Campaign 2012: The great tax backfire in NC GOV race
I swear I saw this coming. The Pat McCrory campaign, NCGOP and national GOP all jumped on a WECT TV interview where Democrat nominee Walter Dalton would
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Author: Brant Clifton
In defense of defense spending
The Pentagon budget is a popular target of leftists when the whole concept of cutting spending gets raised. Stories from the 80s about alleged $2000 toilet seats are recycled. I
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Vinroot & Foxx: Co-Mayors ?????
A letter circulating among political and business movers-and-shakers in the Charlotte area is raising more than a few eyebrows. Richard Vinroot, former Charlotte mayor and 2000 GOP gubernatorial nominee,
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NC House district 92 GOPer Jeter: I’m no Thom Tillis puppet!
Charles Jeter, the winner of the July 17 GOP runoff for NC House district 92, says he wants to clear the air about his
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SC media, Dems target Gov. Haley’s 14 yr old daughter
Presidents Carter, Clinton, Obama and (W.) Bush all moved into 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue with teenage children in tow. The media and the Democrats made a point of
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The Pilot ignores facts, accepts leftist spin on poverty
Our thrice weekly local newspaper here in Moore County — which some say was first brought down the mountain on stone tablets by Moses — is no stranger
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If you think there is turmoil among Eastern NC Republicans, check out what’s happening in Mecklenburg County
I recently had an eye-opening conversation with an activist who is arguably a mover-and-shaker / household name in Charlotte area Republican politics. This person has been
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Hi-HO HI-HO It’s off to court we go (AGAIN!)
In the wake of the 2011 Pinehurst village council elections, we were promised an end to business as usual at village hall. For years, standard operating procedure at village hall
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Rev. Wright is OFF Limits, but where Romney goes to church is FAIR GAME
The stenographers at the Associated Press are pulling out all of the stops for their beleaguered hero at 1600 Penn. Check out the headline: Poll: Few Think Romney’s Faith Resembles
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Analyzing the Civitas polling for NC GOV
The right-leaning Civitas Insitute dropped a poll this week showing Pat McCrory (R) leading Walter Dalton (D) by 47% to 37%, with Libertarian Barbara Howe polling at
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