Category: campaign 2026

Affordability and Campaign 2026

Posted on January 3, 2026 by Brant Clifton

The political left thinks the answers to all of their political prayers this year is the issue of *affordability.* Stuff is too expensive. *Affordable* is a relative term. It depends

Raleigh film-flammers trying to confuse voters on MedicAID vs MediCARE

Posted on January 3, 2026 by Brant Clifton

Opposition to Medicaid expansion was one of the few good moves former governor Pat McCrory made while he was in office. He stated his belief that Medicaid needs to be

Therrible Thom ALL OVER THE PLACE in re: NCGOPe-tied bribery scandal

Posted on December 31, 2025December 31, 2025 by Brant Clifton

At one time, all the elected stars of the North Carolina Republican Party were eager to take Greg Lindberg‘s money. The Triangle-based entrepreneur was handing out record amounts of campaign

NC-01: Laurie Buckhout and the Trump shout-out that was never really there.

Posted on December 31, 2025December 31, 2025 by Brant Clifton

Republican candidate Laurie Buckhout lost a close race to congressman Don Davis (D) in 2024. Davis is now representing – and running for reelection in – a much more Republican-friendly

FINALLY figuring out that Mike Whatley is a DUD?

Posted on December 30, 2025 by Brant Clifton

I caught a report by Fox News’s Chad Pergram over the holiday highlighting North Carolina as having one of the two currently GOP-held US Senate seats most likely to flip

NC-01 GOP candidate says Laurie Buckhout made him an offer he easily refused

Posted on December 18, 2025 by Brant Clifton

2024 GOP nominee for North Carolina’s 1st congressional district Laurie Buckhout told radio host Henry Hinton Wednesday morning that she’s going to jump into the 2026 GOP fray for the

Roy Cooper opens fire on DON BROWN

Posted on December 15, 2025December 15, 2025 by Brant Clifton

Gosh. US Senate candidate Don Brown is getting more attention from the likely Democrat nominee for US Senate than he is from his Republican primary opponent — Donald Trump’s first

Trump endorsements in NC defy logic, make little to no sense

Posted on December 14, 2025December 14, 2025 by Brant Clifton

There’s something that a lot of people — especially the political establishment and the really, really stupid Raleigh news media — need to understand. The Make America Great Again (MAGA)

GOP senator: Berger will sacrifice GOP majority to save himself

Posted on December 11, 2025 by Brant Clifton

We’ve all heard about Amy Galey‘s late-night unannounced visit to Sam Page‘s house. She put into writing a lot of stuff many of us already knew about Raleigh politics: It’s

Conservative star sets her sights on Lee Co. / Moore Co. seat in NC House

Posted on December 5, 2025 by Brant Clifton

The name Womack has been at the center of a lot of recent political success on the regional and state levels. Jim and Sherry Womack have worked together for years