Category: Thom Tillis

As Gov. Pat goes, so goes Speaker Thom

Posted on January 26, 2013January 26, 2013 by Brant Clifton

It’s becoming increasingly clear that the state House leadership and the governor’s office are working in tandem. And NOT in a good way. Speaker Thom Tillis talks tough

Tillis on Facebook: I’ve BEEN saying NO to exchanges AND the feds’ bribe money! (Where have you guys, been?)

Posted on January 21, 2013 by Brant Clifton

Thanks to US — state House Thom Tillis has been getting beat around the head and shoulders by grassroots activists all weekend for his rather ho-hum attitude about

Tillis: question is NOT whether to implement ObamaCare, but HOW to do it

Posted on January 19, 2013 by Brant Clifton

It appears the “conservative revolution” in Raleigh is NOT going to follow the lead of South Carolina, Virginia, Tennessee and 24 other U.S. states in fighting the

Hey, Charlotte: How about some more tax with that burger and fries?

Posted on January 17, 2013 by Brant Clifton

The Carolina Panthers are a very, very very bad football team. Their owner, Jerry Richardson, is a very, very, very wealthy and very, very, very connected man. Charlotte is a

Here we go again: Berger makes sense on reparations, Tillis DOES NOT

Posted on December 13, 2012 by Brant Clifton

Let’s recap. We have record unemployment, and one of the highest gas tax burdens in America. We have the third highest amount of debt to the federal government

Tillis & Rucho: Pre-K $$$ BAD. $$$ for Panthers, Red Line GOOD.

Posted on November 30, 2012November 30, 2012 by Brant Clifton

It’s quite a rarity to find myself agreeing with Chris Fitzsimon. But I’m in one of those moments. (What’s next? Cats and dogs living together?) One

NC House GOP re-ups with Tillis, delays vote on other offices

Posted on November 17, 2012November 17, 2012 by Brant Clifton

It looks like we’re going to get two more years of Thom Tillis in the House chamber’s big chair. It also looks like proposal to alter the majority leader job

Thoughts on the NC House GOP leadership skirmish

Posted on November 17, 2012 by Brant Clifton

State House Republicans are meeting today to decide who will lead them through the next legislative session in Raleigh. A lot of the current leadership is running again, while a

Source: Election results strengthen the hand of Team Tillis

Posted on November 12, 2012 by Brant Clifton

I chatted recently with a long-time NCGOP insider — and a friend of this site — about some of the conversations going on right now in

NC’s “conservative revolution” rolls on: Tillis mulling taxpayer funds for Panther stadium renovation

Posted on November 9, 2012 by Brant Clifton

Oh, the things you learn two days after the election. It appears that North Carolina state House speaker — and Richard Morgan protégé — Thom Tillis is ready