Tag: NCGOP

Screw Waldo. Where’s Phil?

Posted on March 23, 2026March 23, 2026 by Brant Clifton

Supporters of Sam Page are having fun with that question here as we enter the third full week since their man’s victory over state senator Phil Berger. Apparently, he’s been

While we’re in the mood to, um, “tell the truth” …

Posted on March 21, 2026March 21, 2026 by Brant Clifton

North Carolina politics is abuzz over former Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson‘s YouTube confession about his reported porn addiction and attempts to cover it up. The porn story upended his 2024

NCGOP’s MeToo dilemma: One problem gone. How many more to deal with?

Posted on March 19, 2026 by Brant Clifton

Differentiation is important in sales, marketing, and even politics. It’s the art of demonstrating what makes your offering so much more appealing than what the competition is offering. Why should

When you’re attacking stuff YOU put into place, things are going badly for you.

Posted on March 17, 2026 by Brant Clifton

Amy Galey was right: Phil Berger will burn the whole thing down to save himself. Two weeks after Sam Page‘s stunning upset win in the GOP primary for NC senate

Losing Patriotism and * Becoming Erratic* : Meet Moore County’s team in Raleigh

Posted on March 16, 2026 by Brant Clifton

Our reliably Republican county just went through some bruising primaries in 3 of the county’s FOUR (3 House, 1 Senate) seats in the North Carolina General Assembly. Only three of

Dust in the wind? (Ooof. And you wonder why you’re struggling to consolidate the party base.)

Posted on March 15, 2026 by Brant Clifton

It seems failure is a career-builder for GOP campaign consultants in North Carolina. At least it has been for one particular handle-bar mustachioed Mitt Romney fanboy™. Since coming off his

Shining some sunlight on all that dark $$$ in the Page-Berger clash

Posted on March 10, 2026March 10, 2026 by Brant Clifton

This “Committee,” and THAT “Committee.” “Citizens for” THIS and “Citizens for” THAT. Voters in the recently completed GOP primary for state senate district 26 likely got buried in more mailings

Report offers peek at NC Senate GOP’s lobbyist / Berger -flavored fundraising scheme

Posted on March 9, 2026March 9, 2026 by Brant Clifton

There was a lotta special interest cash floating around the recently-completed party primaries. A lot of it had connections to Phil Berger as well as interests with business before Berger’s

Welcome to Whatley World: (Deja vu ALL OVER AGAIN?)

Posted on March 7, 2026March 10, 2026 by Brant Clifton

Well, the coronation of Michael Whatley is complete. There is still a long way to go for the unaccomplished schlub. (*Just ask Governor Mark Robinson about that.*) As a degreed

Sam Page widens lead over Phil Berger. (Panic / reality set in for Raleigh swamp-dwellers. )

Posted on March 6, 2026March 6, 2026 by Brant Clifton

They threw everything but the kitchen sink at sheriff Sam Page. They outspent him 100-to-1. But when the smoke cleared, the grassroots-powered Page campaign came out on top of incumbent