Category: campaign 2024

Mark Walker walks away from governor’s race

Posted on October 25, 2023 by Brant Clifton

And then there were FIVE. Team Robinson – the operatives running that scandal-on-two-legs – wants you to think they have the only Republican choice in the race. But Andy

Tim Moore foe launches a NC state Senate run

Posted on October 25, 2023October 25, 2023 by Brant Clifton

NC House Speaker Tim Moore had a guest-starring role in his recent divorce proceedings. Now, Scott Lassiter is looking to go to work in the building Moore is abandoning for

Trouble in TimmyLand? (A SPANKING for THE SPEAKER?)

Posted on October 25, 2023 by Brant Clifton

It’s one of the worst kept secrets in Raleigh that the tubby little guy at the front of the House chamber has his eyes set on a move to DC

A few thoughts on the maps

Posted on October 23, 2023October 23, 2023 by Brant Clifton

Once again, the ‘honorables’ in Raleigh get to decide WHO gets the, ahem, “honor” of their, um, “representation” for the next two years or so. So far, the proposed maps

A tale of two Marks: What happened?

Posted on October 19, 2023 by Brant Clifton

Infighting is no surprise in politics. We hear stories all the time of betrayals – perceived and real. The story of Julius Caesar and Brutus is probably the most famous.

The rise of Speaker Pee Wee

Posted on October 19, 2023 by Brant Clifton

I swear. You can hear the last gasps of life coming from MAGA and the remnants of the Tea Party. Our leaders are abandoning ship and surrendering to the swamp

New maps have Moore, Cotham looking good for congressional runs

Posted on October 18, 2023 by Brant Clifton

Told ya. Told ya. Told ya. The drive-bys have noticed how, um, friendly the new congressional district maps released today by the legislature look for state Rep. Tricia Cotham and

Salisbury’s Graham to join the rapidly-expanding GOP field for governor

Posted on October 18, 2023October 18, 2023 by Brant Clifton

Soem deep pockets out of Rowan County are diving into the GOP primary for governor that Mark Robinson supposedly already has in-the-bag: The Republican candidate field for governor in 2024

Report: Controversial budget item re: Dare Co. had Keith Kidwell’s name on it.

Posted on October 12, 2023 by Brant Clifton

We told you earlier about a mysterious provision in the secretly-negotiated state budget that stripped Dare County towns of their power to regulate the construction of new low-income housing within

Locke blasts NCInnovation as DEM-infested. (Psst. It’s had lotsa RINO help.)