Tag: Thom Tillis

#NCSEN: The Preacher Strikes Back

Posted on April 28, 2014 by Brant Clifton

It appears that Charlotte pastor and US Senate candidate Mark Harris has learned what a lot of us have known for YEARS: Thom Tillis is a political weathervane

#NCSEN: The shih-tzu drops a deuce on Thom’s thax thrickery

Posted on April 26, 2014April 27, 2014 by Brant Clifton

Every so often John Drescher’s pet shih-tzu surprises me. The young man occasionally breaks free from RobRielle’s mind meld and does some honest-to-goodness political reporting. Speaker Thom and his diminutive

#NCSEN: Did planted debate questioner backfire on Tillis?

Posted on April 24, 2014 by Brant Clifton

There is a pretty interesting video floating around cyberspace. It highlights Nathan West, one of the questioners at the Time Warner Cable US Senate debate, and his gun control question.

WRAL #NCSEN debate pre-game show: It’s O-Care, Stupid! (Binky, up close & personal)

Posted on April 23, 2014 by Brant Clifton

If you didn’t get enough excitement from last night’s extravaganza in Davidson, flip on over to Raleigh’s WRAL TV tonight for Round 2. Mark Harris really fumbled a great opportunity

#NCSEN: GOP legislator raises questions about speaker-turned-candidate Tillis

Posted on April 21, 2014April 21, 2014 by Brant Clifton

The feud between GOP state Reps. Robert Brawley and Thom Tillis is bubbling up again here late in the 2014 primary season. Brawley went public with his issues about Tillis,

HOT & Bothered: Virginia’s HOT lane experience offers lessons for NC

Posted on April 20, 2014 by Brant Clifton

HOT lanes are a ho topic around these parts. House speaker — and US Senate candidate — Thom Tillis is foisting them on his constituents. Gov. Pat McCrory’s DOT board

#NCSEN: Lil’ Jordan’s Todd Akin analogy might be hitting a little too close to home

Posted on April 16, 2014April 16, 2014 by Brant Clifton

Lil’ Jordan, US Senate candidate Thom Tillis’ diminutive sidekick, took a predictable route in defending his boss from the latest round of Democrat ads: […] Tillis’ campaign issued a response

#NCSEN: Rove “adjusts” Tillis position on ObamaCare

Posted on April 16, 2014 by Brant Clifton

The shih-tzu reports in this morning’s Morning Memo about supervillain Karl Rove’s efforts to protect his candidate in the GOP primary for US Senate in North Carolina: A super PAC

#NCSEN: Where’s Thom? ‘Chomping at the bit’ — to inspect sidewalks.

Posted on April 15, 2014April 16, 2014 by Brant Clifton

State House speaker Thom Tillis has been catching some grief for not participating in the ‘rubber-chicken-circuit’ meet-and-greets that are a staple of party primaries. In February, Tillis told the media

#NCSEN: Tillis responds to elections complaint

Posted on April 15, 2014April 15, 2014 by Brant Clifton

House speaker Thom Tillis has come out of hiding, thrown on his Big Boy Pants™, and hand-delivered a personal response to the state Board of Elections regarding allegations made by