by Thomas Mills | Jun 19, 2014 | Editor's Blog, NC Politics, US Senate
In his attempt to pass a budget that hurts no one except people duped by the lottery, Thom Tillis has once again exposed his lack of leadership. The Senate has sharply criticized his budget and now the director of the North Carolina lottery says she warned House...
by John Wynne | Jun 18, 2014 | Carolina Strategic Analysis, Features, National Politics, Poll Analysis, Polling, US Senate |
PPP released their latest poll on the U.S. Senate race yesterday. Hagan holds her largest lead since September, before the Obamacare fiasco. Tom Jensen says it’s because the legislature is back in session, which is reasonable, or it could be the flurry of...
by John Wynne | Jun 17, 2014 | Campaigns, Carolina Strategic Analysis, Demographic Trends, Features, Race, US Senate |
Once again, the Hagan campaign is trying to make hay out of something stupid Thom Tillis said years ago. Except in this case, it’s not that stupid. In September 2012, Tillis appeared on the Carolina Business Review and was asked for his take on the changing...
by Thomas Mills | Jun 17, 2014 | 2014 Elections, Editor's Blog, Education, NC Politics, US Senate |
National pundits are increasingly predicting that Kay Hagan is facing long odds in North Carolina. The most recent prediction comes from Nate Cohn, who apparently has taken over Nate Silver’s prediction business at the New York Times. Cohn believes that Hagan has a...
by John Wynne | Jun 10, 2014 | Carolina Strategic Analysis, Features, NCGOP, US Senate |
Sometimes the people in my party can be a bit, well … “stupid” is too generous a word. I’m speaking of the “conservative” effort to qualify former State Rep. John Rhodes as a write-in candidate for U.S. Senate. You might remember...
by John Wynne | Jun 3, 2014 | Campaigns, Carolina Strategic Analysis, Debates, Features, US Senate |
Whatever you think of Thom Tillis’s proposal for ten debates, one thing is clear: it would be unprecedented in NC political history. In fact, by my count, that would be almost as many debates in one Senate election as we’ve had, total, in the past 30...
