member and Democrat Patrick Cannon but couldn’t cross the finish...
by Alexander H. Jones | Nov 9, 2013 | NC Politics, NCGOP |
Phil Berger is the Rush Limbaugh of state politics. Via media rants, he channels the id of the right in the most bullheaded way. Politically, he is a neo-Confederate fundamentalist, reducing policy to the basics of social repression. As James Carville said of...
by Thomas Mills | Nov 7, 2013 | Editor's Blog, Education, NC Politics, NCGOP |
When teachers across the state staged a “walk-in” to draw attention to the cuts to education, two of our state leaders had remarkably different reactions. Gov. Pat McCrory started backtracking after signing the budget that did the damage. He said teachers had...
by Alexander H. Jones | Nov 1, 2013 | NC Politics, NCGOP
In so many ways, our leaders embody the crystal clear essence of the current Right. Pat McCrory’s policy agenda points to a key shortcoming in contemporary Republicanism. Like his fellow GOP’ers, he offers no solutions for actually existing problems. As Rob...
