If Govenor Roy had just, politely, asked Candidate Trump to use his magic Sharpie, Helene could have been diverted to Alabama where the property damage would have been so much lower. If only because the property values are so much lower.
Polling yesterday was a clean draw It was internal party polling-sorry I forget which party
Generic R though - which always does better than a name.
Agree, but seems like that would be a good opportunity to let North Carolina know Trump pulled pretty much all emergency federal funding from the state in the middle of the cleanup.
Sure, I think Whatley's absolute baseline with an R next to his name is probably 43-45% even if absolutely no one knows who he is. Realistically he will get at least 47% of the vote. I'm hopeful Cooper has the name recognition and reputation to get it done, unless somehow Trump is flying high in 2026 (or, you know, if there are armed and masked "border patrol" agents outside every polling place or something).
His track record speaks for itself. And I'm not sure it will be hurricane Helene headlines for trumpers - but rather Pandemic, mask-wearing, school closures, etc. which will be the cudgel they'll try to use.
absolutely on both comments
The last sentence says it all
The problem with Cal Cunningham was that he didn’t beat himself. He had someone other than himself or his wife do it.
I’d like to beat Cal with a 3 foot section of garden hose… with the nozzle end. What a fucking dumbass. Can’t believe I wasted my primary vote on him.
I wasted my vote and a decent amount of $$$ on him.
There is actually very little evidence that Cal's affair cost him any votes. Tillis and Trump won by approximately the same margin. Even if Cal did lose some votes, it almost certainly wouldn't have been enough.
