Trumpkin
You’ve got to hand it to Pat McCrory. He’s adaptable. When he needed to be the moderate Republican mayor of a New South city, he fit the role. When he arrived in Raleigh and found a state government run by hardcore social conservatives, he became one of those,...
Banking on anger, victimization, and Trump
The signs of GOP collapse are all too evident. Yesterday, a conservative politician announced a third party bid for the presidency. While he doesn’t have a real chance at winning, professional Republicans from the Koch brothers on down are jumping on board. Republican...
Staying on a dangerous message
You’ve got to give the leaders of the North Carolina legislature credit. They’re staying on message, even if that message is damaging to our country and our democracy. Donald Trump has been setting the stage for his loss in November by falsely claiming the electoral...
Losing the GOP
This election is not just about Donald Trump versus Hillary Clinton or Roy Cooper versus Pat McCrory. This election is about who we are as a country. The core movement behind Donald Trump is not Republican. It’s a force driven by anti-Muslim and anti-immigrant...
For Ross, stars are starting to align
The US Senate race in North Carolina is getting more attention and Republicans are getting more nervous. Yesterday, Real Clear Politics moved the race from Lean Republican to Toss Up, indicating challenger Deborah Ross is going to give incumbent Republican Richard...
Exposed for who they are
When the court of appeals struck down North Carolina’s voter ID law last week, they said what everybody already knew. The law targeted African-Americans in an effort to keep them from voting. The court issued a stinging rebuke that essentially called the law racist....
Democrats won the conventions
Last night, Hillary Clinton closed the deal. Democrats spent the previous three days setting up her moment and she gave the speech she needed to give. Now, she needs to keep her momentum to win in November. Democrats arrived in Philadelphia in a state chaos. Email...
Making the case
Yesterday, Democrats had a remarkably good day and Donald Trump had a remarkably bad one. In Philadelphia, speaker after speaker, laid into Trump as an untrustworthy con man unfit to serve as President of the United States. Barack Obama ended the night with a speech...
All in a day at the DNC
The first day of the Democratic National Convention started out as a mess. Wikileaks emails enraged already angry Sanders supporters. Debbie Wasserman-Schulz was being forced out and making her exit difficult. Pro-Sanders protesters were chanting “Lock her up” at a...
PoliticsNC: LIVE from the DNC
PoliticsNC will be reporting live from the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia. Michael Cooper will be posting blogs and updates on social media. Thomas Mills will be writing periodically throughout the convention. Follow us on Facebook, Twitter, and...
