Tag: US Senate

#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

Tillis: No real difference between me and my #NCSEN opponents

Posted on April 13, 2014April 14, 2014 by Brant Clifton

Yep. That’s what he told The Cumberland County Republican Women’s Club on Saturday. Okay, Mr. Big Boy Pants™, then why are YOU running? I disagree with his assertion there.

#NCSEN: Spanish firm picked to develop & manage Thom’s tholl road

Posted on April 12, 2014 by Brant Clifton

Yep. The word is out: The creation of toll lanes on Interstate 77 north of Charlotte took a big step closer to reality after the N.C. Department of Transportation announced

#NCSEN: WRAL debate battle demonstrates power of New Media

Posted on April 11, 2014April 11, 2014 by Brant Clifton

In the old days, conservative candidates simply had to TAKE whatever WRAL or The Charlotte Observer or The N&O dished out. The powers-that-be at those institutions decided what got communicated