Carter Wrenn
Gary Pearce
Vivek Ramaswamy’s fast-talking, quirky, untouched by humility and staring at Ronna McDaniel sitting in the audience at the last debate picked a fight: ‘Since Ronna McDaniel took over as chairwoman of the RNC in 2017, we lost in 2018, 2020, 2022. We got trounced last night in 2023. Ronna, if you come on stage tonight…
My opinion of the Meredith College poll is higher than of media polls – because of David McLennan, professor of political science at Meredith and director of the poll. Responding to my blog questioning media polls, McLennan said we shouldn’t overreact to any poll now, for two reasons: “1. It is too early. There is…
Corruption will be big in North Carolina politics in 2024. As soon as House Speaker Tim Moore (pictured) announced his run for Congress, his Republican opponent Pat Harrigan, a former Army Green Beret who won two Bronze Stars in Afghanistan, ambushed him: “Tim Moore carries a legacy of corruption, from being bought and paid for…
Gary and I disagree a lot when it comes to politics but after reading his article yesterday about ‘Media Polls’ I thought, Amen. A New York Times poll ‘predicted disaster for Biden and Democrats in big states a year from now’ – but, as Gary pointed out, two days later, Democrats swept elections in ‘big…
Donald Trump’s Veterans Day speech in New Hampshire sounded right out of a 1930s Nuremberg rally. The Washington Post: “Trump calls political enemies ‘vermin,’ echoing Hitler and Mussolini.” Forbes: “Trump Compares Political Foes to ‘Vermin’ on Veterans Day, Echoing Nazi Propaganda.” Trump vowed to “root out…the radical left thugs that live like vermin within the…
A week ago, The New York Times published a poll predicting disaster for President Biden and Democrats in big states a year from now. Two days later, voters gave Democrats big victories in big states: Ohio, Kentucky, Virginia and Pennsylvania. Why are media polls so wrong so often? My suspicion: they’re done on the cheap.…
It was THE story of Tuesday’s elections, but Wednesday night it took NBC 90 minutes to ask Republican presidential candidates about abortion. Their answers were tortured, because Republicans know they’re in trouble on the issue. But why didn’t NBC ask them sooner and push them harder? Why is big media so oblivious to the power…
Watching Democrats and abortion rights win across the country Tuesday night, I tweeted: “Just a reminder that Mark Robinson and NC Republicans want a total ban on abortion, including in cases of rape and incest.” Several Republicans tweeted back, “That’s a lie.” One said, “It’s a lie. Please stop.” No. It’s true. And I won’t…
Polls don’t predict. And media chatter don’t matter. Democrats across the country – and North Carolina – showed yesterday what matters: abortion rights, good candidates like Governor Andy Beshear of Kentucky, and the hard work of organizing, raising money and communicating with voters about issues that matter. And democracy matters. As a wise old Democrat…
A new nationwide poll shows that, if they could run against each other in 2028, Barack…
Senator Phil Berger was out of touch with voters in his district – and suffered the…
A reassuring lesson from our trip to Germany and Czechia is that dictators, despots and tyrants…