by John Wynne | May 22, 2014 | Campaigns, Carolina Strategic Analysis, Features, National Politics, NCGOP, US Senate |
This year’s Senate contest will be a raucous affair. But after that’s over with, there’s going to be another Senate race just on the horizon. The big question there is whether or not our state’s senior senator Richard Burr will seek a third...
by John Wynne | May 20, 2014 | 2014 Elections, Carolina Strategic Analysis, Features, NCGOP, US Senate |
Don’t look now, but compassionate conservatism is making a comeback. Observers thought it was dead and buried after the Bush administration. But now, after watching the electoral failure of Romney/Ryan conservatism, the GOP appears to be retreating to the old...
by Thomas Mills | May 19, 2014 | 2014 Elections, Editor's Blog, NC Politics, US Senate |
Well, it looks like Thom Tillis snuck in and got the keys to his twitter account again. On Thursday night at 11:45, Tillis tweeted, “Reid/Hagan’s sketch ads in NC: DESPERATION. Bright side: NC gets $6+ million in our economy. Thanks Harry. #ncsen.” It took me...
by John Wynne | May 16, 2014 | Campaigns, Carolina Strategic Analysis, Features, Polling, US Senate |
There are only three people who could conceivably win our state’s U.S. Senate election this November. There’s the incumbent Democrat, Kay Hagan. Her Republican challenger, Speaker Thom Tillis. And then there’s Sean Haugh, the Libertarian. Haugh, 53,...
by John Wynne | May 13, 2014 | Carolina Strategic Analysis, Features, Poll Analysis, US Senate |
In the wake of Keith Crisco’s untimely death, the world of North Carolina politics needs some levity. Fortunately, PPP has seen fit to provide it in their latest poll on the Senate race, the first since the primary. The poll is garbage. Notably, it has Sean...
by Thomas Mills | May 12, 2014 | 2014 Elections, Editor's Blog, NC Politics, US Senate
Tuesday night, Thom Tillis celebrated the biggest political victory of his life. It was a short celebration. The rest of the week sucked. Tillis started Wednesday morning doing national morning news shows. Everything seemed to be okay until he got a question from...
