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
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Unfunded liabilities and North Carolina’s public debt shell game
Some observers though the GOP establishment in Raleigh might have bought off The John Locke Foundation when Gov. McCrory named Art Pope as his budget director. But, apparently, nobody told
Continue reading(#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
Continue reading#NCSEN: New Time Warner poll has UNDECIDED leading GOP field
Time Warner Cable News is out with a new poll showing Tillis, Brannon, and Harris leading the Republican field to oppose Kay Hagan in November. The problem for those guys?
Continue readingTillis in 2006: Rhodes call for Morgan resignation a BAD IDEA
The 2002 power-sharing deal in the North Carolina House between Democrat Jim Black and Republican Richard Morgan was one of the most divisive, acrimonious periods in the state’s political history.
Continue readingRaleigh setting us up for ONE MORE hit to the wallet? (ahem, TOLL ROADS.)
We got hit with headlines this week suggesting that roadwork across the state could grind to a halt very soon –– thanks to the Federal Highway Trust Fund running out
Continue reading#NCSEN: (The gloves come off.) Harris calls out Tillis, compares him to Patrick Cannon
If North Carolina voters send Thom Tillis to Washington, they could find themselves in the same boat as Charlotte voters who recently elected Patrick Cannon as their mayor. So says
Continue reading#NCGA: GOP legislator from Pitt County subject of state elections complaint
An Eastern North Carolina GOP leader has filed an official complaint against state Rep. Brian Brown (R-Pitt) filled with allegations of financial impropriety and “Pay to Play.” Todd Bennett of
Continue reading#NCSEN: Comparing 2006 Tillis to 2014 Tillis
We’re being sold the idea of Thom Tillis as a principled, pro-business conservative. Sometimes, to understand the present, you have to look at the past. Tillis burst onto the state
Continue reading#NCSEN: National Review peddles Rove’s nonsense
National Review — formerly the Bible for upstart conservatives — is lecturing us here in North Carolina for daring to have an intraparty debate and interfering with the establishment’s plans
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