Tag: Thom Tillis

Tillis: Being ‘Too Conservative’ is HARD.

Posted on June 21, 2019June 21, 2019 by Brant Clifton

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

Family Values crowd spooked by Tillis

Posted on June 20, 2019June 20, 2019 by Brant Clifton

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

#ncpol: ‘Gone Boy ‘. (And off to the Tillis campaign ???)

Posted on June 16, 2019June 16, 2019 by Brant Clifton

The moles are chattering away again. They’re telling us that Dallas Woodhouse was escorted out of NCGOP HQ — on the orders of new party chairman Michael Whatley —

Tillis and that rating from FiveThirtyEight.com

Posted on June 15, 2019June 15, 2019 by Brant Clifton

Ninety-three percent! Ninety-five percent! The Tillis campaign eagerly throws those numbers out as a way of “proving” how conservative their man is. Those figures actually come from

#ncpol: Walker backs out of US Senate run (for the second time now, I think)

Posted on June 13, 2019 by Brant Clifton

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

Thomas Milhaus Tillis?

Posted on June 13, 2019June 13, 2019 by Brant Clifton

We all remember that Richard Milhaus Nixon — on his way out the door — had a hell of a reputation for dirty tricks and skullduggery. He operated quite

Mark Walker: NRCC dues spat? Legal fees scuffle? A Tillis-DOJ plot against him? STILL toying with 2020 Senate run?

Posted on June 12, 2019June 12, 2019 by Brant Clifton

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

Catching a snake, but not a break.

Posted on June 9, 2019June 9, 2019 by Brant Clifton

I’m just going to leave this right here. (Read to the bottom.)

Report: Dems fretting about their prospects for Tillis seat

Posted on June 7, 2019June 7, 2019 by Brant Clifton

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

Shaking down legislators, NCGA lobbyists to save ol’ Thom?

Posted on June 4, 2019June 4, 2019 by Brant Clifton

Once again, we’ve got mail. Lunch on a Monday in Raleigh with lil’ Timmy, fossilized Leo, and Phil Berger’s beard stubble. *Golly, gee. Clear my calendar.* Garland