Category: Greg Brannon

#ncsen 2016: The doctor is IN !
I’ll have to admit we were caught off guard around here. But Twitter lit up over the news this morning: The last we heard from this guy — he was on the losing end of a divisive, bitter 2014 US Senate primary and things weren’t…

#NCSEN: 2nd amendment in the crosshairs
One of the few flashpoints in last night’s GOP candidate’s forum came when the discussion turned to gun rights. The drive-by questioners, of course, took the lefty route by alluding to recent high-profile mass shootings when asking about barring felons and mentally ill people from…

WRAL #NCSEN debate pre-game show: It’s O-Care, Stupid! (Binky, up close & personal)
If you didn’t get enough excitement from last night’s extravaganza in Davidson, flip on over to Raleigh’s WRAL TV tonight for Round 2. Mark Harris really fumbled a great opportunity last night. We fought hard to get him into tonight’s event. The preacher needs to…
#NCSEN Debate post-game: RobC, Morrill need to talk; set up stupid format, blame the candidates for boring content
It’s always charming when two geriatric liberals attend the same event and come away with two very different accounts. Exhibit One: The N&O’s Rob Christensen — the man who managed to miss the blonde with John Edwards, Jesse Helms publicly calling out then-congressman Charlie Rose,…
#NCSEN: The debate pre-game show
Tonight, at 7 PM, it’s ON like DONKEY KONG. Tune to NewsChannel 14 or browse to charlotteobserver.com or newsobserver.com to catch all the action in the greatest bit of political theater since that Lincoln guy and that Douglas dude hashed it out. Seriously — the…

#NCSEN: Most-electable? THE POLLS keep saying NO.
We’ve been told by Pat McCrory, Karl Rove, National Right to Life, and countless members of the drive-by media that Thom Tillis is the most-electable candidate to take on Kay Hagan in November. The problem? THE POLLS. The RealClearPolitics poll averages show Hagan with an…
#NCSEN: An Orwellian endorsement
National Right to Life has left quite a few people scratching their heads over its endorsement of Thom Tillis in North Carolina’s GOP US Senate primary. “Tillis is ‘the best candidate to defeat pro-abortion Kay Hagan’ in November” screams the headline from NRL’s web site….

New weekly tracking polling info: GOP race for #NCSEN is really Brannon v. Tillis
It’s no secret that the US Senate race in North Carolina is attracting a lot of national attention. I’ve posted before about the contacts I have within an organization closely watching the race. The organization has a lot of influence within the DC beltway and…

Eviscerating the “most-electable” spin
All of the pundits are declaring Thom Tillis the hands-down winner of the GOP primary for US Senate — a whole month before the first votes get cast. Gov. Pat McCrory told that low-grade birdcage liner The Washington Post, this week, that Thom Tillis is…

(#NCSEN) Lil’ Jordan: Thom T. will take money from ANYBODY
Jordan ” Lil’ Jordan” Shaw, spokesman for US Senate candidate Thom Tillis says we shouldn’t read too much into WHO wants to shower his man with campaign cash: […] Tillis spokesman Jordan Shaw said the campaign is trying to raise the money necessary to beat…
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