Category: NCGOP

WHAT is Rand Paul smoking?

Posted on May 13, 2014 by Brant Clifton

Since 1968, there have been eleven elections for US president. Seven of those featured a candidate espousing a free market message beating a statist candidate. That’s 28 out of the last

#NCGA: The weather vane strategy on govt meddling in health care

Posted on May 12, 2014 by Brant Clifton

Ask any Republican legislator in Raleigh — or any Republican serving in the Congress — and they will tell you they don’t like that BAD ObamaCare and they want it

#NCGA: They’re BAAAACK !!! (Let the scams begin!)

Posted on May 12, 2014 by Brant Clifton

The so-called legislative short session kicks off on Jones Street Wednesday. The N&O has already started smooching Phil Berger’s posterior. Makes sense. He IS the BMOC now — thanks to

El Rushbo: News of Tea Party demise greatly exaggerated

Posted on May 9, 2014 by Brant Clifton

Primary Day in North Carolina was not a great one for bona-fide conservatives. Many — including this writer — have wondered aloud since then about whether the grassroots zeal and

#NCSEN: race already starting to look like one for #NCGA

Posted on May 8, 2014 by Brant Clifton

We had all hoped for this campaign to be about punishing Kay Hagan for her cooperation with Barry Obama and Harry Reid in the enactment of ObamaCare and the accompanying

#NCPOL: Playing Wednesday Morning QB

Posted on May 7, 2014May 9, 2014 by Brant Clifton

Overall, we saw Tuesday’s result as a mixed bag. Moore County. All of our local endorsements had good days on Tuesday. We are blessed with a pretty good team of

#NCPOL: What Tea Party?

Posted on May 7, 2014May 7, 2014 by Brant Clifton

I participated in the big 9/12/09 march on Washington that is credited with being the coming-out party for The Tea Party movement. As my friends and I walked amid the

#NCGA: Did state senator hit-and-run?

Posted on May 6, 2014 by Brant Clifton

Wow. Talk about bad timing. Two days before the primary elections, a state senator from coastal southeastern North Carolina is drawing scrutiny that could end up in a courtroom. WWAY-TV out

#NCGA: Sen. Bingham doubles down, says NCGOP definitely gave him dirt to use on primary opponent

Posted on May 5, 2014 by Brant Clifton

We’ve got quite a kerfluffle going down in one Davidson County legislative race. State Senator Stan Bingham is locked in a primary fight for renomination. The senator recently earned statewide

#ABT: THE rule for Tuesday

Posted on May 4, 2014 by Brant Clifton

That’s it: A-B-T. Anybody But Tillis. It’s an election year. Ruling class politicians — and their drive by media lapdogs — are trying to tell us everything is FINE.