by Thomas Mills | Mar 25, 2014 | 2014 Elections, Democrats, Editor's Blog, NC Politics, US Senate |
When I was growing up, there was a joke about a priest, a hippie and then-Secretary of State Henry Kissinger in an airplane. The plane’s engines gave out but there were only two parachutes. Kissinger quickly said, “Well, I’m the smartest man in the world and the world...
by Thomas Mills | Jan 4, 2014 | 2014 Elections, Editor's Blog, NC Politics, US Senate
Ok, so Thom Tillis is out with his first ad of the U. S. Senate race. It’s not a bad spot for an introductory ad. It also tells us a little about how he might run this campaign. It’s quite clear that polling has told him that business experience is a plus, legislative...
by Thomas Mills | Dec 13, 2013 | 2014 Elections, Editor's Blog, NC Politics, US Senate |
You would think that after Mitt Romney’s 47% remark defined him as an elitist with disdain for half of the country that Republican candidates would be vigilant about not making generalities about the electorate. But you would be wrong. And here in North Carolina, it’s...
by Matt Phillippi | Oct 2, 2013 | Features, National Politics, US Senate |
In a recent interview with CQ/Roll Call N.C. House Speaker and U. S. Senate candidate Thom Tillis responded to allegations of cronyism in his appointments to the UNC Board of Governors by replying that, “… (the Democrats) did it at levels that we would never allow.” ...
by Thomas Mills | Sep 12, 2013 | Editor's Blog, NCGA, US Senate
Looks like I’m wrong again. For months, I’ve been saying that Phil Berger wasn’t going to run for U. S. Senate. Well, he’s either running or he’s spending a lot of money and energy giving Thom Tillis heartburn. Or maybe he’s just trying to show Tillis how it’s done....
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