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The NCDP’s Jonestown moment

by Thomas Mills | Feb 2, 2015 | Democrats, Editor's Blog | 53 comments

In his column this weekend, the News & Observer’s Ned Barnett wrote, “The Democrats have been vanquished, undone by their disorganization and lack of conviction and gerrymandered into irrelevance.” The backdrop to that statement is a race for chair of the...

A study in wing-nuts

by Thomas Mills | Mar 11, 2014 | Democrats, Editor's Blog, NC Politics, NCGOP, Politics | 14 comments

If somebody wanted to do a serious study on the mindset of wing-nuts, they should go no further than North Carolina. Between the GOP U.S. Senate primary and the North Carolina Democratic Party debacle, wing-nut mentality is on full display. While the issues that...

The illusion of power

by Thomas Mills | Mar 11, 2014 | Democrats, Editor's Blog, NC Politics | 17 comments

I want to take a point of personal privilege here and get a few things straight. I don’t hate Randy Voller. On personal level, I like the guy. I’ve known him for years, but I am as angry at him as I’ve been at anyone over politics. For me, watching the destruction of...

Giving the inmates the asylum

by Thomas Mills | Mar 10, 2014 | Democrats, Editor's Blog, NC Politics | 16 comments

I really don’t want to write about the North Carolina Democratic Party and had decided that I wasn’t going to, regardless of who was chosen as the new executive director this weekend. However, with the news that the party only has $60,000 cash on hand and is...

The party’s over

by Thomas Mills | Feb 28, 2014 | Democrats, Editor's Blog | 7 comments

This week, Bob Geary of The Independent wrote that Democratic Party Chair Randy Voller should step down. He also acknowledged that Voller won’t because he sees himself as a transformational figure. That summarizes Voller’s delusions and utter lack of understanding of...