by Thomas Mills | Oct 15, 2014 | Economy, Editor's Blog
It’s becoming increasingly clear that Thom Tillis and the Republicans have made a mess of North Carolina. They promised that slashing taxing and cutting services would jump start our economy and lead to a “Carolina Comeback.” But things aren’t getting better. They are...
by John Wynne | Oct 13, 2014 | 2014 Elections, Carolina Strategic Analysis, Environment, Features, NC House Races, NC Politics, NCGA, NCGOP, Poll Analysis, Polling |
House District 51: Rep. Mike Stone (R) vs. Brad Salmon (D) HD-51, which takes in parts of Harnett and Lee counties, is a district where local circumstances could prove decisive. It’s the one area of the state where it looks like hydraulic fracturing, or...
by Thomas Mills | Oct 13, 2014 | 2014 Elections, Editor's Blog, Gay Marriage, US Senate |
A lot of pundits and political types are wondering how gay marriages in North Carolina will affect the US Senate race. The short answer? They won’t. Like Obamacare, gay marriage has lost its luster for those folks in the middle who swing elections. For the same reason...
by Seth Effron | Oct 12, 2014 | Gay Marriage, NC Politics |
In the wake of Friday’s court action to strike down as unconstitutional, North Carolina’s ban on same-sex marriage, those who don’t like it have focused on the U.S. district court judge who issued the order — Max Cogburn of Asheville. “It nationalizes the...
by Seth Effron | Oct 10, 2014 | Budget |
On Thursday, Gov. Pat McCrory’s press office sent out a copy of a Forbes Magazine article to brag about McCrory’s rating in the libertarian Cato Institute’s “Fiscal Report Card” (McCrory and Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback got ‘A’s). Well, now things aren’t looking so good...
by Alexander H. Jones | Oct 9, 2014 | Gay Marriage |
Has anyone so decisively lost a debate, and so stubbornly insisted on continuing it? In a move that will guarantee their historical disgrace, Thom Tillis and Phil Berger intervened, at the last minute, to keep same-sex couples from marrying. Our challenge is not to...
