The more things change, the more they stay the same. We had something pass Congress late last week called “The Terrorism Risk Insurance Act”. How do you oppose something with a title like that? It’s kind of like the…
Category: Thom Tillis
That didn’t take long: Senator Thom Tillis already trying to cash in on his new DC gig
There’s a new player in the political cash-gobbling game: THOMPAC. Yes, the FEC received a filing formalizing the creation of a leadership PAC called Together Holding Our Majority (T.H.O.M) Political Action Committee. (Turn to page two of the document and…
The Rooster Crows: (“Mr. 48%” lets us know how he REALLY feels)
Every day it becomes more clear that we live rent-free in Thom Tillis’s head: […] ”Well, I think the media plays an important role. I think what the governor may be referring to are people that I don’t necessarily consider…
The Orange One Lives: Only TWO Carolinas reps bother to listen to the people
It was the biggest rebellion against a House speaker in 150 years. Recent polling found 60 percent of Republicans wanting a new speaker of the House. Only eighteen percent believe speaker John Boehner and Senate leader Mitch McConnell are doing…
Former Helms aide front-runner for top DC post w/ Sen-elect Tillis?
That’s what I am hearing from some pretty well-plugged in folks. I am hearing that John Mashburn, a former legislative counsel to the late Senator Jesse Helms, is the favorite to run Thom Tillis’s US Senate operation. John’s current role…
PPP Poll: 31% approval? (Burr, that’s cold.)
That’s right. He will have been in office for 12 years when the 2016 campaign heats up. But, according to the leftist Public Policy Polling organization, 31 percent of voters approve of Burr, 36 percent disapprove, and 33 percent have…