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What Virginia Portends

by Kirk Kovach | Nov 29, 2017 | 2018 elections, Democrats, Features, NC Politics, Politics, The Kovach Corner

Share This post was originally published November 8, 2017 at Carolina Political Review. Landslide. Wave. Tsunami. All of those phrases colored various interpretations of what happened in Virginia yesterday, but all convey the same sense: Democrats are back, in a big...

Raleigh mayor’s race highlights problems in the Democratic coalition

by Thomas Mills | Nov 7, 2017 | Democrats, Editor's Blog, NC Politics, Politics

ShareThe race for mayor of Raleigh highlights a division in the Democratic coalition that’s less noted than the split between establishment Democrats and left-leaning populist supporters of Bernie Sanders. In Raleigh, the split is between less affluent...

It’s still the economy, stupid

by Thomas Mills | Aug 9, 2017 | Democrats, Editor's Blog

ShareWell, the results of 35 years of supply side economic are in. The rich have gotten vastly richer and the middle class has gotten the shaft. During the previous 35 years, 1945-80, the distribution of wealth was much more equitable. Workers saw their incomes rise...

What leadership provides

by Thomas Mills | Jul 20, 2017 | Democrats, Editor's Blog

ShareWhat a difference a leader makes. Roy Cooper is leading and rebuilding the state Democratic Party and taking the fight the Republicans every day. Now, he’s announced a well-funded effort to make serious in-roads into the GOP majorities in the legislature. He’s...

Thoughts from vacation

by Thomas Mills | Jul 17, 2017 | Democrats, Editor's Blog, National Politics

ShareFor the first time in more than four years, I didn’t post a blog for more than two weeks. I started a few but never finished them. I was traveling around Minnesota and enjoying checking out the people and scenery more than the politics in North Carolina. I do...

Democrats in the wilderness

by Thomas Mills | Jun 28, 2017 | Democrats, Editor's Blog, Politics

ShareThis is the first segment of a series that addresses problems facing the Democratic Party. Earlier this week, a plane pulling a banner that read “Senator Heller: Keep your word. Vote no on Trumpcare” flew over West Virginia. Unfortunately, Heller represents...