N&O: Not a ticket splitter
A pollster will usually ask voters: Would you say you 1) Always vote Democratic, 2) Usually vote Democratic, 3) Always vote Republican, 4) Usually vote Republican or 5) would you say you split your... Read More
NC Spin Articles
Tillis vs. Tillis
Thom Tillis faces a big obstacle as he tries to catch up in the final days: Thom Tillis. If you turn off the sound and just watch Tillis, you’ll see the problem he has swaying undecided voters... Read More
Flip a coin
Thom Tillis said Kay Hagan voted for Obama’s Stimulus Bill then her husband’s company got $390,000 in Stimulus Funds as a pay-off. And Hagan fired back Tillis (as Speaker) put a toll road near... Read More
Democrats $32 million attack backfires, aiding Tillis and abetting Hagan's fall
Tillis Tops List as Most Attacked U.S. Senate Candidate: Recent national news stories have reported that North Carolina’s U.S. Senate race between Democratic U.S. Senator Kay Hagan and Republican... Read More
UNC AD softpedals scandal
Editorial by News and Observer, October 29, 2014. Perhaps, from a person who’d rather talk about a lacrosse stadium and luxury boxes for the Smith Center basketball facility, this was to be expected... Read More
Three frustrating reminders from the 2014 election's last days
As one of the most hotly contested mid-term elections in North Carolina history comes to a close, it’s worth noting some of the lessons that we have already learned regardless of who wins and who... Read More
Democrats use 'voter shaming' to spur turnout
The North Carolina Democratic Party appears to be using a "voter shaming" tactic to spur turnout in this year's election. Voters in at least four counties – Wake, Durham, Orange and New Hanover... Read More
Did UNC's academic/athletic malfeasance start in 1993?
by Jon Sanders, The John Locke Foundation, October 28, 2014. The staggering finding by Kenneth L. Wainstein’s investigation into UNC-Chapel Hill’s “shadow curriculum” for athletes... Read More
Senate ads invoke invoke Trayvon Martin, abortion, plantations
While biting ads flood TV screens in North Carolina’s U.S. Senate race, a quieter but no less inflammatory campaign is targeting one segment of voters – African-Americans. Radio ads invoking the... Read More
Whether quit or be fired by UNC, Williams should go
Why is Roy Williams still head coach of the UNC men’s basketball team? Why hasn’t he resigned or been fired? If the Wainstein report has supposedly fast-tracked a new era of transparency and... Read More
