Category: campaign 2020

NC11: Meadows, family BACKING Lynda Bennett ?

Posted on December 30, 2019December 30, 2019 by Brant Clifton

Ah, the plot thickens. Just as it looked like Mark Meadows was setting Wayne King up for a congressional seat, the drive-bys in DC come up with a

#ncga: Is primary challenge to Boles being powered by the Po-Po?

Posted on December 28, 2019December 28, 2019 by Brant Clifton

It’s not clear whether we’re talking about a small minority of Moore County law enforcement officers or a significant chunk. But it is pretty clear that some active

State incentives meant to aid poorer, rural counties go mostly to Wake, Meck

Posted on December 28, 2019December 28, 2019 by Brant Clifton

Um, SURPRISE ???? Plant closures and job losses have hit rural parts of our state the hardest. Raleigh politicians talk a great game about helping

More on 2020 filing

Posted on December 22, 2019December 22, 2019 by Brant Clifton

Here’s the final list. The Libertarian Party actually has a candidate named “Vermin Supreme” who has qualified for North Carolina’s March presidential primary ballot. While

Is the attempted field-clearing & mud-slinging in the CD-11 GOP field all for the benefit of Wayne King?

Posted on December 21, 2019December 21, 2019 by Brant Clifton

I’ve long been a fan of Mark Meadows. That’s why it’s hard for me to believe that he would aid -and-abet politics-as-usual. Filing for the March 2020

Mark Meadows, Sandy Smith aaaaaaaaand — PAUL WRIGHT ?????

Posted on December 20, 2019 by Brant Clifton

Mark Meadows threw us all for a loop by announcing his retirement from the US House. The big money is on Meadows being named the next White House chief

Walker: NO to 2020 Senate run. (Where do we go now?)

Posted on December 17, 2019December 17, 2019 by Brant Clifton

With Garland Tucker’s surprise exit from the race, many of us were holding our noses in preparation for voting for congressman Mark Walker. Some of us were willing to

Some thoughts on filing (thus far)

Posted on December 14, 2019 by Brant Clifton

Here is the latest list. Revenge. Rematch. etc. It seems a number of folks are attempting to regain posts they lost in 2018. Former senator

Garland, we hardly knew ye.

Posted on December 2, 2019December 2, 2019 by Brant Clifton

Just like the month of March, the rich guy from Raleigh came onto the scene like a lion, but left quietly like a lamb. Garland Tucker had quite

Bailout? Um, sorry. (NO.)

Posted on November 30, 2019November 30, 2019 by Brant Clifton

McClatchy makes a living out of communicating leftist propaganda and mocking more than half of its pool of potential subscribers on a daily basis. And they can’t — for