by Thomas Mills | Oct 16, 2013 | Democrats, Editor's Blog, NC Politics |
Roy Cooper is running for governor. More importantly, though, he’s filling a void that Democrats have felt for too long. He’s providing the party faithful a champion, somebody they can rally around. Over the past few weeks, Cooper has been moving around the state...
by Alexander H. Jones | Oct 12, 2013 | Democrats, NC Politics
Like a New Bern forest fire, the accumulated tinder of the Democratic Party has combusted into a raging wall of corrosion. Since our defeat last fall, several factions have emerged to air resentments over the party’s path. The roots of the conflict extend into the red...
by Alexander H. Jones | Aug 23, 2013 | Democrats |
I had the pleasure of meeting Senator Ellie Kinnaird once, in 2009, while volunteering for Health Care for America NOW! She whizzed into the legislative press room, stood at the podium, and delivered a crisp, tightly argued speech not just for the future Affordable...
by Thomas Mills | Jul 17, 2013 | Democrats, Editor's Blog, NC Politics, NCGOP |
I realize how fortunate I’ve been to live in a state that has been governed so well for most of my life. For the most part, Democrats got it right. While they were in control, I certainly had my problems with them, but they were mainly from the left, not the right. I...
by Thomas Mills | Jul 14, 2013 | Democrats, Editor's Blog, NC Politics, Politics |
This week, one of my Tea Partier tro…um, “friends” on Facebook asked me, “What good has the Democratic Party done for North Carolina in the past fifty years?” I ignored his question because, after months of his dominating my Facebook page with ideological...
by Thomas Mills | Jun 9, 2013 | Democrats, Editor's Blog, NC Politics |
If you’re interested in what has happened to North Carolina politically, you should read the article by Chris Kromm and Sue Sturgis that lays out a more comprehensive version of the state of things in the Old North State. Over the past six months,...
