by Thomas Mills | Aug 5, 2020 | 2020 elections, Editor's Blog |
For most of the time I’ve worked in politics, the political environment was pretty much baked-in by Labor Day. In the final two months of a campaign, candidates could fight around the edges, running against the tide, with a tide or battling out a more neutral...
by Thomas Mills | Sep 29, 2016 | Editor's Blog, NC Politics, Politics |
North Carolina is different. In 2014, the country as a whole saw the lowest voter turnout in decades. In North Carolina, turnout was about average for a non-presidential year. While a Republican wave washed over the rest of the country, North Carolina Democrats picked...
by Thomas Mills | Jan 21, 2016 | 2016 Elections, Editor's Blog, National Politics |
It’s election year and pundits across the political spectrum are speculating about what will drive the electorate next November. In 2014 in North Carolina, the Kay Hagan campaign almost made the election about public education and almost bucked a national GOP wave....
by Thomas Mills | Nov 16, 2015 | Editor's Blog, National Politics |
The attacks in Paris were awful. They shattered any sense of security the French have felt since the Charlie Hebdo massacre and they left the rest of the western world on edge. For Democrats, the attacks are bad news politically. The reactionary response by many...
by Thomas Mills | Nov 19, 2014 | 2014 Elections, Editor's Blog, US Senate |
Winston Churchill once said, “History is written by the victors.” So the Thom Tillis campaign team took exception to the narrative that Kay Hagan’s campaign team ran a good race. They’ve gone out of their way to debunk the theory. To paraphrase their candidate, that...
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