The debate debacle
In a field with eight candidates running for the Republican nomination for U.S. Senate, the news organizations holding debates need some way to reduce the number of participants. Otherwise, the debates would take hours and much of that time would be spent listening to...
The Rising American Electorate
Like Soccer Moms and NASCAR Dads before them, there is a new voting demographic on which to focus. They are called the Rising American Electorate or RAE for short. The name is a lot less fun and catchy than its predecessors but this group of voters may eventually...
Buckle up, folks
Buckle up, folks. The Republican primary for U.S. Senate in North Carolina is about to take off. Mark Harris is morphing into a feisty underdog and might have the resources to compete. Yesterday, Harris called on House Speaker Thom Tillis to resign as speaker to avoid...
Blunt instruments
If Thom Tillis wins the GOP nomination for U.S. Senate in May and avoids a runoff, the Washington Democratic political strategists get at least a little credit. On the stump, Tillis is crowing about being the only candidate attacked by Democrats. He’s increasingly...
The pending Ice Age, bestiality and other GOP obsessions
If you ever wondered what is wrong with the GOP, look no further than the candidates running in the Republican primary for retiring Congressman Howard Coble’s seat. In a single forum, they laid out their bigotry, callousness and ignorance. To a group of school kids....
The electability argument
In 2010 and 2012, Republicans missed opportunities to take the U. S. Senate, in large part, because of their nominees. By all accounts, Delaware, Indiana, Missouri, Nevada, probably Colorado and quite possibly Connecticut would all have elected Republican senators if...
A solution in search of a problem
And there you have it: More outrage in Wingnut World. A new report postulating large amounts of potential voting fraud has conservatives giddy. Before the conversation on this report even begins, several points must be established. This legislature has no credibility...
What Tillis needs
Thom Tillis really needs to win the primary outright in May if he’s going to challenge Kay Hagan as a moderate, pragmatic Republican. The runoff is set for mid July. The short session of the legislature starts in mid-May. And in both events Thom Tillis will be a main...
Mark Harris is coming out
Mark Harris sure took a long time to come out of his shell, but he might be coming out at just the right time. And Harris might have been doing what he needed to do to be competitive in May--raising money. Now, he seems to on the rise while Thom Tillis and Greg...
Maybe they’ll just go away
I don’t believe the people running the Department of Environment and Natural Resources don’t care about protecting the environment. It’s just that they care about protecting businesses more. At least that’s the impression left by John Skvarla and his team. Throughout...
