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What leadership provides

by Thomas Mills | Jul 20, 2017 | Democrats, Editor's Blog | 4 comments

What 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 firing...

Thoughts from vacation

by Thomas Mills | Jul 17, 2017 | Democrats, Editor's Blog, National Politics | 5 comments

For 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 have...

Democrats in the wilderness

by Thomas Mills | Jun 28, 2017 | Democrats, Editor's Blog, Politics | 6 comments

This 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 Nevada,...

Pelosi didn’t cost Ossoff the election

by Thomas Mills | Jun 23, 2017 | Democrats, Editor's Blog, Politics | 6 comments

Jon Ossoff’s loss in the special election in GA-06 is causing all kinds of handwringing among Democrats. Instead of recognizing that the district was extremely difficult for any Democrat, some people are calling for Nancy Pelosi to step down. They reason that the...

Congratulations, Tom Perez. Now, think local.

by Thomas Mills | Feb 27, 2017 | Democrats, Editor's Blog, Politics | 4 comments

Tom Perez was elected Chair of the Democratic National Committee. It’s now time for Democrats to put that election behind them and move on. The DNC Chair is not nearly as important as activists seem to believe. The real action needs to happen in the states and state...

Chair of the DNC needs to lead the party, not a movement

by Thomas Mills | Feb 6, 2017 | Democrats, Editor's Blog | 15 comments

This weekend, The Nation endorsed Keith Ellison for Chair of the Democratic National Committee. They support the Congressman from Minnesota because of his commitment to “build an activist party” at a time when “when movements matter more to tens of millions of...