What about Washington D.C., particularly the ruling Democrat Party, makes them think that the American people are thirsting for bigger government, more spending, and higher taxes? Why do they think the American people are stupid enough to fall for their economic nonsense? The professional D.C. class has been flipping cartwheels since U.S. Senator Joe Manchin, D-WV, agreed...
Democrats in North Carolina and nationally face serious headwinds. Team Biden is cratering. His approval ratings are low. Inflation is high. History works against the Democrats. The Democrats have serious problems. Mostly the Democrats have serious problems because the country has serious problems and they are in charge. However, there is one area where Democrats do...
On Friday, State Senator Bob Steinburg is expected to announce he is resigning his seat in the North Carolina General Assembly. He will officially resign at the end if the month, telling Carolina Journal that he plans a future career in legislative advocacy. State law requites a six-month "cooling-off" period before former legislators can begin active lobbying in the N.C. General Assembly.
The U.S. Supreme Court will hear the case of Moore v. Harper in late 2022, with a decision expected about a year from now in the summer of 2023. The case is being pursued by Republicans in the North Carolina General Assembly that argue the North Carolina State Supreme Court’s Democrat majority violated the state...
Long ago it became apparent to me that Gov. Roy Cooper either does not care about his place in history or thinks his actions during the pandemic are enough for historians to write something of substance about his eight years as governor. Because other than managing the virus with debatable results, there is almost nothing...
If Democrat U.S. Senate candidate Cheri Beasley can’t come up with a better answer on crime, then her campaign may stall before she gets out of the general election gate. Senate Republicans have launched another ad scorching Beasley as soft on crime based on her rulings as a state Supreme Court Justice. The new $1.7...
The Beasley campaign overstates the Beasley record and removing the ad will do nothing to address Beasley’s record on crime, which is going to be used like a sledgehammer against her.
Bo Hines knows he has a different kind of campaign in front of him to win North Carolina’s most competitive congressional district. 3th District. He tells CJ he plans on spending the summer winning over voters one at a time, including the more than 6 in 10 GOP voters that did not support him in the primary.
North Carolina’s primary produced similar headlines across the state. Former President Trump’s influence in North Carolina clearly matters. However, there is much more to unpack in the primary post-game report. Overall, 758,000 people voted a GOP ballot in the primary election. That’s 146,000 more than the 612,000 who voted a Democrat ballot.
Next week voters will finally decide which Republicans and which Democrats will be on the general election ballot. As part of the important spring cleaning at “The Woodshed” here are some final thoughts going into the primary day, and what we will be watching. The Delay Hurt Voters It is hard to identify exactly what races...
A Democrat, Wake County District Attorney Lorrin Freeman is being targeted by groups in the progressive wing of her party who want to institute some of the liberal criminal justice reform policies that have plagued cities across the country.
