The scandal is a Republican one
Right now, the press is pushing a false equivalency narrative in the Greg Lindberg scandal that led to the indictments of state GOP Chair Robin Hayes and former Chatham County GOP Chair John Palermo. Stories quickly popped up saying “Democrats took Lindberg money,...
Give it up
People give to political campaigns for different reasons. Some know the candidates personally. Some share ideological beliefs. Some believe they’re better than the opponents. Some do so just because they are asked. Some want access. And some expect something in...
So much winning
Robin Hayes had a distinguished career until Donald Trump came along. Hayes, an heir to the Cannon textile fortune, served in the legislature and Congress and was capping off his political career by serving as Chair of the North Carolina Republican Party....
Republicans broke the system, Democrats should try to fix it
It’s early in the election cycle, but Republican must like what they’re seeing right now. Democrats seem hellbent on tearing each other down while the frontrunners for the Democratic nomination are falling all over themselves to see who can pander to the base the...
North Carolina’s revolving US Senate seats
North Carolina has a long history of revolving US Senate seats. The seat Sen. Thom Tillis holds has flipped every cycle since Jesse Helms gave it up in 2002. The other Senate seat, the one Richard Burr holds, had flipped every cycle since Sam Ervin retired in 1974...
A Republican AOC? Not quite.
Yesterday, I got an email from a Washington reporter with the subject line “NC-09.” The body read, “I'm doing a Stevie Rivenbark story…[She] is being pitched as the GOP's answer to Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. What do you think of the comparison and should NC...
Thoughts on gerrymandering
Yesterday, the Supreme Court heard cases concerning gerrymandering in North Carolina and Maryland. The results could have wide ranging implications. I’m not a constitutional lawyer and I try not give legal like so many people on twitter. I also try to assume that some...
Gerrymandering day
Today is gerrymandering day at the Supreme Court. The court will hear cases from North Carolina and Maryland to determine whether extreme gerrymanders in redistricting are constitutional or not. In North Carolina, Republican legislators drew districts that gave them a...
No collusion, just corruption. MAGA!
The Mueller report finally dropped. The special counsel found no evidence of collusion between the Trump campaign and Russian agents or interests to influence the outcome of the election. Mueller also noted that while he did not find conclusive evidence of obstruction...
In the name of Trump
Fealty to Donald Trump requires debasing yourself. Ever since Chris Christie went from presidential frontrunner to Trump errand boy, we’ve watched a string of otherwise self-respecting Republicans embarrass themselves to stay in Trumps good graces. It’s not enough...
