by Thomas Mills | Jul 3, 2018 | Editor's Blog, North Carolina |
Republicans in the North Carolina legislature have spent almost as much time trying to rig the political process as they have dealing with the problems and issues that affect people’s lives. They also showed little respect for the voters, creating confusion and...
by Thomas Mills | Jun 29, 2018 | 2018 elections, Editor's Blog |
Republican Bob Orr is headlining an event for Congressional candidate Dan McCready along with Democrats Jim Hunt and Charlotte mayor Vi Lyles. The GOP immediately condemned him. Republican Party Executive Director Dallas Woodhouse said he’s “detested within our...
by Thomas Mills | Jun 27, 2018 | 2018 elections, Editor's Blog |
Republicans are pushing constitutional amendments in North Carolina that are neither conservative nor liberal. They are authoritarian. GOP leaders believe they can strip power from the governor and are confident that they can maintain control of the General Assembly...
by Thomas Mills | Jun 25, 2018 | 2018 elections, Editor's Blog, NC Politics
Republicans are in such a rush to rig the electoral process in North Carolina that the people carrying out the laws can’t even keep up. The GOP has made changes to the voting process almost every year since they took power–gerrymandering local government, making...
by Thomas Mills | Jun 22, 2018 | 2018 elections, Editor's Blog, Poll Analysis, Polling |
Yesterday, Civitas released its monthly poll of North Carolina politics and it’s brutal for Republicans. It may just be an outlier but the numbers suggest a political environment that’s collapsing for the GOP. The issues on people’s minds favor progressives, Donald...
by Thomas Mills | Jun 21, 2018 | Editor's Blog, NC Politics |
It must be nice to have friends in high places. Earlier this week, we saw how the Beer and Wine Wholesalers got the legislature to do it’s bidding in a contractual dispute with big suppliers. Now, we have a lobbyist and legislator conspiring to fix something that...
