Category: campaign 2020

Meadows: Tillis to get a ‘legitimate’ primary opponent

Posted on April 30, 2019 by Brant Clifton

Congressman Mark Meadows told The Washington Post he’s not interested in running for the US Senate. But added THIS caveat: (Here’s video of Meadows talking recently

#ncpol: Thom Tillis trying to thwart Dan Forest’s gubernatorial bid?

Posted on April 29, 2019April 29, 2019 by Brant Clifton

That’s the skinny coming from behind several POWERFUL closed doors in DC and Raleigh. (As if we needed ANOTHER reason to HATE Thom Tilli$$$$.) Why, you ask, would

What a difference 31 years makes.

Posted on April 25, 2019 by Brant Clifton

I first cut my teeth in big time politics back in 1988 in the early stages of the Bush-Quayle campaign. As a bright-eyed bushy-tailed college kid, I got a

Thom Tillis 2nd-most unpopular GOPer up for reelection in 2020. (Um, SURPRISE !!)

Posted on April 25, 2019April 25, 2019 by Brant Clifton

Things have been busy around here. You know, with Robin Hayes getting indicted, two congressional races, and the usual nonsense from Jones Street. Thom The Therrible has gotten a

#hayesscandal: Lt. Dan corrects campaign report in re: Lindberg donation

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

Okay, before we get started here, I want to stress something. I KNOW that there are quite few people who read this blog and happen to either (a) struggle

#hayesscandal: How to earn yourself a primary challenger

Posted on April 8, 2019April 8, 2019 by Brant Clifton

With the 2016 downfall of Pat McCrory, Dan Forest was thrust into the spotlight as the NCGOP’s top statewide dog. It was like being called up from the farm

Fiscal conservatism, WHERE ARE YOU?

Posted on March 29, 2019March 29, 2019 by Brant Clifton

We’ve come to grips with it being in its death throes in Raleigh. Let’s see how it’s doing in DC in the Trump era: The federal government spent

Stupid. Big Mouth. Patently dishonest. (Not much has changed.)

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

It always insults my intelligence to see big-time marketing pros peddling something to me as new and improved — when, in fact, it is pretty much the same as

Phase TWO of Team Forest’s hostile takeover of the Mecklenburg GOP?

Posted on March 16, 2019 by Brant Clifton

Mecklenburg County was the site of one of the worst electoral blowouts in the state for the GOP. (Hell, the county GOP probably qualifies for FEMA funding.) State senator

#ncpol: Walker vs. Tillis ????

Posted on March 14, 2019March 14, 2019 by Brant Clifton

Mark Walker is the latest name being thrown about by folks who really want to see special-interest-cash-whore Thom Tilli$$$ move on to do something else: Sen. Thom Tillis