Thom Tillis is a less-than-stellar candidate and I wish someone else had run. His role as Speaker of an unpopular state legislator isn’t helping matters. That being said, the fact is that an incumbent Senator is polling only 41% of the vote and when they poll that poorly, they tend not to win.
You heard it hear first. The Dems will not only retain the Senate, they will increase their majority slightly.
Because conservatives are rightly pissed at the GOPe and their Chamber of Crony Commerce/illegal alien backers.
what the hell ??
Thom Tillis is pro amnesty.
December 2012 Tillis:“The other thing we’re going to do is send a very clear message to Washington that they can make our job a lot easier if they would deal with the issue that they’ve kicked down the road – Republicans and Democrats – for many, many years.”
Pat McCrory who went on to endorse Tillis is probably the only anti amnesty governor(Nikki Haley and a bunch of other “Tea Party” governors have backed types of amnesty).
http://www.hpe.com/news/x1576248598/McCrory-accuses-furniture-industry-on-illegal-labor
August 2013:
The GOP governor accused High Point area manufacturers of backing a bill McCrory vetoed that allows employers extra time to verify the legal status of a worker. The N.C. General Assembly this week overrode McCrory’s veto from earlier this summer of legislation that extends from three months to nine months the amount of time an employee can draw a paycheck without having his or her legal status cleared though a federal database known as E-Verify.
http://www.newsobserver.com/2013/08/15/3109599/mccrory-vetoes-first-bill-drug.html
Tillis said the immigration bill was designed to help alleviate the problems that employers in the state face because of federal immigration procedures and policies.
“The regulatory burden and complexity caused by federal inaction requires us to consider stop-gap measures while we wait for politicians in D.C. to take action,” he said. “This bill received strong bipartisan support and sought to provide clarity to employers and agencies regarding the impact of illegal immigration in North Carolina.”
http://www.newsobserver.com/2013/08/15/3109599/mccrory-vetoes-first-bill-drug.html#storylink=cpy
Hagan voted for the gang of 8 amnesty but that already had 60 votes.
Tillis as speaker pushed for amnesty.
Hagan in 2010, 4 years before she faced the voters again said no to the adorable Dreamers.
Hagan is marginally better on immigration and Karl Rove won’t give Tillis any money to bash Hagan on the gang of 8 bill.
UPDATE 11:35am…dream act has gone down 55-41, short of 60…Rs who voted yes- Murkowski Lugar and forced retiree Bob Bennett. Ds who voted no – Tester Baucus Hagan Nelson Pryor
NC Republicans had a good opportunity to reject Tillis and wouldn’t. Now they face defeat. Without Helms, NC is lost.