Time for Thom Tillis To Choose: Speaker OR Senate candidate
It’s one of the worst kept secrets in North Carolina that state House speaker Thom Tillis aspires to replace Kay Hagan in the United
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The VOTER ID saga: House goes wobbly while Senate doubles down
I don’t understand. North Carolinians OVERWHELMINGLY approve of requiring photo ID in order to cast a vote in the state’s elections. Yet, the “conservative revolution” — at
Continue readingTillis 2012: Tolls are bad. Tillis 2013: Tolls are OK.
A Mecklenberg County-based grassroots group has released some rather provocative video featuring state House speaker Thom Tillis. In the video, Tillis can be seen and heard addressing a
Continue readingDid Thom Tillis torpedo bid by Justice Newby’s relative to join UNC BOG?
I had a rather interesting conversation today with a fellow who has a LONG track record of influence in North Carolina Republican politics. He says Wake County conservative leaders
Continue readingUS vs.THEM: “Toll-Road Thom” sticks it to his constituents
Last year, an outcry from voters forced the legislature to back off the idea of putting tolls on Interstate 95. This year, Jones Street is trying again. This
Continue reading(1) Lefties scream. (2) Tillis & McCrory cave. (3) Return to Step One.
A requirement for voters to show ID at the polls, and special licensing for non-citizens would appear to be no-brainers for the state GOP after winning an overwhelming majority
Continue readingHOT lanes have taxpayers hot under the collar
North Carolina legislators seriously talked up tolls on I-95 in 2011 and 2012, but that idea got shot down by Renee Ellmers, Mike McIntyre, a number of
Continue readingThe Morgan-Black clique rides again in Raleigh?
The dictation pool in the McClatchy newsroom has regurgitated a press release talking about a new “House Republican group”: A group formed by the N.C.
Continue readingIn Raleigh & DC: “Slowing Down” = watering down or outright killing of legislation
According to a veteran politico friend of mine, supporters of certain reforms before either Congress or the legislature need to perk up their ears and
Continue readingBan bare boobs. Legalize Pot. (The Carolina Comeback?)
OK. We’re billions in debt. HHS is in shambles literally and fiscally. ObamaCare is breathing down our neck from DC, as is an effort to wipe out our
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