by John Wynne | Jul 7, 2016 | Ads, Carolina Strategic Analysis, Features, NCGov, Polling |
The Roy Cooper campaign launched their first ad of the 2016 general election. It’s actually pretty good. It depicts Cooper as one tough son of a gun who has stood up for North Carolinians against fraudsters, sexual predators, and drug dealers. The rock...
by Alexander H. Jones | Jul 7, 2016 | 2016 Elections, National Politics, Presidential race |
For perhaps the first time ever, a U.S. Senator may follow his immediate predecessor in being nominated for Vice President. I’m talking, of course, about rumors that Richard Burr may in SAT language be to Donald Trump as John Edwards was to John Kerry. The selection...
by John Wynne | Jul 5, 2016 | 2016 Elections, Carolina Strategic Analysis, Features, NC Politics |
Many people are wondering what’s going on in North Carolina this year. Is Hillary Clinton favored in the presidential race, or is Donald Trump? Why is the Clinton campaign spending so much money here when she doesn’t need to win it? My take is that if...
by Thomas Mills | Jul 5, 2016 | Editor's Blog, NC Politics |
I’m with my family in Minnesota for the week, visiting my in-laws and generally marveling at people who call 85 degrees in July a heat wave. It’s harder to keep up with North Carolina politics than it is at home but I’ll try to make a few comments. There’s certainly...
by Thomas Mills | Jul 1, 2016 | Editor's Blog, NC Politics |
I must say, those small government conservatives in the North Carolina legislature sure are full of big government ideas. The latest one has to do with a constitutional amendment to protect people’s right to hunt and fish—not that anybody is threatening that right or...
by Alexander H. Jones | Jun 30, 2016 | LGBT Rights, NC Politics, NCGA, NCGOP |
Whether the new package of HB2 “amendments” goes is still in question. In contrast to their normally robust rhetoric, GOP leaders have been tepid and subdued when discussing the proposals. It could be one of those ideas that arise to great fanfare, then...
