First-rate sons of bitches
Well, everyone thought Pat McCrory was looking for a reset as he begins his second year in office. Instead, he’s falling back on the same bad habits that got him into trouble during his first year. He’s whining, passing the buck and blaming other people for the...
North Carolina: Still in the national crosshairs
North Carolina has headlined political news for two years straight. First, 2012 was a big year. The Democratic National Convention took place in Charlotte. Then, pundits viewed the state as the most competitive presidential contest in nation. In 2013, the state...
Teacher pay: Back to the future
Yesterday, former Governor Jim Hunt laid out the first serious policy proposal of 2014. In an op-ed, he called for raising teacher salaries to the national average in five years. His plan offers an opportunity to Republicans and reveals a lot about the North Carolina...
And you thought he was speaker
Ok, so Thom Tillis is out with his first ad of the U. S. Senate race. It’s not a bad spot for an introductory ad. It also tells us a little about how he might run this campaign. It’s quite clear that polling has told him that business experience is a plus, legislative...
Clay!
When I first heard a few weeks ago that Clay Aiken was considering a run for Congress, I thought it was just one of those rumors. I thought the guy lived in a different state. But last night, my twitter feed told me different. According to the twitterverse, he’s...
PoliticsNC’s Person of the Year: William Barber
PoliticsNC’s Person of the Year for 2013 is Rev. William Barber, President of the North Carolina NAACP and founder of the Moral Monday movement. Barber turned a few protesters into a statewide movement and brought the national spotlight onto North Carolina. Love him...
Best of PoliticsNC 2013
We started PoliticsNC in April 2013. Since then, thousands of people from across the country, but mostly from North Carolina, have read our blog. Below are the 5 blog posts with the largest readership. Most are still relevant today. 1. To spite your face, Oct. 3 2....
2014 predictions
I’m not big on making political predictions. The environment can change on a dime and the forces driving public opinion today may be a distant memory six months from now. That said, here are a few. Since the U. S. Senate race is the marquee event in the state this...
North Carolina 2013: The Democrats
For Democrats in North Carolina, 2013 was a nightmare. They watched a veto proof majority and compliant governor dismantle many of the party’s signature programs whether they were successful or not. Entering the legislative session, they knew things would be bad, but...
NC 2013: The Republicans
Well, 2013 was a humdinger of a year in North Carolina politics. For the second year in a row, we were in the national spotlight. In 2012, we were one of the most competitive states in the presidential contest, the site of the Democratic National Convention and we...
