by Thomas Mills | Apr 15, 2022 | Editor's Blog |
Watching the Republican US Senate primary here in North Carolina sure makes me hope Cheri Beasley wins in November. Former Governor Pat McCrory is flailing, as incompetent and insincere as ever. Congressman Ted Budd is in the pocket of Donald Trump and allying himself...
by Thomas Mills | Apr 2, 2021 | Editor's Blog |
Thom Tillis is the luckiest person in politics. A man with limited political skill and even less political conviction, he’s risen to the top echelon of American politics. He’s one of just 100 U.S. Senators and yet his favorability in the state he serves has rarely...
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 | Oct 29, 2019 | Editor's Blog
Former Senator Kay Hagan died yesterday. Since 2016, she suffered from the results of a debilitating tick-borne illness that left her with limited speech and mobility. A long term resident of Greensboro, she was 66 years old. Hagan was born in Shelby but grew up in...
by Thomas Mills | Oct 21, 2019 | 2020 elections, Editor's Blog |
A National Journal article this weekend listed Senator Thom Tillis as the incumbent US Senator with the lowest approval rating. The piece says that Democrats’ path to taking back the Senate is becoming increasingly clear and that North Carolina will be front and...
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