by Thomas Mills | Oct 3, 2014 | 2014 Elections, US Senate |
Thom Tillis is having difficulty connecting with his base. His problems are really the same problems that plagued GOP candidates for governor throughout the 1990s and 2000s. The Republican base is much more conservative than the state as a whole. But Tillis also faces...
by Thomas Mills | Aug 15, 2014 | Editor's Blog, Ethics, NCGov |
There goes Pat McCrory, showing off his thin skin and fighting with the media again. When is he going to learn that the best way to kill a story is to down play it, not escalate it? Now, he’s dragging it out for another day and making me write about it again. ...
by James Kotecki | Apr 29, 2014 | Democrats, NC Politics, NCGov, Politics, The North Carolinian, US Senate
Greg Lacour is a political blogger and contributing editor for Charlotte Magazine. He tells a telling tale about Thom Tillis, dives into Democratic disarray, and ponders the age-old question: what’s the deal with Charlotte? Hear Greg’s take on the Charlotte mayoral...
by Thomas Mills | Mar 27, 2014 | Editor's Blog, NC Politics, Politics |
Just a couple of years ago, Charlotte seemed to be taking its place as the leader in North Carolina politics in the 21st century. For the second time in a decade, one of its legislators was speaker of the NC house. It’s former mayor was elected governor and its...
by Thomas Mills | Jul 14, 2013 | Democrats, Editor's Blog, NC Politics, Politics |
This week, one of my Tea Partier tro…um, “friends” on Facebook asked me, “What good has the Democratic Party done for North Carolina in the past fifty years?” I ignored his question because, after months of his dominating my Facebook page with ideological...
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