by Alexander H. Jones | Sep 8, 2014 | Economic Development, Economy, NC Politics |
No, she doesn’t evince the dour superiority of Aldona Wos. No, she isn’t afflicted by the ideological madness of John Skvarla. Yes, she paid lip service to safety net. And no, Commerce Secretary Sharon Decker’s policies don’t deserve the relatively free pass Democrats...
by Thomas Mills | Sep 8, 2014 | Editor's Blog, NC Politics |
It seems the Democratic narrative about the GOP take over of North Carolina is getting under John Hood’s skin. In an op-ed piece in the News & Observer, he wrote that liberals have a fairy tale view of North Carolina that he calls North Carolina Exceptionalism. He...
by Thomas Mills | Sep 6, 2014 | Editor's Blog, NC Politics |
You could see this one coming. When Republican state Rep. Tim Moffitt formed a company to sell web sites to his Republican colleagues, trouble was sure to follow. Now it has. Moffitt’s company plagiarized copy on websites they sold to his fellow House members. They...
by Thomas Mills | Sep 5, 2014 | 2014 Elections, Debates, Editor's Blog, US Senate |
Thom Tillis is a man who can’t get out of his own way. In the debate, he looked more comfortable than Kay Hagan and stuck to his talking points. He should be feeling good. So why did he refer to her as “Kay”? I don’t believe he did it to demean her. I think he...
by Thomas Mills | Sep 4, 2014 | 2014 Elections, Editor's Blog, NC Politics, US Senate |
As everybody has already said, last night’s debate changed very little. Both candidates did what they needed to do–not screw up–and they pretty much kept to their respective scripts. Tillis tried to wrap Hagan around Obama and Hagan tried to wrap Tillis...
by John Wynne | Sep 3, 2014 | 2014 Elections, Carolina Strategic Analysis, Features, NC House Races, NC Politics, Polling
House District 9: Rep. Brian Brown (R) vs. Uriah Ward (D) House District 9 comprises the suburban and college sections of Greenville and also rural eastern Pitt County. Currently, it is represented by Republican Brian Brown, a businessman who is in his first term in...
