#NCSEN: Utah’s Mike Lee ALL IN for Greg Brannon
In 2010, Utah’s Mike Lee made his first bid for elected office — waging an underdog campaign taking on a well-funded, well-known GOP establishment figure in the state’s US Senate
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#NCGA I-77 Toll foe seeks to replace Tillis in NC House
House speaker Thom Tillis has been a leader in the effort to implement a HOT lane / tolling system on Interstate 77 in Mecklenburg County. One of the more outspoken
Continue reading#NCSEN Tillis: ObamaCare “a great idea that can’t be paid for”
The media has been trying to pin down senator-wannabe / fulltime cash vacuum Thom Tillis on the issue of ObamaCare. During the early stages of its implementation, the NC legislature
Continue readingNC-02: Amnesty IS the elephant in the room
US House Speaker John Boehner says he’s ready to get amnesty done, and it appears Renee Ellmers wants to help. Boehner and Ellmers have done something akin to dumping
Continue reading#NCSEN: Thom Thakes Aspen
Nope. Aspen is NOT a hamlet in Watauga County. It’s a Colorado ski resort / playground for Hollywood and the rest of the world’s rich in famous. Robert Redford hosts a
Continue readingNC-03: GOP challenger Griffin wants to offer “conservative choice” to voters
Year after year, challengers from both parties have come after incumbent Walter Jones with both barrels blazing. And year after year, Jones keeps going back for a new term in
Continue readingNC-09: A rather inauspicious start to campaign 2014 for BFFs Chuck and Bob
One man. One camera. Driving one of our nation’s most powerful elected officials bat$*&t CRAZY. Guerilla cameraman Chuck Suter and congressman Robert Pittenger have had quite a colorful relationship. This
Continue reading#NCGA #NCSEN: The film-maker vs. The Speaker-who-would-be-senator
Citizen-journalist Nicole Revels — who produced the much discussed fisheries policy documentary currently burning up our comments section — is now turning her focus on the top man in the
Continue reading#NCSEN: Poll shows GOP primary, November general both still wide open
An American Insights poll, taken earlier this month, of 611 registered North Carolina voters finds a tight GOP primary and close general election in the state’s US Senate race. (If
Continue readingBoehner, The RNC & co. coming after Walter Jones
In 2002, the DC establishment parachuted Elizabeth Dole into North Carolina to fill the seat of retiring senator Jesse Helms. In 2014, Karl Rove, John Boehner and Mitch McConnell are
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