Cory Gardner and Thom Tillis won by running to the center; will they stay there?

[Indy Texas]

They all but extirpated every vestige of Tea Party bona fides during the general election, repudiating Republican base views on social issues. They will face presidential year electorates in 2020.

Will Gardner and Tillis stay close to Susan Collins and Lisa Murkowski, or will they jump on board whenever Cruz and Lee attempt whatever stunt they want to pull in a given week?

[○∙◄☻¥tπ[╪AV┼cVê└]

They'll join Collins and the rest of the right-wingers in filibustering minimum wage.
Oh right, Republicans are in the majority now. There might not even bother to keep the filibuster.

[Lief 🗽]

Spoiler alert: No.

The media will still pretend they're moderates though, like they do with Collins, Kirk, etc.

[IceSpear]

Gardner, possibly. But I think Tillis is done in 2020.

[krazen1211]

“I think for the most part, what I see from the folks who are opposing our agenda is whining coming from losers,” Tillis told Politico when asked about the current political environment. “They lost, they don’t like it, and they are going to try to do everything they can to, I think, cast doubt on things that I think are wise and that the average citizen when they know what we’re doing, I think, like it.”

[Indy Texas]

“I think for the most part, what I see from the folks who are opposing our agenda is whining coming from losers,” Tillis told Politico when asked about the current political environment. “They lost, they don’t like it, and they are going to try to do everything they can to, I think, cast doubt on things that I think are wise and that the average citizen when they know what we’re doing, I think, like it.”

The Republicans' behavior in the NC Legislature since 2011 makes more sense in this context.

Those stupid rubes back home just don't understand that letting Duke Energy dump toxic chemicals where they please is for their own good.

[moderatevoter]

I'm with IceSpear.

I think Gardner will be around where Portman/Corker/Alexander are.

As for Tillis, he has to deal with North Carolina's curse on its Senate Seats, so YOLO for him I guess?

[Potus]

“I think for the most part, what I see from the folks who are opposing our agenda is whining coming from losers,” Tillis told Politico when asked about the current political environment. “They lost, they don’t like it, and they are going to try to do everything they can to, I think, cast doubt on things that I think are wise and that the average citizen when they know what we’re doing, I think, like it.”

The Republicans' behavior in the NC Legislature since 2011 makes more sense in this context.

Those stupid rubes back home just don't understand that letting Duke Energy dump toxic chemicals where they please is for their own good.

Stop trying to make the Republicans seem arrogant. Since Tuesday, this forum has been full of people saying those "stupid rubes back home" can't pick their own Senator/Governor. Or maybe a few more rounds of "Junk Election!" and "Junk Country!" will get the point across. The left, especially the Atlas Left, absolutely oozes arrogance and condescension. Don't pretend otherwise.

EDIT: Sorry about the triple post. I accidentally resubmitted it a few times.

[Grumpier Than Thou]

Spoiler alert: No.

The media will still pretend they're moderates though, like they do with Collins, Kirk, etc.

This.

[Starbucks Union Thug HokeyPuck]

What does running to the center even mean for a Republican in NC these days? 

And no.

[Person Man]

What does running to the center even mean for a Republican in NC these days? 

And no.

[SWE]

They'll vote to the right of Ted Cruz

[Clarko95 📚💰📈]

They won't be Moderate Republicans^TM, but they won't be Ted Cruz either. Like most Republican politicians, they will have a conservative voting policy but remain open to some deal making, and remain cautious about their rhetoric.

[Stranger in a strange land]

Spoiler alert: No.

The media will still pretend they're moderates though, like they do with Collins, Kirk, etc.

This.

^ the real question is will they vote for impeachment and the Ryan Budget (yes for both, probably).

[Rockefeller GOP]

Really sick of people defining who isn't and who is a moderate based on their own NON-moderate views ... Susan Collins is absolutely a moderate.

As for the OP, I'll say yes on Gardner, absolutely not on Tillis.

