by Thomas Mills | Aug 3, 2015 | 2016 Elections, Editor's Blog, NC Politics |
Pat McCrory is having a bad summer. Senate Republicans have dismissed the governor as irrelevant and misguided. House members have insulted him, too. His Secretary of Transportation left in the middle of the legislative session, leaving McCrory’s chief legislative...
by John Wynne | Jul 31, 2015 | 2016 Elections, Carolina Strategic Analysis, Features, NC Politics, US Senate |
For Richard Burr, there’s finally a potential challenger on the horizon. His name is Duane Hall, a two-term member of the State House who represents parts of Cary and Raleigh. Hall plans to form an exploratory committee but is stressing that he’s not ready...
by John Wynne | Jul 30, 2015 | 2016 Elections, Carolina Strategic Analysis, Features, NC Politics, US House |
Rumor has it that Tony Tata resigned in part because he’s exploring a bid for Congress, this time in North Carolina’s 2nd, held by Renee Ellmers. Tata lives in Cary, which is part of the district, so it would be a much better fit for him than the 3rd. In...
by Thomas Mills | Jul 30, 2015 | Editor's Blog, NCGOP |
It looks like the clown car is rolling over at the NC GOP headquarters. Ricky Diaz is fighting the Moral Monday movement with as much snark and ridicule as he can muster and Chairman Hasan Harnett is trying to compare Hillary Clinton to the Ku Klux Klan. Moral Monday...
by Thomas Mills | Jul 29, 2015 | Editor's Blog, NCGov |
Pat McCrory’s bad week last week just spilled over into this week. Last week, Pat McCrory was ridiculed by a host of legislators and sued by news organizations for failing to release long-requested public documents. This week, his Transportation Secretary, Tony Tata,...
by John Wynne | Jul 28, 2015 | 2016 Elections, Carolina Strategic Analysis, Features, NC Politics, NCGOP |
Tony Tata is resigning as Secretary of NCDOT, effective immediately, to focus on family and personal matters and to pursue his passion as an author. This has, of course, prompted a fury of speculation as to the real reason for his sudden resignation. Earlier this...
