#NCSEN: McConnell, Boehner throw in with Thom Tillis
It’s no secret that the DC and Raleigh Republican establishment is in love with the idea of state House speaker Thom Tillis moving up to the US Senate. Karl Rove
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State Rep. Larry Pittman gets ‘binkered’
DC has ‘borking’. Raleigh has ‘binkering.’ Both terms relate to especially sleazy forms of smearing political opponents. The latter is named for WRAL’s Mark “Binky” Binker — the station’s alleged
Continue readingNCGOP activists targeting NC’s RNC rep over 2012 RNC rules change flap
Heavy-handed tactics at the 2012 Republican National Convention to change party rules created controversy that is still brewing more than a year later. We had some great video
Continue readingCraven GOP -Thom Tillis spat ends in Craven chairman’s resignation
There has been quite a bit of internal drama with Craven County’s Republicans during the last year. They’ve voted to censure state House speaker and US Senate candidate
Continue readingCrisco For Congress?
Democrats are atwitter about the possibility of a big-name Democrat jumping into the 2014 race for North Carolina’s Second Congressional District. The Second — currently represented by Republican Renee Ellmers
Continue reading#NCSEN: Thom Tillis’ biggest donor? Himself.
State House Speaker Thom Tillis has been tooting his own horn about his fundraising prowess. ONE MILLION DOLLARS, his campaign web site trumpets. What he downplays is that about one-quarter
Continue reading#NCSEN: Brannon praised by YET another national conservative figure
The GOP race for US Senate appears to be cranking up a notch. State House speaker Thom Tillis has touted endorsements from Republican leaders in the General Assembly, and
Continue readingDuncan takes a pass on primarying Ellmers
To the disappointment of many conservatives in The Second Congressional District, The State of North Carolina, and the nation, Chatham County GOP chairman Jim Duncan is taking a
Continue reading#NCSEN: KY’s Rand Paul endorses Greg Brannon
US Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) says he hopes North Carolina will send Greg Brannon to Washington to help him, Ted Cruz, and Mike Lee continue the fight against “business as
Continue readingMcClatchy Rob BINKERS the Tea Party
Saddam Hussein had Baghdad Bob to disseminate his bullshit. The Chapel Hill-Carrboro crowd has McClatchy and WRAL to do their, um, dirty work. In the 1980s, the verb “to bork”
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