Category: Congress

#ncpol: So much Binkering. So little time.

Posted on November 30, 2015 by Brant Clifton

I see that WRAL has Mark Binker — reportedly the son of WJM’s Ted Baxter — on the, um, “fact-checking” beat. That’s a travesty akin to letting Charles Manson baby-sit

What WILL the GOP stand and fight FOR?

Posted on November 30, 2015November 30, 2015 by Brant Clifton

One again, we’re hearing talk from our grand majority in Washington about surrendering before the battle even starts: A top House leader predicted Monday that Washington will avoid stumbling into

#nc-02: A SEVEN-WAY GOP primary?

Posted on November 27, 2015 by Brant Clifton

Well, the Second District GOP primary race for 2016 is getting to be quite a crowded affair. We’ve all known incumbent Renee Ellmers was running for reelection. We’ve known about

#ncga: EVEN MORE on The Granges, Blumenthal, Hillary, and Benghazi

Posted on November 25, 2015 by Brant Clifton

Never before have I encountered a General Assembly matchup with a subplot that sounds so much like an episode of the Showtime series “Homeland.” Republican businesswoman Holly Grange and conservative activist

#ncga: More on Osprey, The Granges, and Sidney Blumenthal

Posted on November 24, 2015 by Brant Clifton

There has been a lot of heated back-and-forth in the nascent GOP primary for a vacant NC House seat in the Wilmington area. Conservative activist and New Hanover school board

#ncpol: Shocker! Thillis inconsistent, stands for nothing.

Posted on November 23, 2015November 23, 2015 by Brant Clifton

A column on the Human Events website takes our tholl-road loving weather-vane of a junior US senator to task: President Barack Obama has dramatically ramped up the Washington, D.C., giant

#nc-03: Jones, Syria and THE REST OF THE STORY

Posted on November 20, 2015 by Brant Clifton

We’ve heard all kinds of coverage of this Syria refugee bill pushed through the Congress in response to the Paris terror attacks. We heard about 47 Democrats joining the Republican

#nc-02: STILL looking for that shame. (Anybody seen it?)

Posted on November 18, 2015November 18, 2015 by Brant Clifton

We chronicled our efforts earlier to identify at least ONE shred of shame in Renee Ellmers. Check out what Big Government Barbie™ is promoting on her campaign website: Hmmm.

#nc-02: Does THIS WOMAN have ANY shame? (Any at all?)

Posted on November 13, 2015November 13, 2015 by Brant Clifton

That’s what Renee Ellmers has. This woman must really think her voters are stupid. Hell, her scam has worked for nearly six years now. When she ran against Bob Etheridge in

#NCSEN: Thillis delivers for his donors

Posted on November 12, 2015November 12, 2015 by Brant Clifton

Only 62.4 percent of Americans are in the labor force. THAT is a 38-year low. Over 94 million people are not in the labor force. That means those people do