Category: campaign 2020
Tillis: Being ‘Too Conservative’ is HARD.
You wonder how some people have the gall to claim what they claim. Political uber-consultant Paul Shumaker has this template for his clients where they try to hide their ‘Screw Trump’ track record with a bunch of ‘I LOVE DJT’ babbling. It didn’t work…
“Gunning” for Lt. Dan?
She’s only been in big league politics since 2015. But SOMEONE — reportedly associates of senator Thom Tillis — is promoting a gubernatorial run by state Rep. Holly Grange (R-Wilmington.) In her first race — a special election — Grange was hit…
Family Values crowd spooked by Tillis
The North Carolina Values Coalition, arguably the largest and most powerful social conservative lobby in the state, is expressing their concerns about our junior US senator in a recent email blast to supporters: […] After passage of the so-called “Equality Act” by the…
US Senate hopeful Sandy Smith neglects to mention the REAL family business
She made a move toward running for the Third Congressional District seat, but bailed on that plan at the last minute. Now, Sandy Smith of Winterville, North Carolina is presenting herself as a GOP candidate for US Senate — joining a field likely to…
FirstBank CEO being wooed by Dems to run for US Senate
That’s what’s being leaked out there. Hmmm. If he makes it to a general election face-off against Thom Tillis, we’d have on our hands a battle royale between two of the hottest messes in North Carolina politics. I first encountered Moore…
#ncpol: Walker backs out of US Senate run (for the second time now, I think)
The fracas at the House Republican Caucus meeting kind of hinted that this was coming. The Club For Growth was pushing hard for him, but ‘Public Official A’ had to put his foot down and say NO. (Rumors of a Walker Senate run…
Mark Walker: NRCC dues spat? Legal fees scuffle? A Tillis-DOJ plot against him? STILL toying with 2020 Senate run?
There’s quite a bit of soap opera drama swirling around a certain Greensboro preacher-turned-politician: Tensions boiled over on Tuesday between the leader of the GOP campaign committee and several House Republican leaders over the issue of dues, multiple sources confirmed to The Hill….
The Never-Trumper SMEAR
It’s quite amusing watching all of these GOPe types thumping their chests and proclaiming their long-enduring love for Donald Trump. One of the more popular GOPe stunts this election cycle is to slam your opponent as a ‘Never-Trumper.’ Oh, we do have some…
Catching a snake, but not a break.
I’m just going to leave this right here. (Read to the bottom.)
Report: Dems fretting about their prospects for Tillis seat
State senator Erica Smith (D) HAS a dream: Before Thom Tillis was a vulnerable Republican senator, before Barack Obama became the first black president and while Donald Trump was embarking on an early season of his hit NBC show “The Apprentice,” Erica Smith…
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