Category: Renee Ellmers

The media and “moderation”

Posted on May 4, 2012May 4, 2012 by Brant Clifton

I recently read something from a columnist (on my side of the political street) lamenting how leftist politicians and media figures describe themselves as “moderates” and EVERYONE

Ellmers: I never was one of those Tea Party people

Posted on May 4, 2012 by Brant Clifton

Ah, the truth comes out so late in the election season. Take this segment of an article in today’s edition of The Southern Pines Pilot introducing the candidates in

What happens in Vegas doesn’t always stay in Vegas

Posted on May 3, 2012May 3, 2012 by Brant Clifton

I’ve continued my perusal of Renee Ellmers’s campaign finance report. Check it out HERE (specifically p.94). It appears that her reelection campaign fund picked up the tab

Pants on Fire: What are you cutting, Renee?

Posted on May 1, 2012 by Brant Clifton

South Carolina congressman Joe Wilson is talking to Renee Ellmers again. In today’s Raleigh News & Observer, congresswoman Ellmers speaks up in support of her boss John

Renee Ellmers: It’s an honor to stand with John Boehner

Posted on May 1, 2012May 1, 2012 by Brant Clifton

Congresswoman Renee Ellmers thinks those annoying folks back home need to just shut up and deal with her new best friend: “I hear this many times

North Carolina congressional Republicans circle the wagons to protect themselves from angry primary voters

Posted on April 30, 2012April 30, 2012 by Brant Clifton

Howard Coble has endorsed Mother Jones magazine’s favorite Republican, Walter Jones, in 2010 and 2012. Renee Ellmers has endorsed David Rouzer in the 7th district GOP primary. Virginia Foxx endorsed

Pants on Fire: The Pilot’s editorial page

Posted on April 29, 2012April 29, 2012 by Brant Clifton

There Steve goes again with his cheap shots, twisted facts and exaggerations in an unsigned editorial. I am really going to keep South Carolina congressman Joe Wilson BUSY this election

A seismic event in NCGOP congressional primaries?

Posted on April 29, 2012April 29, 2012 by Brant Clifton

Political insiders suggest that there is a VERY good chance that Virginia Foxx could be the ONLY incumbent Republican Member of Congress from North Carolina to survive the

Pants on FIRE: Renee Ellmers and “traditional marriage”

Posted on April 27, 2012 by Brant Clifton

North Carolina Second District congresswoman Renee Ellmers is airing an ad in the district which claims she fights for “traditional marriage between one man and one woman.” To

Keep an eye on Ellmers

Posted on April 24, 2012 by Brant Clifton

Veteran politicos all over North Carolina’s Second Congressional District are telling me that the political establishment and the news media could be in for a heck