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The Donald Dilemma

by Thomas Mills | May 9, 2016 | Editor's Blog | 3 comments

For years, Democrats in the South mastered the art of tacitly supporting the Democratic nominee for president and then avoiding any contact with him for the duration of the campaign. Rob Christensen recently illustrated the point when he related the story of Walter...

Are the parties over?

by Thomas Mills | Feb 26, 2016 | Editor's Blog, Politics | 7 comments

This year seems to herald the beginning of the end of the two party system. It’s probably actually been happening for awhile and it will probably take a lot longer to complete the transition. However, without some sort of intervention through legislation or the...

(Sponsored) Main Street Democrats: Working for a new legislative Majority

by Ken Goodman | Apr 17, 2015 | Ads | 16 comments

For more than a century Democrats in North Carolina were able to govern by forging a working coalition with progressive and pro-business, middle-of-the road voters. Great governors like Kerr Scott, Luther Hodges, Terry Sanford, Bob Scott and Jim Hunt knew North...

Ideologues driving the train

by Thomas Mills | Mar 3, 2015 | Editor's Blog, NC Politics | 10 comments

The GOP’s makers-and-takers narrative is alive and well in North Carolina. Ned Barnett’s profile of state Senator Bob Rucho (R-Mecklenburg) highlights the victim mentality that defines the modern Republican Party. We saw it in the Tea Party protests and now we see it...

Following Pope’s lead

by Thomas Mills | Jan 22, 2015 | Democrats, Editor's Blog, NC Politics | 7 comments

In 1990, when Art Pope set up the John Locke Foundation, North Carolina’s second Republican governor since Reconstruction was in the middle of his second term. In the state house, a group of rebellious Democrats had engineered a coup by forging an alliance with...