Posted on 04/21/2014 5:23:43 AM PDT by cotton1706
Dr. Greg Brannon, the Tea Party-endorsed candidate in North Carolina's May 6 Republican Senate primary, is emerging as the top challenger to GOP Establishment-backed front runner, Thom Tillis.
Tillis, Speaker of the House in the North Carolina House of Representatives, was expected to sail to the nomination. But two and a half weeks before the primary, Brannon appears to have strong momentum.
Brannon has the endorsements of Tea Party favorites Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) and Senator Mike Lee (R-UT), as well as many of the leading national Tea Party groups, including FreedomWorks and the Tea Party Patriots Citizens Fund.
A PPP poll conducted between April 3 and 6 shows a tight race, with a plurality of North Carolina's Republican primary voters still undecided. In a five person race, Tillis leads with only 18 percent, followed by Brannon at 15 percent.
43 percent of Republican primary voters in the PPP poll were undecided, an unusually high number so close to an election. This suggests the outcome hangs in the balance, and turns on which candidate can best communicate their views to persuade these undecideds over the next few weeks.
If no Republican receives more than 40 percent of the vote on May 6, the top two candidates will meet in a July runoff primary election.
The announcement on Thursday by conservative columnist Ann Coulter that she has endorsed Brannon added to the Brannon campaign's momentum.
Coulter pulled no punches, calling Brannon's opponent Tillis a "foreign-labor cheerleader."
According to Coulter, "Tillis championed a bill making it easier for North Carolina employers to hire foreign workers. Instead of temporary guest workers coming in for a few months a year to do farm work, Tillis' bill expanded 'farm labor' to 'all industries,' and expanded 'seasonal' to 'nine months.' "
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Brannon, great guy, great on all the key issues, will be fantastic Senator. His campaign is run by amateurs I’m afraid though.
“...Voters in North Carolina have been subjected to a heavy barrage of television ads over the past few weeks coming from independent groups. Karl Rove’s American Crossroads has spent $1.1 million on television ads attacking Brannon and supporting Tillis....”
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And Karl Rove continues his campaign of supporting the most anti-American worker candidate in a primary. Let’s defeat the Amnesty leaning Tillis and SUPPORT GREG BRANNON!
“Brannon, great guy, great on all the key issues, will be fantastic Senator. His campaign is run by amateurs I’m afraid though.”
Well, the professionals always get behind the milquetoast moderate losers!
Well, there’s more to it than that. There are two really good ones in his hometown his staff won’t hire.
Brannon....His campaign is run by amateurs I’m afraid though.
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That’s the problem with all of our Tea Party Candidates. They are run by amateurs. That’s why they make gaffes that cannot be undone. There needs to be some trained “handlers” to work with Tea Party candidates in the future to keep their foot out of their mouth and their a** out of a jam.
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