by Thomas Mills | Apr 1, 2016 | 2016 Elections, Editor's Blog, LGBT Rights, NC Politics |
House Bill 2 wasn’t the only bill dealing with protections for the LGBT community to come up this week. In states across the South, legislatures were passing bills that would allow businesses and individuals to discriminate. In Georgia and Virginia, governors vetoed...
by John Wynne | Mar 31, 2016 | 2016 Elections, Carolina Strategic Analysis, Features, NC Politics, US House |
Yesterday, I spoke with a former constituent of Renee Ellmers who had supported her in the past. Now she’s seriously peeved with the congresswoman, so much that she even called her office to complain. Naturally, I was curious about what had aroused her wrath....
by Thomas Mills | Mar 31, 2016 | Editor's Blog, NC Politics, NCGov |
Pat McCrory’s response to the backlash to HB2, the sweeping law that strips away protections for LGBT citizens and overrides local government control, is that everybody’s been duped by a biased media and liberal spin machine. The world is out to get the him and the...
by John Wynne | Mar 30, 2016 | 2016 Elections, Carolina Strategic Analysis, Features, NC Politics, NCGov, Social Issues |
It’s been a week since Governor McCrory signed HB2. So, how are things looking on social media? On Twitter, there’s been outrage. But I actually think to get a more accurate gauge of things, you have to look at Facebook – in particular, Facebook...
by Thomas Mills | Mar 30, 2016 | 2016 Elections, Editor's Blog, LGBT Rights, NCGov |
Roy Cooper indicated that he was running for governor less than a year into Pat McCrory’s term. He was so dismayed by the direction that Republicans were taking the state, that he felt obligated to jump into the race. Democrats cheered his announcement after two...
by Alexander H. Jones | Mar 28, 2016 | LGBT Rights, NC Politics, NCGov |
After reading about McCrory’s post-HB2 presser, I didn’t know whether to laugh or cry. But I was tempted to choose laughter. Colin Campbell’s report is a veritable Encyclopedia of Hapless Pat. First there’s the persecution complex: “‘…Gov. Pat...
