#NCGOP: Convention pre-game show
State Republicans are headed off to the furthest western regions of our state this weekend to hold their convention and plot a course for the next year. Observers are worried
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#NCSEN: On the road with Thom & Kay, Harry Reid & those dadgum Koch Brothers
GOP US Senate nominee Thom Tillis is in our neck of the woods early next week for a fundraiser at Pinehurst’s National Golf Club. The visit hits right in the
Continue reading#NCSEN: ”Did I say ‘unelectable’? I meant UN-Baptist.”
I wanted to be wrong about Mark Harris. My first thought — when the Charlotte pastor filed for US Senate — was that he was a plant, a stalking horse,
Continue reading#NCSEN: A conservative write-in campaign?
In 2006, Thom Tillis ousted fellow Republican and incumbent John Rhodes in a nasty primary fight for a Mecklenburg County state House seat. In 2014, Rhodes COULD end up making
Continue reading#NCSEN: A sock puppet fight over climate change
US Senator Kay Hagan (D- NC NY) — affectionately known in many of these parts as Chuck Schumer’s Sock Puppet™– lashed out at GOP nominee Thom Tillis — recently promoted to
Continue readingThe Brawley Censure: A parting shot from Speaker Thom
State House Republican leaders tried hard to spin the censure of one of their colleagues yesterday as anything but a vendetta executed at the order of Speaker Thom Tillis. We
Continue reading#NCGA: “Hey! Who put this horse head in my bed?”
Well, it appears Robert Brawley’s political career on Jones Street — and his relationship with the NCGOP powers that be — swims with the fishes. Just like Luca Brasi. He
Continue reading#NCSEN: “I want to be NUMBER ONE.”
Well, state House speaker and Republican US Senate nominee has wasted little time in announcing his goals — explaining why we should send him to DC for six years. First,
Continue readingIs SOMEONE’S Potomac Fever screwing over NC’s microbrewers?
A Greensboro TV station ran a report about a local restauranteur frustrated about not being able to sell the beer he, himself, brews. State law requires wholesalers to be inserted into
Continue reading#NCGA: Protecting Tillis. Running out the clock. Blowing a great opportunity.
I had an interesting talk today with someone who has floor privileges in the legislative building to go along with his flashy job title. We talked about the passion being exhibited
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