Tag: US Senate

#NCSEN: Would you like a Koch with your LIE?

Posted on March 27, 2014March 27, 2014 by Brant Clifton

US Senator Kay Hagan — affectionately known in many quarters as Chuck Schumer’s Sock Puppet™ — doesn’t have a whole lot going for her this year. She’s up for reelection,

#NCSEN: Name Confusion, Ballot hijinks, funky polls, and The Alex Bradshaw juggernaut

Posted on March 26, 2014March 26, 2014 by Brant Clifton

Who IS Alex Bradshaw? Politicos from Murphy to Manteo are asking this question. He hasn’t been appearing at candidate forums. He doesn’t appear to have a formal campaign organization. I

#NCSEN: Could Mark Harris be cut from TV debates?

Posted on March 26, 2014 by Brant Clifton

Time Warner News and McClatchy are sponsoring a GOP primary debate on April 22. WRAL has one slated for April 23. Charlotte pastor — and former Southern Baptist Convention president

#NCSEN: National Review peddles Rove’s nonsense

Posted on March 25, 2014 by Brant Clifton

National Review — formerly the Bible for upstart conservatives — is lecturing us here in North Carolina for daring to have an intraparty debate and interfering with the establishment’s plans

(#NCSEN) UM v. UMUC: Why it DOES matter.

Posted on March 24, 2014 by Brant Clifton

The spin surrounding Thom Tillis’ résumé is reaching near-supersonic speeds. News broke this week that the state House speaker and US Senate candidate had, um, embellished the portion of his

#NCSEN #NCGA: A North Carolina conservative maverick rides again

Posted on March 22, 2014 by Brant Clifton

I first heard about John Rhodes in 2003 while he was serving in the North Carolina House. He was raising questions about the ethics of Democrat House speaker Jim Black

#NCSEN: College is HARD.

Posted on March 20, 2014March 20, 2014 by Brant Clifton

We’re helpful folks around here. When political types struggle, we like to step up and help them set things right. College names can be confusing. My alma mater, The George

#NCSEN : Thom Tillis and the Ghosts of Elections Past

Posted on March 20, 2014 by Brant Clifton

We’ve done some extensive reporting on the speaker’s activities on Jones Street. Greg Brannon — one of speaker Thom’s opponents in the US Senate primary campaign — has raised ethical

#NCSEN Team Harris releases internal polling

Posted on March 19, 2014 by Brant Clifton

So far, we’ve seen data mostly from PPP, Elon and the newcomer American Insights. The campaign of US Senate Republican hopeful Mark Harris has released the results of some internal

#NCSEN: Questions swirling around judge in Brannon civil suit

Posted on March 18, 2014March 18, 2014 by Brant Clifton

Political opponents have been giggling and gloating over a Wake County jury’s decision in a business dispute involving Republican US Senate candidate Greg Brannon. Brannon’s co-defendant in the civil suit