How can the Democratic Party hope to win North Carolina’s 16 electoral votes for president next year?
All tagged joe biden
John Hood: Voters deserve better candidates
If current surveys are taken as predictive, the Democratic Party will nominate President Joe Biden for reelection next year, the Republican Party will nominate former President Donald Trump, and whoever wins will begin his term in 2025 as one of the most disliked politicians in American history.
John Hood: Carolina Lawmakers Split on Debt Deal
North Carolina’s own Patrick McHenry, who represents our 10th District in the U.S. House of Representatives, helped negotiate the debt-ceiling compromise that President Joe Biden signed on June 3. Not surprisingly, McHenry described it as a major accomplishment.
Earls on CNN Supreme Court shortlist, Beasley also attracts attention
The Democratic frontrunner in North Carolina's U.S. Senate race and a sitting state Supreme Court justice both appear on a high-profile shortlist of candidates to replace U.S. Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer.
Winning? Biden lays blame for messy exits: Americans call for more transparency
We’re winning in Afghanistan. That was the mantra, what they told us. Never entirely true.
Biden decline prompts three questions
When President Joe Biden’s approval numbers began to plummet in early August, driven by public disgust with the disastrous American withdrawal from Afghanistan, hopeful Democrats suggested that as the news cycle moved on, Biden would recover.
Biden’s tumble unnerves Democrats
In a nationwide Reuters/Ipsos poll taken on August 11 and 12, approximately 51% of Americans approved of President Joe Biden’s job performance, while 43% disapproved. Just one week later, the same pollster found a strikingly different result: 46% approval, 49% disapproval.
BJ Murphy: Killing the American Dream One Stimulus Check at a Time
Whatever happened to tax credits and tax deductions? How many more payments will people expect in the future before we declare the pandemic over? The utter reliance and potential household budgeting for future stimulus payments disincentivizes Americans from using their skills and creativity to find a way to meet their obligations. The unintended consequence of stimulus payments may very well be a methodical way of killing the American dream by taking away all incentives of hard work and individualism.
President-elect Joe Biden has selected NCDEQ Secretary Michael S. Regan to lead the EPA
President-elect Joe Biden has selected Michael S. Regan to lead the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). In 2017, Governor Cooper named Regan Secretary of the N.C. Department of Environmental Quality. Regan has over twenty years of experience with environmental advocacy and regulation.
John Hood: Voters Say No to Discrimination
RALEIGH — In its daily newsletter called “The Morning,” the New York Times had this to say about California voters defeating a proposition that would have reinstated racial preferences in state hiring, contracting, and university admissions:
“Polls that ask broadly about affirmative-action programs for racial minorities find most Americans to be in favor of them. Polls that specifically ask whether employers and colleges should take race into account when making decisions find that most Americans say no. These two patterns are contradictory.”