by Thomas Mills | Apr 23, 2018 | Editor's Blog, NC Politics |
It’s that time of the year in campaigns where various interest groups are sending candidates questionnaires and petitions demanding fealty to whatever causes they espouse. The most innocuous ones seem to genuinely want to know candidates’ positions. Others almost...
by Thomas Mills | Apr 18, 2018 | Editor's Blog, NC Politics, Religion, Republicans |
Lieutenant Governor Dan Forest, a leader of North Carolina’s pro-adultery wing of the evangelical movement, called politics the “religion of the left.” That’s pretty ironic coming from the party that put an amendment on the ballot to prevent marriage equality based on...
by Thomas Mills | Apr 16, 2018 | 2018 elections, Editor's Blog
Even without a high-profile governor’s race or US Senate contest, North Carolina is once again on the national radar screen. At a conference of political consultants in Nashville last week, a DCCC staffer told an audience that North Carolina is the state to watch. The...
by Thomas Mills | Apr 13, 2018 | 2018 elections, Ads, NC Politics |
Rarely do I find myself unabashedly rooting for a Republican. In fact, I really can’t remember another time that I have. Right now, though, I’m pulling for Walter Jones, Jr., in North Carolina’s Third Congressional District. Jones faces a primary from Craven County...
by Thomas Mills | Apr 11, 2018 | Editor's Blog, Education, North Carolina |
North Carolina is back in the news for GOP attempts to reverse the progress that the state has made over the past 50 years. This time, a Bloomberg article highlights attempts to re-segregate our public schools. The GOP is considering ways to breakup county-wide school...
by Thomas Mills | Apr 9, 2018 | 2018 elections, Editor's Blog, NC Politics |
On Friday, Dan McCready will be the Democratic nominee. If he’s not, the district will fall back to safe Republican. McCready launched his campaign a year ago and has proven his ability to both raise money and put together an organization. He fits the district, too....
