Race enters the race

North Carolina's most cynical politician- Republican US Senate nominee and state house speaker Thom Tillis, has proven- as he did when he urged ginned-up voters to ban marriage equality even though he knew it would be repealed within twenty years- has, once again, proved that a gaffe is when you get caught saying what you really think:

State House Speaker Thom Tillis (R-NC), the Republican nominee for U.S. Senate in North Carolina, said that the "traditional" voting bloc of his home state wasn't growing like minority populations in an interview he did in 2012. 

In that interview with the Carolina Business Review, Tillis, who is running to defeat incumbent Sen. Kay Hagan (D-NC), was asked what he thought of Hispanics not supporting Republicans. 

"When you see all of these things that have transpired, what do you think about?" Carolina Business Review host Chris William asked Tillis. 

In response, Tillis said that the answer had more to do with "demographics of the country." 

"If you take a look, you mentioned the Hispanic population — the African American population, there's a number of things that our party stands for that they embrace," Tillis said. He went on to say that Republican need to do a better job reaching out to minority voters. Tillis then said that unlike the Hispanic or black populations, which have been growing, the "traditional population of North Carolina and the United States is more or less stable."