Category: campaign 2020

#ncsen: When candidates attack! (We got mail.)

Posted on November 23, 2019November 23, 2019 by Brant Clifton

Look who we heard from: This article is a complete fabrication paid for by Garland Tucker who has spent millions of dollars and barely polls above 10%. He

Is US Senate candidate Sandy Smith’s family biz tied to solar farm mess in Currituck?

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

Even Ray Charles, Ronnie Millsap, and Doc Watson could see that Greenville’s Sandy Smith is merely a stalking horse meant to split the anti-Tillis vote in the GOP primary

Lt. Dan: It’s FBI Time!

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

It’s no secret that Lt. Governor Dan Forest is seeking the governor’s office. I had a good discussion last week with someone very close to Forest.

Gov. Bumpkin says DON’T BE DIVISIVE. (That’s HIS job.)

Posted on November 22, 2019 by Brant Clifton

Rarely has anyone climbed so far so fast, with so little substance to his résumè and no record of significant positive accomplishments, than Roy Cooper. During his sixteen

Meet Mike Hardin, GOP candidate for Moore-Hoke DA

Posted on November 18, 2019November 18, 2019 by Brant Clifton

Moore County has had its own judicial district for the longest time. Now, we’re paired with Hoke County to the south of us. Maureen Krueger, Moore County’s incumbent

Thoughts on the new map

Posted on November 16, 2019November 16, 2019 by Brant Clifton

I don’t know how SOME of these new districts will pass muster in court. I’ve had problems with the current districts. What do people in Johnston County have in

New map: A dilemma for ‘Public Official A’?

Posted on November 16, 2019November 16, 2019 by Brant Clifton

One milestone most people in politics TRY to avoid is getting mentioned in indictment documents — federal or otherwise. In his short career in DC, congressman Mark Walker

Caught giving $$$ to Obama, Adam Schiff? Man Up, and blame it all on the women in your life.

Posted on November 15, 2019November 17, 2019 by Brant Clifton

That’s the path nominal Republican Arthur Donadio — lame duck incumbent DA Maureen Krueger’s hand picked successor — appears to have taken. And his “explanation” appears to raise

Mark Johnson for, um, LtGov?

Posted on November 13, 2019 by Brant Clifton

I’ve met Department of Public Instruction superintendent Mark Johnson ONCE. What most struck me was the campaign contribution he got from Michael Bloomberg during his inaugural run for

Tillis: MORE Green cards for Indian workers to take jobs from Americans

Posted on November 9, 2019November 9, 2019 by Brant Clifton

All of those “America First” and “I love Trump” ads don’t appear to match what our junior senator — up for reelection next year — is saying and