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The Southern Strategy realized

by Thomas Mills | Sep 30, 2020 | 2020 elections, Editor's Blog

ShareA little over fifty years ago, the GOP made a deal with the devil and now he’s let the world know that he’s claimed the party’s soul. Donald Trump is the culmination of Nixon’s Southern Strategy that invited the racist wing of the Democratic Party into the...

Is the bottom dropping out for the GOP?

by Thomas Mills | Sep 28, 2020 | 2020 elections, Editor's Blog

ShareRepublicans have gotten a spate of very bad news in the last few days. Polls show Republicans struggling in Senate races across the map, especially in states that should be safe. The nomination of Amy Coney Barrett may give the GOP another conservative seat on...

Dupes and disinformation

by Thomas Mills | Sep 25, 2020 | Editor's Blog

ShareThe party of dumb people is having difficulty finding people smart enough to serve effectively on public boards and commissions. This week, two Republican members of the State Board of Elections, David Black and Ken Raymond, resigned their posts to protest their...

A nation in trouble

by Thomas Mills | Sep 24, 2020 | 2020 elections, Editor's Blog

ShareYesterday, the President of the United States told us that he will not guarantee a peaceful transfer of power. The statement rattled observers from both sides of the aisle but emboldened Trump supporters who are working feverishly to discredit the election before...

North Carolina against the grain

by Thomas Mills | Sep 23, 2020 | 2020 elections, Editor's Blog

SharePolls coming in around the country show a country that could be closely divided in the electoral college while seeing a blow out in the popular vote or a country that handily elects Joe Biden president of the United States. In North Carolina, we might see...

Raw power is the new normal

by Thomas Mills | Sep 21, 2020 | Editor's Blog

ShareMitch McConnell and the Republican Party are willing to tear our country apart to stack the judicial system. While Harry Reid gets the blame of ending the filibuster for federal judges, it was McConnell’s abuse of the procedure that led to Reid using the...