Cooper faces a pivotal choice
In what direction will North Carolina go under a Democratic governor-elect, Roy Cooper, and a Republican General Assembly? There are three possibilities. The least likely scenario — but the one that... Read More
NC Spin Articles
Legislators, keep hands off governor's race
Editorial by Wilmington Star-News, November 26, 2016. Prior to 1836, the state legislature chose North Carolina’s governor. In 2016, it could do so again. A little-known provision of the state... Read More
Why are NC citizens voting for state judges?
Although many of us have participated in polls recently, may I ask one more question: if you voted in one of the six races for seats on the North Carolina Supreme Court and Court of Appeals, how did... Read More
The troubling machinations of preserving political power in Raleigh
That sound you hear from Raleigh these days is coming from leading North Carolina Republicans, astonished that their iron grip on state government is in jeopardy, thrashing around desperately as they... Read More
Time to congratulate Governor-elect Cooper
Editorial by Rocky Mount Telegram, December 1, 2016. Gov. Pat McCrory seems to have questioned practically every aspect of North Carolina elections, and hard-working elections officials across the... Read More
HB2, General Assembly threw McCrory off his game
Editorial By Fayetteville Observer, December 1, 2016. In the near or far future, Republican Gov. Pat McCrory will have to accept the election results and that he lost to Democratic Attorney General... Read More
GOP factions can work together
The first time I lived in the nation’s capital, Ronald Reagan was president. The conservatives I knew there were proud of their movement’s accomplishments, in such areas as reforming taxes and... Read More
State Board sets 5 pm Monday deadline for Durham recount
The State Board of Elections has set a deadline of 7 p.m. Monday for a machine recount of more than 90,000 disputed ballots that were not tabulated by voting machines on election night. The state... Read More
Lessons Governor-elect Cooper should take from the Obama presidency
by Rob Schofield, NC Policy Watch, November 30, 2016. In these divided times, there’s precious little common ground to find with the right-wing opposition With Gov. Pat McCrory’s efforts to stave... Read More
McCrory will be remembered for this lack of grace
Editorial by Charlotte Observer, November 29, 2016. Pat McCrory, it appears, is going through the five stages of grief. First came denial, then anger. Right now he’s in the bargaining stage. That... Read More
