by Thomas Mills | Dec 4, 2015 | 2016 Elections, Editor's Blog, National Politics |
The Republican Party is in full Trump panic. Ohio Governor John Kasich, despite little support for his own candidacy, is attacking The Donald with TV ads implying he’s fascist. South Carolina Senator Lindsey Graham has been after Trump for awhile and told an audience...
by John Wynne | Dec 3, 2015 | 2016 Elections, Carolina Strategic Analysis, Features, National Politics, NC Politics |
Donald Trump is coming to Raleigh tomorrow night, where he’ll hold a rally at Dorton Arena. Folks familiar with Raleigh know Dorton Arena as the unusually shaped structure on the State Fairgrounds. And it’s also yuuge, with a seating capacity of over...
by Thomas Mills | Dec 3, 2015 | 2016 Elections, Editor's Blog, NC Politics, NCGov |
Pat McCrory kicked off his re-election campaign yesterday with an attack on the News & Observer. He’s selling bumperstickers that read “I don’t believe the Raleigh News & Observer.” It looks like he will go into 2016 with two opponents, Roy Cooper, the likely...
by Thomas Mills | Dec 2, 2015 | Editor's Blog, NC Politics, NCGov |
Pat McCrory released a re-election video yesterday and it opens with an interesting story. He says that one of the hardest days of his life was when he had to tell his wife that he had lost his job. It’s a slow deliberate statement accompanied by dramatic music. It’s...
by John Wynne | Dec 1, 2015 | 2016 Elections, Carolina Strategic Analysis, Features, NC House Races, NC Politics |
Elections usually aren’t won or lost on Election Day, the early voting period, or even during the campaign itself. Rather, they’re lost in the filing period and in particular the months leading up to it. You can’t win unless you show up and failure...
by John Wynne | Nov 30, 2015 | 2016 Elections, Carolina Strategic Analysis, Features, NC Politics, NC Senate Races, NCGOP
We’re done with Thanksgiving so Senate Rules chairman Tom Apodaca (R-Hendersonville) has presumably made up his mind as to whether or not to run for reelection. It’s hard to think of a scenario where progressives would prefer Apodaca to run again. But this...
