by Thomas Mills | Jan 14, 2016 | 2016 Elections, Editor's Blog, NC Politics, US Senate |
In a US Senate primary where no one has substantial name recognition, money is the only thing that matters. EMILY’s List’s endorsement of Deborah Ross now makes her the clear frontrunner. The organization will make sure that she has the money to get her message out...
by Alexander H. Jones | Jan 13, 2016 | NC House, NC Politics, NCGOP |
Nothing Republicans do is likely to exceed the moral debasement of voter suppression. But they certainly seem determined to try. Consider the case of food stamps. Hoping to hide their heartlessness, Republicans attached new SNAP policies to a nationally controversial...
by John Wynne | Jan 12, 2016 | 2016 Elections, Carolina Strategic Analysis, Features, NC Politics, US Senate |
Deborah Ross is the odds-on favorite to win the Democratic primary for U.S. Senate, but her two main opponents aren’t going away without a fight. Chris Rey and Kevin Griffin are both making arguments from electability: she might be a nice person, but Deborah...
by Thomas Mills | Jan 12, 2016 | Editor's Blog, NC Politics |
The Republicans may have control of North Carolina today, but Democrats own the future. In only a little over five years, the GOP has transformed from the party of activists and change to the party of establishment and cronyism. While North Carolina Democrats are...
by John Wynne | Jan 11, 2016 | 2016 Elections, Carolina Strategic Analysis, Features, NC Politics |
U.S. Secretary of Transportation Anthony Foxx endorsed Hillary Clinton over the weekend, becoming the latest Obama Cabinet member to do so. What’s significant though isn’t that he chose Hillary over Sanders – that was expected – but that he...
by Alexander H. Jones | Jan 7, 2016 | 2016 Elections, Campaigns, NC Politics, NCGOP, NCGov |
“The governor believes the bill is unnecessary.” That seemingly anodyne sentence is Robert Brawley’s best hope at the nomination. However wildly remote, it’s possible to imagine a scenario where Brawley could unite the many conservatives who believe, emphatically,...
