by John Wynne | Jan 15, 2015 | 2016 Elections, Carolina Strategic Analysis, Features |
Forget U.S. Senate. Some think Foxx would be a strong contender for Vice President. (No, not that Foxx. Liberals everywhere breathe a sigh of relief.) The thinking goes like this: Hillary Clinton is going to be the Democratic nominee. Period. To win, Clinton is going...
by Thomas Mills | Jan 14, 2015 | Ethics, NC Politics, NCGA |
The legislature is back in session and Rep. Paul Tine is in the spotlight. Tine, who was just re-elected as Democrat is switching his party registration to Independent and caucusing with Republicans. According to the News & Observer, Tine said he left because...
by John Wynne | Jan 13, 2015 | 2016 Elections, Carolina Strategic Analysis, Features |
Mitt Romney is running again. Well, maybe. My guess is the noise from the Romney camp is more about freezing potential donors to Jeb Bush. In the meantime, it serves as a trial balloon which will allow Mitt to assess whether or not another run would be worth pursuing....
by Thomas Mills | Jan 13, 2015 | Editor's Blog, NCGov |
Uh, oh. Somebody’s lying again. According to an ethics complaint filed by ProgressNC Action, a company called McCrory and Company listed Gov. Pat McCrory as a partner on its website. In addition, in filings with the Securities Exchange Commission, Tree.com and...
by John Wynne | Jan 12, 2015 | 2016 Elections, Carolina Strategic Analysis, Democrats, Features, NC Politics, US Senate |
Now-former Senator Hagan is considering running against her old colleague, Richard Burr. Ultimately, I don’t think she’ll pull the trigger and most political observers seem to share that opinion. I think if she could wave a magic wand and become U.S....
by John Wynne | Jan 9, 2015 | 2016 Elections, Carolina Strategic Analysis, Democrats, Features, NC House Races, NC Politics |
The legislative session hasn’t even started yet and already NC House Democrats have won the first “worst week in Raleigh” award for the year 2015. This dubious honor was cemented when Paul Tine (former D-Kitty Hawk) announced he was ending his...