It was mainly toll roads and river tolls etc that Tillis was involved in. He was also embroiled in some scandal that ended up with him getting censured by the local GOP, and in addition he played corporatism with some telecoms companies in the state.
The guy is bad, and the big red flag is Rove’s early involvement to try and boost Tillis. Go listen to some of Brannon’s speeches. The man is cast-iron.
Well it looks like a huge undecided vote in the race and a badly divided field so I don’t think anyone will get 40%.
Recent PPP poll has Tillis in front with just 19%, Brannon and some lady named Heather Grant tied with 11% in 2nd place, Huck’s boy with 8% and some guy named Bill Flynn with 7% (several minor candidates getting even less than that)
Anyone have a take on Grant or Flynn? Grant is nurse and Flynn a radio guy. Given how much support Brannon and Harris have I’m surprised to see this Grant lady tied for 2nd.
All 5 main Republicans lead Hagan by 1 or 2 points BTW.
Clearly most voters are not very familiar with the choices, might as well poll “generic Republican”.
Hagan’s weakness is clear.
I care not one whit what people say in speeches—by their acts you shall know them. What has Brannon ever done to deserve our support?
If Tillis (who is reviled by the Left for his conservative leadership and votes through the years, and especially since leading the GOP House majority in passing a conservative agenda) is supported by Rove’s group, and Brannon is supported by Paultards, I’ll support Tillis every day and twice on Sunday. Rove is not someone who prefers to support liberals—he supports people whom he thinks will win the general election, which sometimes won’t be our ideal candidate; in this case, Rove is supporting a conservative. Paultards, on the other hand, support other Paultards, and apparently that’s what Brannon is.
Brannon is also being pushed hard by NC Democrat pollster Tom Jensen of PPP, so we know that he’s the GOP candidate that RATs want to run against. He’s untested and hangs out with Paultards—why the heck would Insupport him, much less prefer him to a proven conservative and proven campaigner such as Tillis?
huckabee’s job is to protect gop senate incumbents. huckabee endorsed McConnell, Lamar, Lindsey Graham.