by John Wynne | Jun 16, 2015 | Carolina Strategic Analysis, Features, NCGA, NCGov |
Last week the State Senate unveiled a new sales tax redistribution/economic development plan. It’s a slight modification of what was being floated around a few months ago, a revision of the sales tax formula that would distribute more revenue to rural areas....
by John Wynne | Jun 15, 2015 | 2016 Elections, Carolina Strategic Analysis, Features, NC Politics, NC Senate Races, NCGA |
North Carolina Democrats have a two-pronged strategy for 2016: first, elect Roy Cooper governor. Second, make him relevant by eliminating the GOP’s veto-proof majorities in at least one chamber of the legislature. This wouldn’t exactly allow Democrats to...
by Thomas Mills | Jun 15, 2015 | Economy, Editor's Blog, NCGov |
Give Pat McCrory and his team credit for staying on message. Almost two years ago, McCrory responded to a scathing op-ed about North Carolina in the New York Times. McCrory said that contrary to the “liberal world view of The Times,” he was leading North Carolina in a...
by Alexander H. Jones | Jun 13, 2015 | NC Politics, NCGOP |
Where Tim Moore got his “pragmatic” reputation was always beyond me. Right-wingers celebrated him as a “true conservative” replacement of Tillis, that liberal warrior. To paraphrase Chuck McGrady (who was speaking in a different context), “what did they know, they’re...
by John Wynne | Jun 11, 2015 | 2016 Elections, Carolina Strategic Analysis, Features, NC Politics, US Senate |
They’re dropping like flies. Yet another potential opponent for Sen. Richard Burr says they’re not going to run for U.S. Senate. Jeff Jackson, who got a lot of attention in February for his “snow day coup” is instead seeking reelection to his...
by John Wynne | Jun 11, 2015 | 2016 Elections, Carolina Strategic Analysis, Features, NC Politics, Religion, Social Issues |
This morning, in a quick vote, the State House overrode Pat McCrory’s veto of S2, the bill allowing magistrates to recuse themselves from presiding over gay weddings if they have “sincerely held religious objections.” The vote was 69-41, meaning the...
