by Alexander H. Jones | Apr 27, 2016 | Campaigns, NC Politics, Politics, US Senate |
A few days ago Thomas observed, “I still work with people who first got into politics because Jim Neal ran for Senate.” I happen to be one of them. The Jim Neal campaign was a pivotal event, both in our state’s politics and in my own life. If you will allow me the...
by Walt de Vries | Mar 22, 2016 | 2016 Elections, Campaigns, NC Politics, NCGov, Politics, Presidential race |
Three hours after John Davis released his optimistic column on Governor McCrory’s re-election chances, based mostly on the successful passage of the $2 billion bond issue on March 15, I wrote John to let him know that I agreed that he had made a powerful argument in...
by Alexander H. Jones | Mar 21, 2016 | Campaigns, National Politics, Politics, Presidential race
My first PoliticsNC “predictions” post was published last week. In it, I tried to project how the North Carolina Republican Primary results would look. I placed a particular emphasis on how ideology would interact with geography. Now it’s time for a postmortem. All...
by Walt de Vries | Mar 15, 2016 | 2016 Elections, Campaigns, History, National Politics, Politics, Presidential race |
If you are 69 years of age or older, you should remember the Nixon/Humphrey/ Wallace presidential election of 1968. However, if you are even older—like me, 73 years or more—you may also recall the 1964 presidential election of Lyndon Johnson and Barry Goldwater as...
by Alexander H. Jones | Jan 7, 2016 | 2016 Elections, Campaigns, NC Politics, NCGOP, NCGov |
“The governor believes the bill is unnecessary.” That seemingly anodyne sentence is Robert Brawley’s best hope at the nomination. However wildly remote, it’s possible to imagine a scenario where Brawley could unite the many conservatives who believe, emphatically,...
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...
