How the coronavirus brought down the gop
Of all the failures of the Republican Party over the past few decades, their response to the coronavirus will be seen as the catalyst that led to the party’s demise. A little over a year after the first person succumbed to COVID, we now have more than 450,000 dead....
The bull horns have replaced the dog whistles
An article in the Atlantic this morning points out that most of the people who stormed the Capitol were not affiliated with white nationalist gangs like the Proud Boys or Oath Keepers. Instead, they were predominantly middle-aged and middle-income Trump supporters who...
Identifying swing voters
Elon University released a poll last week that showed a solid majority of North Carolinians believe Donald Trump bears responsibility for the attack on the Capitol. It also shows that a narrow plurality supports the impeachment proceedings against him and narrow...
In defense of Marjorie Taylor Greene (Well, Kind of)
Ok, here’s my unpopular opinion. Marjorie Taylor Greene should not have been stripped of her committee assignments. Sure, what she said is repugnant and she should be ostracized and ridiculed. However, the people of her district elected her and they should be the ones...
They aren’t who they say they are?
When I was a kid growing up, my mother taught us that prejudice, as we called racism, was intolerable. She once stopped using a babysitter who used the n-word while caring for us. She would not let my brother go home from school with one of his classmates because the...
If Democratic Turnout kept pace with Republicans, the state would have a bluer hue
Speculation about the U.S. Senate race in North Carolina is already ramping up. National outlets are writing about the state because of its importance in determining control of the Senate. Senator Richard Burr has announce he will retire, leaving an open seat in a...
Biden’s obligation is to America, not Republicans
As Democrats push to pass their agenda, Republicans are whining that Joe Biden promised bi-partisanship and they aren’t getting a say. Cry me a river. The GOP has used whatever means necessary to either unilaterally block Democrats or ram through their agenda for the...
The coalition of White nationalists and cynics
Yesterday, Republican pollster Whit Ayers said on PBS, "Whether the GOP retains its uneasy alliance between the governing faction and the populist faction depends on some things that we don't know about yet." Let’s be clear. The “populist faction” of the GOP...
The gravitas to win
Yesterday, I panned Jeff Jackson’s announcement that he’s running for US Senate and got a lot of blow back from his supporters. Maybe I was harsh, but I want Democrats to win the Senate seat and I do not believe Jackson or Erica Smith has what it takes. The leap from...
Misreading the room
State Senator Jeff Jackson is announcing today that he’s running for U.S. Senate. He clearly can’t read a room and has a lousy sense of timing. He’s jumping into the primary when the energy in the Democratic Party is with women and African Americans and an African...
