Tag: US Senate

#NCSEN: 2nd amendment in the crosshairs

Posted on April 23, 2014April 23, 2014 by Brant Clifton

One of the few flashpoints in last night’s GOP candidate’s forum came when the discussion turned to gun rights. The drive-by questioners, of course, took the lefty route by alluding

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 Debate post-game: RobC, Morrill need to talk; set up stupid format, blame the candidates for boring content

Posted on April 23, 2014April 23, 2014 by Brant Clifton

It’s always charming when two geriatric liberals attend the same event and come away with two very different accounts. Exhibit One: The N&O’s Rob Christensen — the man who managed

#NCSEN: The debate pre-game show

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

Tonight, at 7 PM, it’s ON like DONKEY KONG. Tune to NewsChannel 14 or browse to charlotteobserver.com or newsobserver.com to catch all the action in the greatest bit of political

#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,

#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

#NCSEN: Tillis skipping WRAL debate

Posted on April 14, 2014April 14, 2014 by Brant Clifton

Yep. That’s what Binky says. Heather Grant, Greg Brannon and Mark Harris have all committed to appear on the station’s April 23 broadcast. I am NOT understanding this. We’ve