by Thomas Mills | Jul 19, 2017 | Congressional Races, Editor's Blog, US House |
If Democrats are going to take back the U.S. House of Representatives, they’re going to have to win districts like NC-09. About half the voters live in Charlotte and its eastern suburbs and the other half live in the rural counties of south-central North Carolina....
by Thomas Mills | Jul 18, 2017 | Editor's Blog, National Politics, Obamacare |
Back in 2016, Republicans in Congress passed a clean repeal of the Affordable Care Act. Obama quickly vetoed the legislation and Republicans lacked the votes to overturn it. It was a cynical move. The Republicans who voted for the bill knew that it would be vetoed and...
by Thomas Mills | Jul 17, 2017 | Democrats, Editor's Blog, National Politics |
For the first time in more than four years, I didn’t post a blog for more than two weeks. I started a few but never finished them. I was traveling around Minnesota and enjoying checking out the people and scenery more than the politics in North Carolina. I do have...
by Thomas Mills | Jun 21, 2017 | Congressional Races, Editor's Blog, National Politics, Politics |
Republican Karen Handel defeated Democrat Jon Ossoff by four points in the most expensive US House race in history. In a lesser watched special election, Republican Ralph Norman beat Democrat Archie Parnell by only three points. The Georgia race embodied the hopes of...
by Thomas Mills | Jun 14, 2017 | Editor's Blog, National Politics
Last night, Virginia held its primaries for governor, council of state and legislative races. While the telling time will be in November, the results point to continued enthusiasm among Democrats and stark division among Republicans. The Democratic primary had almost...
by Thomas Mills | Jun 5, 2017 | Congressional Races, Editor's Blog, National Politics, Politics |
Back in 2014, Democratic strategists decided to make the Koch brothers the target of their campaign. The brothers put hundreds of millions of dollars into Republican campaigns and third-party organizations like Americans for Prosperity to attack Democrats and...