by Thomas Mills | Oct 12, 2016 | Editor's Blog, NC Politics |
With just under four weeks to go in the election, the political environment is continuing to deteriorate for Republicans. Donald Trump has apparently decided that he’s going to fight the Republican Party as well as Hillary Clinton. He’s bashing Speaker Paul Ryan on...
by Aaron Sarver | Oct 12, 2016 | 2016 Elections, NC Politics, NCGOP, Voting Rights |
Now that North Carolina’s monster Voter ID law has been struck down by the federal courts, we’re almost back to the status quo of voting rights in North Carolina, with one important difference – the elimination of straight-ticket voting. All provisions of the law that...
by Alexander H. Jones | Oct 11, 2016 | 2016 Elections, NCGOP, Politics, Republicans
They did it to themselves again. Having gravely imperiled their chance to hold our governorship, Republicans have stumbled into a presidential disaster. A catastrophic, self-inflicted political wound, the Trump Tapes are as Rep. Darren Jackson pointed out “HB2 all...
by Thomas Mills | Oct 10, 2016 | Editor's Blog, NC Politics, North Carolina |
This weekend was jarring. It began with the tape of Donald Trump bragging about his entitlement to sexually abuse women because he’s a “star.” It was followed by the most destructive hurricane since the 1990s. And it ended with Trump turning the presidential campaign...
by Thomas Mills | Oct 7, 2016 | 2016 Elections, Editor's Blog |
The country has been in a cycle of wave elections since 2006. The only exception was 2012. However, while a GOP wave hit the rest of the nation in 2014, it missed North Carolina. Turnout in the state was normal for an off-year election and while Kay Hagan narrowly...
by Alexander H. Jones | Oct 6, 2016 | NC Politics, NCGOP, NCGov |
The wealthy suburbs of Philadelphia (the Main Line) were once strongly Republican. While urban ethnics went Democrat, Protestants on the outskirts voted for the party of fiscal discipline and cultural stability. Then the GOP went crazy. Appalled by the radical tone of...
