Tag: Thom Tillis

#NCSEN: Inside the Tillis fundraising juggernaut

Posted on January 26, 2014 by Brant Clifton

I had an interesting conversation a couple of nights ago with an old friend of mine who lives on the North Carolina coast. He’s a successful businessman with a BIG

#NCSEN: polls agree (1) Brannon & Tillis lead GOP pack, and (2) roughly 50 % of primary voters undecided

Posted on January 26, 2014 by Brant Clifton

The mainstream media and the political establishment are trying to tell us that state House speaker Thom Tillis is all but nominated to take on Kay Hagan in November. Public

#NCSEN: Lobbyists lining up, placing bets on Hagan, Tillis

Posted on January 24, 2014January 24, 2014 by Brant Clifton

Lots of folks are trying to compare this year’s US Senate race with Kentucky’s 2010 contest. But political old-timers like myself can see some similarities to North Carolina’s 1984 contest

Being Bi-partisan: offering Thom a helping hand

Posted on January 22, 2014January 22, 2014 by Brant Clifton

We’ve already raised questions about Speaker Thom, his movie contributions, the beer distributor bucks, and his ties to a certain well-connected Massachusetts law firm. We found a few more areas

#NCSEN: Wrong on the money

Posted on January 19, 2014 by Brant Clifton

Carter Wrenn — Richard Morgan’s pre-weight loss doppelganger — has surfaced like Captain Ahab’s white whale to do a wee bit of the GOP establishment’s dirty work in a post

The ObamaCare “study”: stoves are hot, ice is cold, socialism is BAD

Posted on January 17, 2014 by Brant Clifton

Setting up a commission or a committee to “study” an issue is a great way for politicians to show they “care” –without actually doing anything substantive. “Fast and Furious,” anyone?

(The Plot Thickens?) The Speaker & That Massachusetts Law Firm

Posted on January 6, 2014January 7, 2014 by Brant Clifton

Chuck Suter — who, with his video camera, strikes fear in politicians across The Carolinas –has released a new video alleging that state House speaker and US Senate candidate Thom

#NCSEN: NCGA helps Tesla, car firm’s lawyers give BIG to Thom Tillis Senate campaign

Posted on January 5, 2014January 5, 2014 by Brant Clifton

We’ve been doing a lot of campaign finance report reading lately. We’ve found some interesting things about beer and movies on the Thom Tillis Committee’s financial reports. Our latest find

While beer fight brewed in NCGA, $$$ from beer interests flowed to Tillis Senate campaign

Posted on January 2, 2014January 2, 2014 by Brant Clifton

In September, craft brewers and beer distributors were knocking heads over state regulations some viewed as favoring the interests of large beer distributors over these small brewers: North Carolina politicians

#NCSEN: Natl’ Republican Senatorial Committee, Theam Tillis join forces to fundraise

Posted on January 2, 2014 by Brant Clifton

Well, Bloomberg News has confirmed that The National Republican Senatorial Committee — the Republican National Committees’ fundraising arm for US Senate races — has officially signed on to Theam Tillis.