Category: Congress

Jim DeMint: Common sense’s lone voice in the U.S. Senate

Posted on November 3, 2011 by Brant Clifton

For North Carolinians like me who appreciated Senator Jesse Helms — and are dismayed by what we now have representing us in the Senate, South Carolina’s Jim DeMint

Ellmers anticipating GOP primary challenge for 2012

Posted on November 2, 2011 by Brant Clifton

The New York Times has an article up today about nationwide voter anger, and how it could affect the job security of many congressional incumbents.

The ‘Occupy Movement’ : Democracy vs. Mob Rule

Posted on November 2, 2011November 2, 2011 by Brant Clifton

Dr. Thomas Sowell, an economist at Stanford University, is one of the wisest people I know of when it comes to business and the economy. He has some particularly interesting

Q & A with Renee Ellmers

Posted on November 1, 2011 by Brant Clifton

I am sure you were sitting around wondering what the favorite dessert of our soon-to-be congressional representative is. If that question, and others like it, were

Kissell, Shuler, McIntyre part of D.C.’s ‘Dangerous Dozen’ list

Posted on November 1, 2011 by Brant Clifton

Veteran DC-based political analyst Stuart Rothenberg has singled out three congressmen from North Carolina as part of his ‘Dangerous Dozen’ list of incumbents most likely to go

WHO ARE YOU? I’m Bob Etheridge, and I’m BACK !!!

Posted on October 27, 2011October 27, 2011 by Brant Clifton

The guy most closely associated with the question “Who Are You?” — besides Roger Daltrey — appears to be putting out feelers on the question of a congressional

Campaign 2012: GAME OVER for Congressman Miller

Posted on October 27, 2011 by Brant Clifton

Yes, Congressman Brad Miller (D, NC-13), that is the sound of a very large woman singing. Miller, of Raleigh, has been trying hard to establish himself as the most

BarryO’s appalling VP

Posted on October 22, 2011 by Brant Clifton

Late night comedians and the alleged mainstream media have tried to tell us that Republicans Sarah Palin, Dan Quayle, and George Bush are the biggest idiots to ever

Democrat U.S. Senate kingpin “Dingy” Harry Reid: govt jobs more important than private sector

Posted on October 22, 2011 by Brant Clifton

Yep, that’s what the genius said on the floor of the United States Senate — the world’s greatest deliberative body. (No word yet on how

Two great weapons for debating economics with lefties

Posted on October 20, 2011 by Brant Clifton

I’ve stumbled across two great resources — both available for free online — that provide great info, in layman’s terms, for defending capitalism and the free