Exploiting the racial and cultural divide
If you want to get an idea of what the 2018 election cycle will look like, check out the races in Virginia. It’s not pretty. Both sides are using ugly racial and cultural stereotypes to gin up their base voters. Republicans imply that Hispanic gangs are infiltrating...
Standing with conservatives for democracy
Last week, Arizona Republican US Senator Jeff Flake announced he wasn’t running for re-election in a blistering speech on the floor of the Senate that called out the president and his party for moving in a dangerous direction. He warned, "We must never regard as...
The party of fiscal irresponsibility and hypocrisy
The party that’s been blaming Democrats for the $20 trillion national debt caused largely by the failed policies of George W. Bush just passed a budget resolution that will add $1.5 trillion to the debt while cutting Medicare by $500 billion and Medicaid by $1...
Republican woes are getting worse
More evidence emerged this week showing the difficulties Congressional Republicans face as they enter the 2018 cycle. A Fox News poll shows Democrats with a staggering 15-point advantage on the generic ballot (“If the election for Congress were held tomorrow, would...
Republicans raised your rates
My neighbor got a letter from his insurance company this week telling him that his premium would triple and his deductible would double. He would now be paying $1500 a month for health insurance. He’s not alone. A lot of people got these notices. They can all thank...
NC-09: Bannon’s coming
Steve Bannon is coming to North Carolina. He’s announced that he will jump into the Republican primary in the 9th Congressional District. Bannon will lend his toxic white nationalist politics to the campaign of Mark Harris in his run against Republican incumbent...
A firestorm over nothing
The latest debacle over Trump’s response to Gold Star families illustrates why people hate politics and have lost respect for both our leaders and our institutions. Nobody behaved well, not the president, not the congresswoman, not the press, and not the partisans...
Reckless with our democracy
The GOP in North Carolina is in a hurry. You would think people serving in a body that was elected in unconstitutional districts would be cautious about how quickly they move. Not the Republicans in this state. They have all the hubris they brought to power when they...
Congressional roundup
North Carolina doesn’t like to be left out of the political spotlight, even in years when we don’t seem to have any high profile races. Next year is a blue moon election when we have no statewide council of state or federal races at the top the ticket. Historically,...
Polls show Democrats in a strong position. What could go wrong?
A new CNN poll shows the political environment getting tougher for Republicans as we head into the final months of 2017. On the generic ballot, Democrats hold a 51% to 37% advantage. Donald Trump is underwater by 20 points with only 37% approving of the way he’s...
