by John Wynne | Jun 9, 2015 | Carolina Strategic Analysis, Features, NCGOP |
If you’re familiar with the North Carolina Republican Party, you know that the establishment nearly always gets its way when it comes to electing a party chair. It’s almost always the same: someone (usually well-known) enters the race. Afterward, the...
by Thomas Mills | Jun 8, 2015 | Editor's Blog, NC Politics, NCGOP |
A lot of North Carolina Republicans woke up Sunday morning to find that their new state party chair is an African-American man with a Muslim sounding name. Hasan Harnett of Harrisburg beat establishment candidate Craig Collins for a two-year term that includes next...
by John Wynne | Jun 4, 2015 | Carolina Strategic Analysis, Features, NCGA, NCGOP, NCGov, Women's Rights |
McCrory’s signing of the 72-hour wait for abortion bill is about protecting his right flank. Last week, he angered social conservatives and many in the legislature when he vetoed SB 2, the magistrates bill. He has to do something to placate them. So why did he...
by John Wynne | Jun 2, 2015 | 2016 Elections, Carolina Strategic Analysis, Features, NC Politics, NCGOP |
Tony Tata has been the subject of media interest ever since he arrived down here from D.C. back in 2010. That was when the Republican-controlled School Board in Wake County hired him to bring some military discipline to the school system. When Democrats took control...
by John Wynne | May 22, 2015 | Carolina Strategic Analysis, Energy, Environment, Features, NCGA, NCGOP |
Crony capitalism. Picking winners and losers. Corporate welfare. Market-oriented conservatives opposed to extending the solar energy tax credits in North Carolina don’t mince words. Yet, so far they’ve failed to convince their own party to get rid of them....
by Thomas Mills | May 22, 2015 | Budget, Editor's Blog, NCGOP |
The fight between the ideologues and pragmatists in the GOP is wide open. The current leader of the pragmatists is Speaker Tim Moore. Moore is a native North Carolinian who is the son of storekeepers. He knows the story of this state and the role education plays in...
