I am delighted and relieved that supermajorities have been diminished at both the North Carolina Legislature and the U.S. Congress. I have always felt that single party and supermajority governments... Read More
While Congressional and General Assembly races got most of the election headlines this week, history was quietly being made in a series of law enforcement races. On Tuesday the state’s seven largest... Read More
Democrats should be smiling big today, in North Carolina and across the nation. They should be optimistic about 2020 and beyond. Above all, there are now checks on Trump in Washington and Republicans... Read More
Now that Democrats have erased the GOP’s veto-proof majorities for the 2019 legislative session, Republican lawmakers could try to rush initiatives through a lame duck legislative session scheduled... Read More
Below find responses to Tuesday's elections from two more NC SPIN panelists, November 8, 2018. Bev Perdue, former governor of North Carolina and NC SPIN panelist... Read More
Out with the old and in with the…slightly less old The millennial generation is finally a bit more than Buttercup in the Fire Swamp. Millennials learned that though they are young, they can have an... Read More
Reactions from Joe Mavretic, Cash Michaels and Becki Gray, Wednesday, November 7, 2018. From Becki Gray, John Locke Foundation and NC SPIN panelist... Read More
Wednesday, November 7, 2018 From Bob Orr, former Supreme Court Justice and NC SPIN panelist: The power of... Read More
The 2018 election is finally and mercifully over and, as was noted in this space yesterday, now is no time for progressives to rest on their laurels. Having taken some promising initial steps in the... Read More
If you expected the 2018 midterm elections to settle all scores and clarify all unanswered political questions in the era of Donald Trump, you were just asking for disappointment — and that’s what... Read More
