Category: Congress

#ncpol: The votes that matter

Posted on January 22, 2016 by Brant Clifton

It’s campaign time. Republican primary voters are getting bombarded with all kinds of propaganda about how Politician X is a ”conservative warrior” who has voted to repeal ObamaCare, cut taxes,

Dallas, Dick & Bernie: The (Really) Odd Cou — um, Trio

Posted on January 22, 2016January 22, 2016 by Brant Clifton

Yesterday, we heard about how our senior, nominally Republican, US senator may have a fetish for crusty New England socialists. Today we get this over the email: Let me check

#ncsen: Burr prefers Bernie over Ted? (That’s what the AP says.)

Posted on January 21, 2016January 21, 2016 by Brant Clifton

Dick Burr has a reputation for not being the brightest bulb in the pack. Back during the financial crisis, he took some heat for advising people to go to the

#ncpol: Polling, press releases & pabulum. N&O laziness extends from NC-02 over to NC-07.

Posted on January 21, 2016 by Brant Clifton

Young Mr. Campbell has apparently learned well from Jedi master Rob. *Why bother making calls and digging when someone has already pretty much written the story for you?* “Rep. Rouzer:

#ncpol Dazed & Confused & Lazy: Old Man Rob takes on the NC-02 race

Posted on January 20, 2016January 20, 2016 by Brant Clifton

For some reason, Rob Christensen is heralded as some wise oracle of North Carolina politics. I guess it’s because he’s been around so long. But does hanging around for a

#ncpol NC-07: Rouzer applauds, then runs from CSX’s JoCo land grab

Posted on January 19, 2016January 19, 2016 by Brant Clifton

It should not come as a shock to anyone that a politician (1) takes a position, and then (2) runs like hell from it. But doing it so blatantly –

GOPe’s espanol response to BarryO speech had a little something extra. (AMNESTY)

Posted on January 14, 2016 by Brant Clifton

Talk about shifty: There is a bigger controversy about to break wide-open that’s potentially far more significant than Paul Ryan and Mitch McConnell approving Nikki Haley’s non-subtle attack on GOP

#ncpol NC-02: Duncan rolling up endorsements, hitting the airwaves

Posted on January 14, 2016 by Brant Clifton

Kay Daly promotes herself as “The New Phyllis Schlafly.” but the real Phyllis Schlafly — a conservative icon and backer of Donald Trump — is throwing her support behind another

#ncpol: Math is HARD. (Alma Adams edition)

Posted on January 13, 2016 by Brant Clifton

Roll Call had a little PR stunt ahead of BarryO’s big speech the other night. They asked several DC-area celebrities to give their thoughts on the speech — in three

#NCSEN: Moore County GOPe ALL IN for Richard Burr