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#NCSEN Digging deeper into that March PPP poll

Posted on March 12, 2014March 12, 2014 by Brant Clifton

The sound-bytes and the headlines about political polling can be quite titillating. But to really understand what’s happening in a race, you need to dig deep into the details found

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campaign 2014, Congress, Greg Brannon, Mark Harris, Media, NCGOP, Politics
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The perils of “Party Unity”

Posted on March 11, 2014 by Brant Clifton

Conservatives are regularly lectured by establishment types to forget the silly issues and simply “take one for the team.” Never mind that Mitt Romney pushed through in Massachusetts something about

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campaign 2014, Claude Pope, Media, NCGOP, Politics
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#NCSEN PPP March poll shows serious Tillis drop, slight Brannon climb

Posted on March 11, 2014 by Brant Clifton

I am sure the latest polling from PPP is causing a lot of establishment heads to get scratched in bewilderment.  State House speaker Thom Tillis is getting all the buzz

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campaign 2014, Congress, Greg Brannon, Media, NCGOP, Politics, Thom Tillis
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#NCSEN Mark Harris OK with “path to legal status” for illegals

Posted on March 11, 2014 by Brant Clifton

Immigration has become quite a flashpoint in American politics.  It’s turned Republicans against each other — some using code words that basically mean “amnesty,” others demanding that the government simply

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campaign 2014, Congress, Mark Harris, Media, NCGOP, Politics
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Bonner Bridge is falling down (And what’s up with Lyons Gray?)

Posted on March 11, 2014 by Brant Clifton

We’ve come to realize there is A LOT of “theatre” in politics.  Both sides holler about the other doing the little people wrong.  Both sides claim to have the best

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campaign 2014, DENR, Media, NC legislature, NC State Government, NCGOP, Politics
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Are our political parties still relevant?

Posted on March 10, 2014 by Brant Clifton

The mainstream media is full of stories about how broke the state Democrat Party is.  Word is out that they may have to sell their headquarters building just to make

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Republican? Misspell? Misspeak? You’re Dumb. Democrat? Not so much. Probably TIRED.

Posted on March 10, 2014March 10, 2014 by Brant Clifton

Dan Quayle has been out of office for 22 years now.  But he will never live down that fateful day he spent officiating a spelling bee at a New Jersey

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campaign 2014, Media, Politics, Republicans
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Blueprinting McCrory, NCGOP on coal ash?

Posted on March 10, 2014March 10, 2014 by Brant Clifton

Early in the McCrory era in Raleigh, we learned about a nefarious plot by lefty groups and their media allies to slime and slander and “eviscerate” our new governor and his

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campaign 2014, Congress, DENR, Economy, McClatchy, Media, NC legislature, NC State Government, NCGOP, Pat McCrory, Politics
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Yes! We have NO Bananas …

Posted on March 10, 2014 by Brant Clifton

Once again, the people of North Carolina are getting stuck with the check by a corporate welfare recipient.  In 2011, the state of North Carolina crowed about luring Chiquita Bananas

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Economy, Media, NC legislature
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#NCSEN: The Thom Tillis Show, force-fed to you by the NCGOP establishment

Posted on March 7, 2014March 7, 2014 by Brant Clifton

The Lincoln County GOP is holding their annual Lincoln / Reagan dinner this weekend.  Whatpiques my interest about the event is the web page promoting it.  The page features a

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campaign 2014, Congress, Media, Politics, Thom Tillis
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