Thom Tillis: (maybe) Good Enough, (could be) Smart Enough But…

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I underestimated this man all cycle. I don't know of anyone in the industry who thought he could pull off a win against Hagan's millions

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Only way he gets picked is if the GOP candidate for some reason feels he really really needs to win North Carolina. And if he's really that desperate to win North Carolina, he's probably already toast.

I'm pretty sure picking Tillis as VP would actually hurt the ticket in NC.

Right, that's why he beat the most heavily funded incumbent of the cycle. Nah, I'd rather him stay in the Senate. We're grateful he sent Kay Hagan to the unemployment line where she belongs.

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If that's what makes you feel better about Kay Hagan being unable to pull together a win despite $7mil (conservative estimate) fundraising advantage and a relentlessly negative campaign, keep telling yourself that.

Indeed he had a lower approval, (just imagine if the party of no $ in politics didn't run all those attack ads) - yet he still won in the nation's most expensive Senate race.  I'm so sorry you're still upset!

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Indeed they are.  So, good luck in NC in the future without that lopsided fundraising advantage from the party of the little guy.   

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Indeed they are.  So, good luck in NC in the future without that lopsided fundraising advantage from the party of the little guy.  

Because candidates who spend the most always win. Oh wait, except Liddy Dole outspent Kay Hagan more than 2:1 in 2008.

As state will be competitive in 2016 and 2020, given the demographic changes and less hostile electorate for Democrats, both parties will surely be investing heavily there.

2010, 2012, and 2014 were terrible cycles for Democrats in NC. Any Republican run like that and you'd say it's a permanent change.  Is there some strategy memo that the left uses every cycle they don't lose to minimize the impact of consecutive losses in a state? We're waiting on that emerging demographic change in Texas by the way that you've been talking about for two decades

Relentless Democrat race obsession has turned off more white folks from their party, and I don't think they counted on that in their race card strategy  that began in 2008 when they did it to the Clintons!