Category: Ted Budd

Team Budd starts to assemble

Posted on December 8, 2022December 8, 2022 by Brant Clifton

We got an interesting release today detailing our senator-elect’s first two hires. A guy named Tucker Knott will be chief of staff, while a guy named Chad Yelinski will

Even More FTX $$$$ in NC: Cui Bono?

Posted on November 18, 2022November 18, 2022 by Brant Clifton

Who benefits? I want to start off with a hearty welcome to the fray for young Colon Campbell, formerly of The N&O’s men’s room beat and now the editor

FTX bitcoin scandal money ALL OVER North Carolina politics

Posted on November 17, 2022 by Brant Clifton

The FTX bitcoin “Case of the disappearing $2 billion” is just the kind of scandal Thom Tillis likes: bipartisan. We’re finding that SIX of the sixteen members of

Sippin’ on that Tillis kool-aid

Posted on October 24, 2022 by Brant Clifton

Check out this quote in DC’s The Hill newspaper: […]“North Carolina is a true purple state. Thirty percent of our voters are registered Republicans, 34 [percent] are registered as Democrats,

#ncsen: Showdown at the Spectrum Corral

Posted on October 11, 2022October 11, 2022 by Brant Clifton

I’ve had time to soak in the developments from Friday night’s US Senate debate. I’ve talked to some not-so-political folks as well as my usual coterie of political animals. Here

Early voting starts October 20

Posted on October 4, 2022 by Brant Clifton

That’s about two weeks down the road. A lot of low-information voters are and will be doing research in preparation for heading to the polls for the early voting. We

Hypocrisy ALERT: “election results acceptance”

Posted on September 21, 2022 by Brant Clifton

Republican candidates from sea-to-shining-sea are being badgered by the trolls in the drive-by media to “accept the election results.” *Will you accept the final numbers? Yes? No? Why not?

Drive-bys working OT to split Trump, GOP candidates

Posted on September 10, 2022 by Brant Clifton

The godawful NY Times came out with a report recently claiming that all kinds of GOP candidates are “distancing” themselves from Donald Trump. The Times specifically included Ted Budd

Ted loves Thom

Posted on September 3, 2022September 3, 2022 by Brant Clifton

Well, who doesn’t? The trailer-park, weed-eater haircut. The trashing and betrayal (and primarying ) of conservatives. The flexible, ever-shifting moral code. And let’s not forget all of Thom’s crossing-the

Are we REALLY going THIS route ???

Posted on June 10, 2022June 10, 2022 by Brant Clifton

The state party and the NRSC put out an ad attacking US Senate candidate Cheri Beasley (D) which criticizes her for allegedly going soft on a sex offender. North Carolina