When National Review probed the potential impact of the troubled Affordable Care Act on U.S. Sen. Kay Hagan’s re-election bid, the national conservative publication sought expert analysis from John Locke Foundation President John Hood. The NR article also cited a Carolina Journal article noting the sweeping reforms adopted by North Carolina’s Republican-led General Assembly in 2013.
The Charlotte Business Journal quoted Hood in a profile of Gov. Pat McCrory’s first year in office. (North Carolina ranked fifth-highest in unemployment when McCrory took office. John Hood, president of the right-leaning John Locke Foundation, said the state has since increased employment, made payroll gains and boosted manufacturing jobs, all signs of effective policies started by the legislature’s GOP majority first elected in 2010 and bolstered by McCrory’s ascension to governor.)
N.C. Senate Republicans promoted in their daily press emails over the past week Hood’s columns on higher education reform, school system consolidation, and the poor track record of liberals’ dire economic predictions. A New Bern Sun Journal letter writer cited Hood’s recent column on extensions of federal unemployment benefits.
