The Trump Party
This weekend, South Carolina Senator Lindsey Graham started urging his fellow Republicans to unite behind Trump. This from a guy who once called Trump a “race-baiting, xenophobic religious bigot.” Graham is just the latest member of the GOP to fall in line after...
A war we thought we had won
In his commencement address at Elon University on Friday, David Gergen said that North Carolina had been taken over by the “forces of political extremism.” He was, of course, talking about the legislature and the governor. That’s harsh criticism coming from a...
Welcome to the fray, Braeburn. Thanks for the help.
The recent episode with Braeburn Pharmaceuticals makes clear that it’s Republicans that are driving businesses away from and out of the North Carolina, not Democrats. Pat McCrory and his misguided legislative allies keep blaming the damage of House Bill 2 on Democrats...
Turning to Cooper
The message of the press release was clear. Businesses are turning to Attorney General Roy Cooper for assurances that North Carolina is still a good place to live and work. Pat McCrory has clearly lost their confidence. Braeburn Pharmaceuticals announced that it would...
Dear America
Dear America, If you wonder what the country would look like with a Republican President Trump and a GOP-controlled Congress, look no further than North Carolina. In 2012, we elected our first Republican Governor, legislature and Supreme Court in more than 100 years....
Unchecked power
First, let me say that I believe House Bill 2 needs to be repealed. I also believe that transgender people should be able to use the bathroom of their choice, just like they were doing before all this mess started. And finally, I believe that bitter right-wing social...
Hot potato
House Bill 2 is now causing a bit of a stir among the top of the North Carolina Republican ticket. Last week, Governor Pat McCrory said that Congress should take up the issue of who should use which bathroom. The governor has been burned enough by the misguided bill...
Pro-regulation, anti-property rights, big government Republicans
Republican Senators Andrew Brock and Bill Cook have out done themselves. They’ve written a bill designed to kill the solar energy industry in North Carolina using big government regulations to take away property rights. Brock and Cook propose a mile-and-a-half setback...
Upping the ante
Six months out from the presidential election and politics have blown up in our collective face. A reality star who throws out childish insults and calls people silly names is the Republican nominee for president. A debate over who can use the bathroom where has...
The Donald Dilemma
For years, Democrats in the South mastered the art of tacitly supporting the Democratic nominee for president and then avoiding any contact with him for the duration of the campaign. Rob Christensen recently illustrated the point when he related the story of Walter...
