by Thomas Mills | Jun 5, 2015 | Editor's Blog, NC Politics, NCGov |
Well, it looks like Pat McCrory is just going to be a sideshow once again. After looking irrelevant in the 2013 session of the legislature, he started the year with big ideas and tried to show a little muscle. This week, the Republican leaders in the General Assembly...
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 Thomas Mills | Jun 4, 2015 | Editor's Blog, Ethics, NCGov |
Pat McCrory lied. There’s really no other way to look at it. In a debate during the 2012 election, McCrory was asked, “What further restrictions on abortion would you agree to sign?” He answered, simply and definitively, “None.” Yesterday, he said he will sign into...
by John Wynne | Jun 3, 2015 | 2016 Elections, Carolina Strategic Analysis, Features, NC Politics, Poll Analysis, Polling |
Last week, the governor garnered some rare support from progressives with his bold vetoes of two controversial bills. This led to speculation that by distancing himself from the conservative legislature and firmly placing himself in the middle, McCrory would win...
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 Thomas Mills | Jun 2, 2015 | 2016 Elections, Editor's Blog, US Senate |
So Secretary of Transportation Tony Tata wants to run for Congress against Walter Jones, Jr. What hubris. The guy gives new meaning to the term carpetbagger. Not only has he only been in North Carolina for five years, he’s never lived anywhere near NC-03, the district...
