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Fifteen points ???? (Holy %$@& !!!)

Posted on September 17, 2026September 17, 2026 by Brant Clifton

Mark Robinson lost the 2024 gubernatorial race by 14.6 percentage points.  Harper Polling just released a poll on the 2026 US Senate race  — paid for by the chronic NCGOP

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campaign 2026, Michael Whatley, NCGOP, NCSEN26, NCSEN26, Politics, Roy Cooper, Uncategorized, Whatley
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What does it MEAN to be a Republican?

Posted on September 16, 2026September 16, 2026 by Brant Clifton

Seriously.  (And don’t bother pulling out your copy of the GOP platform. I can read as well as you can.) The conventional wisdom is that the GOP is the *conservative*

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campaign 2026, Congress, Media, Michael Whatley, NC legislature, NC State Government, NCGOP, Politics, Thom Tillis, Whatley
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EMBEZZLEMENT: Greater Carolina bourbon tour probe takes a sharp turn

Posted on September 15, 2026 by Brant Clifton

I think we’re going to need to pop some extra popcorn.  Wake DA Lorrin Freeman and her investigators appear to be entering deeper water as her term in office comes

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Pessimism, cynicism and the fundraising blues

Posted on September 15, 2026 by Brant Clifton

I’m often told I am way too cynical about this politics and election stuff.  I always respond to that with: “Give me something to root for and fight for.” But

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campaign 2026, Media, Michael Whatley, Moore County, NCGOP, Politics, Whatley
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It’s STILL the economy, stupid.

Posted on September 15, 2026 by Brant Clifton

We decided it was time to take a break from *Sex Offender poker* and do a deep dive into the important issues in the US Senate race. Real Clear Politics

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campaign 2026, Congress, Economy, Media, Michael Whatley, NCGOP, NCSEN26, Politics, Roy Cooper, Whatley
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Governor, your Chapel Hill is showing.

Posted on September 15, 2026 by Brant Clifton

Many of us love Chapel Hill for the great college basketball and football memories.  But beyond that, the town offers us little more than America-cursing dirty hippies and pompous Yankee

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Campaign 2026 new polls: Davis up SEVEN, Cooper up SIX

Posted on September 14, 2026 by Brant Clifton

We’re here in campaign crunch time.  Voting is about to start.  Pollsters tend to shift their strategies about this time.  Many pollsters tend to shape their surveys to benefit whomever

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Harvey West: I TRIED to warn Whatley, NCGOP

Posted on September 12, 2026September 12, 2026 by Brant Clifton

The US Senate campaigns in North Carolina are busily running criminal background checks on everyone who appears (or who has appeared) within a radius of 20 feet of either of

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ANOTHER sex offender ???

Posted on September 12, 2026 by Brant Clifton

Geeeeeeeeeeeeeezzzzzzzzzzzzz. This year’s US Senate race has sadly evolved into a morbid, disturbing game of ‘Sex Offender poker.’  The game got rolling with a whole lot of publicity about Mike

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Audit: State lottery not meeting $$$ targets for schools (despite sales increases)

Posted on September 11, 2026 by Brant Clifton

The state lottery got sold to us – at its creation – as The Education Lottery.  Advertising still hits us with that spin. Play the lottery and help the rugrats

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