[Ebowed]

It comes as news to me that Tillis campaigned as a moderate.  (In the sense that I followed nothing about this race except the polling)

Where did he claim to differ with the GOP?

[memphis]

Like most Republican politicians, they will  remain open to some deal making

lolwut?

[Person Man]

Like most Republican politicians, they will  remain open to some deal making

lolwut?

You know. The same way Enzi and Coburn were on Obamacare. "It'd be cool if we could make a deal but we won't." Maybe Gardner and Tillis will be Rove/Cheney Republicans. Very conservative, but not reactionary and probably pretty centrist if not mildly liberal on under the radar non-hot button issues.

[KCDem]

“I think for the most part, what I see from the folks who are opposing our agenda is whining coming from losers,” Tillis told Politico when asked about the current political environment. “They lost, they don’t like it, and they are going to try to do everything they can to, I think, cast doubt on things that I think are wise and that the average citizen when they know what we’re doing, I think, like it.”

The Republicans' behavior in the NC Legislature since 2011 makes more sense in this context.

Those stupid rubes back home just don't understand that letting Duke Energy dump toxic chemicals where they please is for their own good.

Stop trying to make the Republicans seem arrogant. Since Tuesday, this forum has been full of people saying those "stupid rubes back home" can't pick their own Senator/Governor. Or maybe a few more rounds of "Junk Election!" and "Junk Country!" will get the point across. The left, especially the Atlas Left, absolutely oozes arrogance and condescension. Don't pretend otherwise.

EDIT: Sorry about the triple post. I accidentally resubmitted it a few times.

Whatever bro. You still live in a garbage state and your life must be miserable.

[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

Tillis ran as a moderate?

Tillis put the gay marriage ban on the ballot, he passed legislation that further restricted abortion (remember the McCrory flip flop on the issue, how do you think that got to his desk?), he expanded expanded gun rights, passed E-verify like AL and GA (though he did scale it back to please the business community) and opposes the Senate immigration bill. He did this along with spending less on eduction, rejected the medicaid expansion (which I supported), refused to raise the minimum wage (which I also supported), allowed the State Senate to gerrymander the state (much to my disgust) and restricted unemployment benefits, becoming the first state to stop the expanded recession era benefits.

[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

I expect him to vote and act like Rick Perry.

[DrScholl]

I don't recall Tillis running to the center. As for Gardner, he'll vote exactly as he did in the house.

[pbrower2a]

“I think for the most part, what I see from the folks who are opposing our agenda is whining coming from losers,” Tillis told Politico when asked about the current political environment. “They lost, they don’t like it, and they are going to try to do everything they can to, I think, cast doubt on things that I think are wise and that the average citizen when they know what we’re doing, I think, like it.”

The Republicans' behavior in the NC Legislature since 2011 makes more sense in this context.

Those stupid rubes back home just don't understand that letting Duke Energy dump toxic chemicals where they please is for their own good.

Stop trying to make the Republicans seem arrogant. Since Tuesday, this forum has been full of people saying those "stupid rubes back home" can't pick their own Senator/Governor. Or maybe a few more rounds of "Junk Election!" and "Junk Country!" will get the point across. The left, especially the Atlas Left, absolutely oozes arrogance and condescension. Don't pretend otherwise.

EDIT: Sorry about the triple post. I accidentally resubmitted it a few times.

Today I would rather be British, Or Irish, Or French. Or Belgian. Or Swiss. Or Dutch. Or German. Or Danish. Or Norwegian. I had ancestors coming from all those countries to what would be the United States. Polish? Sure, but I have some question of where the ancestor (the name suggests "From Danzig") was Polish. Yes, I would rather be a Pole today.

I am ashamed of the 2014 election that showed what dolts American voters are.     

[pbrower2a]

I'll believe it when they denounce the Koch front.

[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

Dropping the Koch brothers would kill GOP support for comprehensive Immigration reform/amnesty but bring the minimum wage on the table for most of the newer less then solid conservative members, particularly in the midwest and Northeast. You want that trade?