by Thomas Mills | Feb 5, 2016 | Editor's Blog |
Four years ago, Gov. Bev Perdue announced that she would not be running for re-election. In the midst of the Great Recession, her approval ratings, like those of governors across the country, were in the tank. In addition, her administration was under investigation by...
by Thomas Mills | Aug 3, 2015 | 2016 Elections, Editor's Blog, NC Politics |
Pat McCrory is having a bad summer. Senate Republicans have dismissed the governor as irrelevant and misguided. House members have insulted him, too. His Secretary of Transportation left in the middle of the legislative session, leaving McCrory’s chief legislative...
by Thomas Mills | Mar 20, 2015 | 2016 Elections, Editor's Blog, National Politics, NC Politics, US Senate |
Democrats in North Carolina are getting antsy about the US Senate race for Richard Burr’s seat. No candidate has emerged and everybody’s favorite pick, US Secretary of Transportation Anthony Foxx, has said he’s not running. In the vacuum, rumors and speculation run...
by Thomas Mills | Sep 20, 2013 | Editor's Blog, NCGOP, NCGov |
Well, it looks like it’s not only Democrats smelling blood in the water, Republicans are, too. Governor Pat McCrory has been so hapless and inept that even the GOP sees him as lame duck just nine months into his first term. While the dissatisfaction has bubbled under...
by Thomas Mills | Aug 22, 2013 | Budget, Editor's Blog, NCGOP, NCGov |
For weeks, Governor Pat McCrory has been blaming everybody for the GOP’s self-inflicted wounds. It’s the liberal media, even though many of the newspapers criticizing him endorsed him. It’s those mean old “outside groups” like ProgressNC, as if he doesn’t have the...
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