Mitch Kokai writes for Carolina Journal’s Daily Journal that Democrats surrendered the high ground during last weeks special legislative session by failing to acknowledge the partisan scheming on their own side.
The minority party enjoys few advantages in North Carolina’s General Assembly. Among them? Members of that party can occupy the ethical high ground when those in power engage in shenanigans.
But partisan fervor can dilute that advantage.
Last week’s special legislative session offered two examples of minority-party Democrats stumbling in their attempts to portray themselves as reasonable, fair-minded alternatives to their Republican counterparts.
Read about these examples in Mitch’s piece here.
