Opinion

Will 2022 midterms be 1994 like tidal wave?

Conventional wisdom holds that the political party in the White House tends to lose seats in mid-term elections. Yet, 1994 turned into a proverbial bloodbath for Democrats. Tom Foley became the first U.S. House Speaker to lose his bid for re-election since the American Civil War. His defeat was part of a tidal wave election...

Ray Nothstine
Opinion

Will there be a second coming of Donald Trump?

The recent American election in November 2020 may have put a new president in the White House, but there was little settled on the political and social landscape. Approximately 79 million people voted for Donald Trump. However, a majority of Republican voters believed the election contained irregularities. This included things such as fraud related to...

Ben Goodman
News

Tucker team cites major gains on Tillis in new poll

Republican U.S. Senate challenger Garland Tucker has made double-digit gains on incumbent Thom Tillis, according to new polling data from the Tucker camp. Tucker’s team is presenting the data in a series of private presentations to Republican donors. Two months after officially announcing his challenge of the first-term incumbent, Tucker trails Tillis, 40% to 30%,...

CJ Staff

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Opinion

‘Politainment’ in the era of Trump 

Republicans are in a strong position. The party has the White House and Senate, and a majority on the Supreme Court. No sitting president has been denied a second term for more than 30 years. Despite a recent cool down, the economy is humming. Polls suggest partisans are buoyant. Sixty-nine percent believe the country’s “best days are ahead of...

Andy Taylor
News

Tucker announces Senate primary challenge on national conservative radio show

Raleigh businessman and author Garland Tucker officially entered North Carolina’s 2020 U.S. Senate race during an appearance Wednesday, May 8, on Sean Hannity’s nationally syndicated radio talk show. Tucker will challenge first-term incumbent Sen. Thom Tillis in the Republican primary next March. “I think the two issues that are going to be key in this...

CJ Staff
News

Ailes: Journalists Should Be Government Watchdogs, Not Lapdogs

CHAPEL HILL — Fox News Channel chairman and CEO Roger Ailes blended wry wit and blunt assessment in deadpan delivery in an hour-long talk to more than 200 audience members at the 23rd Roy H. Park Distinguished Lecture at UNC- Chapel Hill Thursday.

Dan Way