I have a theory about presidential politics and the 2016 election. It has the virtue of fitting much of the data currently available. Another of the theory's virtues is that it can readily generate a couple of plausible scenarios for how the primary season may play out among...
Published: Tuesday, September 29th, 2015 @ 4:53 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Former Florida Gov. and Republican presidential candidate Jeb Bush on Wednesday outlined his economic plan, a proposal he said would lift the economy out of the post-recession "new normal" and "lift up everybody."
Published: Thursday, September 10th, 2015 @ 9:24 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The core of the criticism of Hillary Clinton as Secretary of State is sending emails in violation of National Security.
Published: Saturday, August 22nd, 2015 @ 4:11 am
By: Gene Scarborough
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On August 6, the first of twelve GOP Presidential Candidate Debates was held in Cleveland, Ohio. It was hosted by FOX News
Published: Saturday, August 15th, 2015 @ 5:48 am
By: Diane Rufino
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Higher education is often an ignored issue in presidential campaigns. The 2016 campaign, however, may be different.
Published: Tuesday, August 11th, 2015 @ 12:52 am
By: John William Pope Center
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The physical resemblance is uncanny, but it's not the only thing Jay Faison and Tom Steyer have in common. They both are wealthy political environmental activists who have decided they will spend their millions/billions to support the politics of environmentalism and the agenda of Big Solar - one...
Published: Monday, July 20th, 2015 @ 3:48 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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Well, the run-up to South Carolina's presidential primary is already underway. It's an every-four-years ritual.
Published: Saturday, June 27th, 2015 @ 5:47 am
By: Brant Clifton
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Roughly 12 months from now, we're highly likely to know the major-party nominees for president and most of the other elective offices, including North Carolina's governor and U.S. senator. By this time next year we may also have a clear sense of which party seems likely to prevail in the 2016...
Published: Friday, June 12th, 2015 @ 3:30 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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There is an interesting and little-noticed revolution going on at the elite levels of the national Republican Party. Whereas the party was led at one time by WASPs - essentially white, Anglo-Saxon Episcopalians and Presbyterians with a few Anglicans, Methodists, and Lutherans thrown in - it is...
Published: Thursday, June 4th, 2015 @ 7:58 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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I continue to receive mail requesting that I donate money to the National GOP. I have sent a note to stop these requests. Today, I received a card in the mail identifying me as a donor.
Published: Monday, April 6th, 2015 @ 11:09 pm
By: Ray Leary
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The most recent Civitas Flash Poll shows Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker with a lead among likely North Carolina Republican primary voters in a survey of selected candidates for the 2016 GOP nomination for president.
Published: Thursday, April 2nd, 2015 @ 5:41 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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If the current calendar of 2016 presidential primaries and caucuses doesn’t change, North Carolina’s late-February contest will be one of the nation’s earliest.
Published: Thursday, February 5th, 2015 @ 7:10 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Is North Carolina ready to be an early stop on the road to the White House? Thanks to recent legislation, the Tar Heel State has abandoned its traditionally late presidential primary, held in May. State lawmakers couldn't let Iowa, New Hampshire, and especially South Carolina have all the fun...
Published: Friday, January 2nd, 2015 @ 8:51 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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I liked the format of Thursday's debate much better than the previous two. It allowed for more of a give-and-take between the candidates.
Published: Monday, October 13th, 2014 @ 9:10 am
By: Brant Clifton
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Why on God’s green earth would you have someone campaign for you who so fundamentally disagrees with you on the issues?
Published: Sunday, September 28th, 2014 @ 3:56 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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There are a lot of Republicans around who would LOVE to see a poll with a number next to Thom Tillis's name that is bigger than the number next to Kay Hagan's name.
Published: Sunday, September 28th, 2014 @ 12:51 am
By: Brant Clifton
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Today, the National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB), the nation's leading advocate for small businesses, endorsed Thom Tillis for U.S. Senate.
Published: Thursday, September 25th, 2014 @ 11:57 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Veteran election observer Larry Sabato has a thought-provoking piece out in the latest edition of Politico Magazine.
Published: Wednesday, August 27th, 2014 @ 9:39 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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GOP Senate candidate Dr. Greg Brannon handily won the straw poll among delegates and alternates attending the First Congressional District Republican convention held Saturday.
Published: Sunday, April 20th, 2014 @ 10:23 pm
By: Wyatt Sanderman Day
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On Tuesday, December 17th, the NC General Assembly Common Core Study Committee held its first public hearing to address Common Core. I attended, as well as other activists and Tea Party leaders all across the state.
Published: Thursday, January 9th, 2014 @ 10:34 pm
By: Diane Rufino
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After a spring and summer of growing public discontent over the Common Core State Standards and their effect, the General Assembly decided it was finally time to study the issue.
Published: Sunday, December 22nd, 2013 @ 3:20 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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Parents and taxpayers continue to ask questions about new Common Core standards as they are implemented in North Carolina's public schools. Five months after releasing a question-and-answer primer on Common Core, the John Locke Foundation recently released a revised, expanded version of that...
Published: Monday, October 14th, 2013 @ 11:24 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Last fall public schools in North Carolina along with 44 other states began implementing Common Core Standards.
Published: Sunday, May 19th, 2013 @ 9:14 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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With Pat McCrory not yet inaugurated as the next governor of North Carolina, there is already a conventional wisdom about his administration - that he will have to choose "which Pat" will move into the governor's mansion.
Published: Wednesday, December 5th, 2012 @ 6:07 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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We are seeing an outrageous amount of 20:20 hindsight about why Mitt Romney lost the election.
Published: Monday, November 12th, 2012 @ 8:00 am
By: Jim Bispo
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