by Thomas Mills | Oct 26, 2020 | 2020 elections, coronavirus, Editor's Blog
ShareAs we enter into the final stretch of the campaign, North Carolina seems to be holding steady. Polls show Joe Biden leading Donald Trump and Cal Cunningham is, so far, surviving his sex scandal. Roy Cooper is poised to handily win re-election and voters are...
by Thomas Mills | Oct 22, 2020 | 2020 elections, coronavirus, Editor's Blog
ShareIt appears that the GOP plan to deal with the pandemic is the same as their health care plan—nonexistent. In North Carolina, conservatives are just flailing about the way Roy Cooper has handled the crisis. While they bash him for the slow economic recovery, they...
by Thomas Mills | Oct 19, 2020 | coronavirus, Editor's Blog
ShareOn Sunday, the News & Observer printed headline shouted “Pandemic Dominates NC Governor’s Race.” That’s not the only race that it’s likely to dominate. The rising cases and increasing death toll will drive much of the conversation heading down the stretch....
by Thomas Mills | Oct 16, 2020 | 2020 elections, coronavirus, Editor's Blog
ShareAn Elon University poll released this week offers insight into why Roy Cooper has held such a commanding lead over Dan Forest. It’s not just because Forest is an extremist out of touch with regular North Carolinians. People approve of the way Cooper’s handled the...
by Thomas Mills | Oct 8, 2020 | 2020 elections, coronavirus, Editor's Blog
ShareThe Rose Garden event was designed to be a brazen rebuke of the president’s critics. It would be a high-profile victory lap to celebrate Trump’s third nomination of a third Supreme Court Justice. The event planners intentionally ignored any effort to social...
by Thomas Mills | Oct 2, 2020 | 2020 elections, coronavirus, Editor's Blog
ShareTrump testing positive for COVID will dominate the news this weekend. Out of a sense of decency, we should all hope that he and Melania recover quickly. Otherwise, we will never hear the end of the conspiracy theories about leftists poisoning the president....
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