3+ day, 23+ hour ago   (240+ words) When the 1994 GOP wave hit, I never saw it coming. I was working on a state senate campaign in Cleveland County. We didn’t have the polls that are so ubiquitous today, but I felt fairly confident about the election. I…...

6+ day, 44+ min ago   (411+ words) The Republican outrage machine has so little material that they’ve resorted to reruns. Now that nobody believes teachers perform gender reassignment surgery in schools, they’ve gone back to COVID. All over the internet, conservatives are getting outraged over restrictions that…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (587+ words) I was hoping that the Michigan Senate race would get out of the national news. I thought Abdul El-Sayed was a savvy enough politician to pivot toward the middle and start talking about the problems facing Michigan voters. Unfortunately, I…...

2+ week, 45+ min ago   (417+ words) Back in 2008, then-state Senator Kay Hagan was leading incumbent Republican US Senator Elizabeth Dole in the final weeks of a long campaign. In an attempt to shift the momentum, Dole’s campaign ran an ad that implied Hagan was an atheist…...

3+ week, 1+ day ago   (266+ words) I hate to write two pieces about polls in the same week, but we’ve just had a flurry of North Carolina polls released within a week of each other. What’s striking is how consistent they are as we head into…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (208+ words) Besides, North Carolina was far from the only government to release prisoners. Other states also reduced their inmate populations to prevent the spread of the disease. Donald Trump released more than 13,000 federal prisoners to home confinement. Whatley’s certainly not complaining…...

3+ week, 5+ day ago   (446+ words) Carolina Forward, the progressive advocacy and research organization, has a new poll out showing Republicans still mired in a tough political environment. With less than 90 days before the election, time is running out for the GOP to turn things around....

1+ mon, 23+ hour ago   (225+ words) Republicans who have been bashing Democrats for pushing out flawed candidates after primaries but before the general election are about to disappear. Last night, Republican leaders pushed scandal-plagued Congressman Chuck Edwards out of his re-election campaign for NC-11. They have…...

1+ mon, 2+ day ago   (375+ words) Thom Tillis pulled another Tillis. After weeks — months? — of posturing about Todd Blanche’s confirmation as attorney general, Tillis is going to put another Trump toady in the cabinet. He got played again, or maybe he was just playing us. Tillis…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago   (593+ words) Over the past few months, several readers have labeled me a “centrist,” clearly with a sense of derision. I would prefer pragmatic, but, yeah, I’m no raging leftist. Mainly, I want Democrats to win, especially in the places that matter…...