by Thomas Mills | Nov 19, 2014 | 2014 Elections, Editor's Blog, US Senate |
Winston Churchill once said, “History is written by the victors.” So the Thom Tillis campaign team took exception to the narrative that Kay Hagan’s campaign team ran a good race. They’ve gone out of their way to debunk the theory. To paraphrase their candidate, that...
by John Wynne | Nov 13, 2014 | Carolina Strategic Analysis, Democrats, Features, National Politics, NC Politics, NCGOP, NCGov, US Senate |
There are two narratives going around about the standing of Senator Richard Burr in 2016. The first is that Democrats don’t really have a top-tier candidate and in the absence of one Burr will coast to reelection. That’s not quite right. But it’s...
by John Wynne | Nov 11, 2014 | 2014 Elections, Carolina Strategic Analysis, Features, NC Politics, Poll Analysis, US Senate |
Those who cover politics are scrambling to figure out why the polls were so off this year. Nobody saw it coming, they say. Maybe polling is no longer a reliable practice – we might be able to get the numbers in the right ballpark, but until Election Day...
by Thomas Mills | Nov 10, 2014 | 2014 Elections, Editor's Blog, US Senate |
I’ve been a critic of the Democratic super PACs’ Koch brothers obsession for months. So I wasn’t surprised when a reporter called asking for a comment on a memo released by American Bridge, the research arm of those super PACs, touting the success of attacking the...
by John Wynne | Nov 7, 2014 | Carolina Strategic Analysis, Democrats, Features, NC Politics, US Senate |
First, let’s hear Hagan’s (and No No Cat’s) official response to rumors that she’s going to mount a comeback bid in 2016: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cl5z3jy8ixE On a serious note, I first got wind of this talk on Twitter on Election Night,...
by Thomas Mills | Nov 7, 2014 | 2014 Elections, Editor's Blog, US Senate |
In the aftermath of the election, a lot of Democrats were quick to pile on the Hagan campaign. Most people complained that it was an ugly campaign defined by negative advertisements and lacking any message that encouraged people to vote for Hagan. I called it a near...
