by John Wynne | Mar 20, 2014 | 2014 Elections, Carolina Strategic Analysis, Features, Poll Analysis, Polling, US House, US Senate
It’s been quite a week for polls in NC politics. The first one is from American Insights, which purportedly wants to become the conservative alternative to PPP. They didn’t poll the Senate race, but they show President Obama with a 43/49 approval here,...
by Thomas Mills | Feb 19, 2014 | 2014 Elections, Editor's Blog, NC Politics, US House
The sleeper race to watch in North Carolina is one in North Carolina’s Sixth Congressional District. Longtime Congressman Howard Coble is retiring, making it an open seat race. Conventional wisdom says that it’s a Republican seat, but that may not be true for long....
by Thomas Mills | Feb 7, 2014 | 2014 Elections, Editor's Blog, NC Politics, US House
Poor Phil Berger, Jr. He can’t even get his TV ad right. Obviously, the guy can’t deliver a line. His tweets and press releases have all been cookie-cutter talking points. Now, his ad is so visually erratic that it buries his message. Watch it. There’s not a single...
by Thomas Mills | Feb 6, 2014 | 2014 Elections, Democrats, Editor's Blog, US House
For the past few months, I’ve been writing about the civil war within the Republican Party between the establishment and true believers. Now, we’re seeing a different kind of split play out in the Democratic Party. It’s less about ideology than it is about the...
by Thomas Mills | Feb 5, 2014 | 2014 Elections, Editor's Blog, US House |
Hats off to Clay Aiken and his political team. In a few short hours, they took a campaign that could have easily become little more than the butt of late night jokes and made it a contender, at least for the Democratic nomination for Congress in North Carolina’s 2nd...
by John Wynne | Jan 23, 2014 | 2014 Elections, Carolina Strategic Analysis, Features, US House |
American Idol star Clay Aiken actually looks serious about running for Congress. According to WRAL, he plans to launch his campaign next month. The 2nd District is currently held by Renee Ellmers, who has strong support from the GOP leadership but is not known as a...
