Right now, it’s Biden in NC
The news this week in the presidential race centers around the entry of former Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick and former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg. Both candidates are supposed to offer more moderate Democrats an alternative to Biden or Buttigieg. Patrick...
The heir apparent
Nikki Haley released a new book in which she defended Donald Trump and said she has no questions about his honesty. She also said the former Secretary of State Rex Tillerson and former White House Chief of Staff John Kelly asked her to undermine the president. Never...
Spare me the saviors
Democratic donors are in bed-wetting mode over their primary candidates. Polls have shown no candidate decisively beating Trump in swing states. In response, a whole bunch of saviors are looking at late entries into the race. Spare me. First came billionaire and...
Forest leading the GOP toward the 2020 cliff
Before I begin, let’s remember that today is Veteran’s Day. On this day in 1918, the First World War ended on the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month. It was an utterly senseless war that killed millions of people and then set the stage for next...
The GOP clown car needs a bus
I find it remarkable how in the age of Trump, the entire Republican Party has lost any sense of shame. Yesterday, we learned that Senate President Pro-tem Phil Berger is buying a house in Raleigh with campaign funds. Instead of trying to rationalize it in some...
Raleigh swamp monsters
For decades, we’ve heard conservatives say that government should be run like a business. After ten years of GOP rule in North Carolina and almost three years of the Trump administration, we now know what that looks like. Politicians use their positions to benefit...
Encouraging signs for Democrats
On the eve of the Kentucky gubernatorial election, Donald Trump held a rally for Republican Governor Matt Bevin, telling the audience that if Bevin lost it would send "a really bad message to the rest of the country." Now that message has been delivered. Bevin lost to...
A sneak peak at 2020
Tonight, we’ll get our best preview of the 2020 elections. In Virginia, Kentucky, Mississippi and New Jersey, voters will choose new state legislators and in Mississippi and Kentucky, new governors. While a lot can change in a year, we’ll get a sense of where the...
A sobering poll for Democrats
Democrats in North Carolina who think they’re about to sail to victory next November should think again. The New York Times has an in-depth poll out this morning that shows Donald Trump leading the state against the top Democrats running. He’s ahead of Biden by...
On gerrymandering, at least the Supreme Court is consistent
When a panel of state judges threw out the Congressional districts in North Carolina last week, we heard a familiar refrain from a lot of Republicans. They claimed the state courts were defying the Supreme Court. That argument is bunk. In reality, the Supreme Court...
