Category: NCGOP

NCGOP and the politics of teacher pay

Posted on February 10, 2014February 10, 2014 by Brant Clifton

Republican leaders in Raleigh are hoping to make political gains by getting behind Gov. Pat McCrory’s call for a teacher pay raise: Saying it was time to start showing respect

NC-02: Ellmers sweating the immigration issue

Posted on February 10, 2014 by Brant Clifton

I got ANOTHER campaign mailer from Renee Ellmers this weekend disguised as “official business.” I know I have worked this issue over here and here. But it is just so brazen

#NCSEN #NCGA: 2012 Tillis House campaign accepted $4K from wife of figure in federal bribery case

Posted on February 10, 2014February 10, 2014 by Brant Clifton

North Carolina state House speaker Thom Tillis has established quite a reputation as a prolific fundraiser. He’s been credited with providing the ammo needed for the GOP to take over

O-Care: Liberating you from the, um, shackles of employment

Posted on February 8, 2014 by Brant Clifton

Seriously. That’s how the BarryO fan club is defending their pet monster against accusations, and a CBO report, suggesting that it will kill jobs by the millions. Kay Hagan has

#NCSEN: Tillis “mentor” in midst of Outer Banks fishing fracas

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

Commercial fishermen along eastern North Carolina have been knocking heads for some time with state regulators. Local fishing interests fear that regulations pushed by environmentalists with pull in Raleigh are

#NCSEN: If you pay him, he will come.

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

State House speaker and US Senate candidate Thom Tillis has been catching some flak from GOP activists — and finally from the mainstream media — for skipping out on candidate

#NCSEN: Brannon vs. Tillis. FreedomWorks vs. Rove. Game ON!

Posted on February 5, 2014 by Brant Clifton

FreedomWorks — arguably One of the biggest dogs in grassroots Tea Party politics — stepped forward Tuesday night in Raleigh to put its stamp of approval on the US Senate

#NCSEN: Theaming up with Thom, and Piling On

Posted on February 4, 2014 by Brant Clifton

If you want a good case study for why newspapers — especially those in Guilford County — are failing, check out Doug Clark’s nonsense in the pages of The Greensboro

JuneA @ NC DPI: Poorly-performing students repeating a grade ‘a 20th-century artifact’

Posted on February 3, 2014February 3, 2014 by Brant Clifton

I am starting to believe that the plastic surgeons have stretched June Atkinson’s face so tight that it is putting pressure on her brain and degrading her motor skills. The

#NCSEN: FreedomWorks + Greg Brannon = Game changer