by Thomas Mills | Sep 27, 2016 | Debates, Editor's Blog |
Hillary Clinton’s great line that “A man you can bait with a tweet is not a man we can trust with nuclear weapons” was amplified last night. Donald Trump took the bait all night long and proved in front of 100 million viewers that he has little self-restraint....
by John Wynne | Aug 10, 2015 | Campaigns, Carolina Strategic Analysis, Debates, Features, Issues, National Politics, Politics, Social Issues |
Fox News got mega ratings for Thursday’s debate. Since everyone under the sun has given their analysis, I thought I would give mine. I’ll restrict my thoughts to the top ten contenders, even though I think Carly Fiorina is going to get a lot more attention...
by John Wynne | Sep 9, 2014 | Carolina Strategic Analysis, Debates, Features, Poll Analysis, Polling, US Senate |
Glen Bolger of Public Opinion Strategies (POS) is the official pollster for the Tillis campaign. Yesterday, he released an internal poll which showed the two candidates tied with 43% each and Haugh taking 8% of the vote (the YouGov poll from Sunday showed Haugh taking...
by Thomas Mills | Sep 5, 2014 | 2014 Elections, Debates, Editor's Blog, US Senate |
Thom Tillis is a man who can’t get out of his own way. In the debate, he looked more comfortable than Kay Hagan and stuck to his talking points. He should be feeling good. So why did he refer to her as “Kay”? I don’t believe he did it to demean her. I think he...
by John Wynne | Jun 3, 2014 | Campaigns, Carolina Strategic Analysis, Debates, Features, US Senate |
Whatever you think of Thom Tillis’s proposal for ten debates, one thing is clear: it would be unprecedented in NC political history. In fact, by my count, that would be almost as many debates in one Senate election as we’ve had, total, in the past 30...
by Thomas Mills | Jun 2, 2014 | 2014 Elections, Debates, Editor's Blog, NC Politics, US Senate |
Last week, Kay Hagan responded to an offer by the North Carolina Association of Broadcasters to host a debate by accepting their proposal and urging Thom Tillis to do so, too. In her letter, she encouraged Tillis and his campaign to agree to a debate schedule “worthy...
