Narrow majorities and massive ambitions
Wall Street Journal columnist and former Bush speechwriter Peggy Noonan wrote a piece this week blistering Joe Biden for his voting rights speech in Georgia. She called it a “breaking point” that would unify support against Biden. Noonan cited Mitch...
Democrats get a little good news
Things change fast in politics. After months of political pundits predicting doom and destruction for Democrats in November, the narrative may be beginning to change. Redistricting doesn’t appear to be the disaster that so many people, me included, expected. A poll...
No, Justice Ervin shouldn’t recuse himself
Reading the GOP’s motion to have Supreme Court Justice Jimmy Ervin recuse himself, it’s hard to tell whether the legislators are trolling Democrats or the Carolina Journal. Regardless, it’s clearly not a serious proposal. Their reasoning lacks reason and their logic...
In support of a broad-based, pro-democracy movement
Today is the anniversary of the attack on the Capitol. Despite those who would downplay the assault, it was an attempt to overturn our government, regardless of how amateurish. The people who breached the Capitol and the people who encouraged it wanted to stop the...
Government schools
Back when Democrats controlled the legislature, they threatened that if Republicans ever gained a majority, the GOP would harm public schools. Republicans angrily claimed that Democrats were using scare tactics and that Republicans were committed to “fixing” public...
Thoughts on 2021 and 2022
Well, the New Year is off with a bang. After a week of 70+ degree weather, we’ve been hit by ferocious storms that have left me typing in the dark and the promise of snow. Don’t worry, though, the market will take care of it. I’m not into making predictions much...
Happy holidays!
This may be my last blog of the year. I’m travelling this weekend to visit family and, usually, not much happens between Christmas and New Year’s Day. That doesn’t mean I won’t get a bee in my bonnet and have to put something down on paper, but I also might take the...
Yeah, Joe Manchin’s an asshole, but…
Joe Manchin blew up Joe Biden’s Build Back Better agenda yesterday and he did it in the most insulting way possible. He went on Fox News and told the conservative base that the bill is dead. He left the White House scrambling and Democrats in Congress fuming. Even if...
A little Christmas cheer
The conversations I’ve been having with Democrats lately are depressing. It’s not just that they are resigned to losing Congress in 2022, it’s that they are resigned to losing our democracy in 2024. They believe that Republicans are rigging the system through...
Jackson is out
Jeff Jackson is out. The state senator announced this morning that he’s dropping his bid for the Democratic nomination for the U. S. Senate seat being vacated by Richard Burr. In leaving the race, he announced his endorsement of former Chief Justice of the Supreme...
