North Carolinians don’t like their Senators
North Carolinians don’t generally like their US Senators. Almost every election cycle starts with some incumbent Senator with a favorability rating somewhere in the mid-30s. We routinely throw out Senators after one term. Only two Senators, Jesse Helms and Richard...
Moderation, if they will embrace it, could give Democrats control again
An article by Colin Campbell in the News & Observer suggests that Democrats are embracing litmus tests that will reduce moderates in the Democratic Party. He uses the recent example of the ousting of Kim Strach as head of the State Board of Elections and threats...
Tillis’ strange endorsement
Last week, Thom Tillis got an interesting endorsement. A conservative pro-LGBT group named him as a Senator they support. “Senator Tillis has already distinguished himself in the first term as someone who is very bipartisan, very sensitive and thoughtful when it comes...
The cynicism of their convictions
Yesterday, Senator Mitt Romney said he didn’t agree with the Alabama abortion ban. Earlier, House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy said he believes the measure goes too far. Other Republican senators went on Sunday news shows to express their concern with the law. Even...
New Pew Data on Independents
Pew has a new survey out that looks at the nature of politically independent voters, and the upshot is something that is apparent from polling but still goes rather undiscussed on network news: Independents are not just a large cohort of people sitting on the fence,...
Yes, they will take your right to reproductive freedom
For years, Republicans yelled, “If Democrats win, they’re gonna take your guns!” In response, conservative 2ndAmendment ideologues flocked to buy guns before they were banned and we now have far more guns per person floating around our society than any other country...
Warren’s week
This week in presidential politics, the Democratic field grew with the additions of Montana Governor Steve Bullock and New York City Mayor Bill DeBlasio. Both men start with low name recognition and a lot of catching up to do in a field of 23. On the Biden front, the...
Perspective: May 15
This week’s podcast episode.
It’s the Dans
State Senator Dan Bishop ran away with the NC-09 Republican special primary. He garnered almost half the votes in a ten-candidate field and almost doubled the votes of the second place candidate, Stony Rushing of Union County. That puts Bishop and his Democratic...
NC-09 Republicans vote today
Today, North Carolina has its second special Congressional election primary of the year. A few weeks ago, we watched the primary in NC-03. Tonight, it’s NC-09. Dan McCready will be the Democrat but the Republican race is up in the air with 10 candidates to choose...
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