Category: NCGOP

Richard Morgan &Thom Tillis ally Stephen Laroque INDICTED

Posted on July 17, 2012July 17, 2012 by Brant Clifton

State Rep. Stephen Laroque (R-Kinston) has been dogged by bad publicity about his private business dealings for a year. He barely lost his primary race in May. NOW, he’s been

Facebook debate on primary meddling pits blogger vs. Thom Tillis

Posted on July 16, 2012July 16, 2012 by Brant Clifton

What started out as a simple get-out-the-vote message on Facebook from state House speaker Thom Tillis turned into a no-holds barred debate on the merits of the Raleigh

Study sheds more light on Ellmers’s performance in Congress

Posted on July 16, 2012 by Brant Clifton

Govtrack.us is a non-partisan web site devoted to the study of Congress and its legislative process. It also has on-going scatter diagram studies tracking Members based on the

What happened to the ‘MYOB’ rule in party primaries?

Posted on July 13, 2012July 13, 2012 by Brant Clifton

I learned a lot about what I know about politics from my late grandfather — who was a political boss in southeastern North Carolina for decades. I’ll

Brubaker: SO LONG, SUCKERS!

Posted on July 13, 2012July 13, 2012 by Brant Clifton

“Let the door knob hit you where the Good Lord split you!” — George Jefferson The mainstream media was full of glowing tributes to former House Speaker and

Putting 2012 NC GOV polling in perspective: (A libertarian leak for the NCGOP?)

Posted on July 12, 2012 by Brant Clifton

The latest polling from Democrat pollster Public Policy Polling finds Republican Pat McCrory leading Democrat Walter Dalton 43% to 34% with libertarian Barbara Howe drawing 9 percent. That leaves

ONE MORE WEEK: Runoff election day is July 17th (Time for endorsements.)

Posted on July 10, 2012 by Brant Clifton

Runoffs for a wide range of offices are on the ballot for the July 17th runoff. Have you voted? Will you be around on July 17th? Early voting began

NC Campaign 2012: An alliance between libertarians and Tea Partiers for November could be mutually beneficial

Posted on July 9, 2012 by Brant Clifton

2010 was a great year for fans of limited government. A lot of candidates preaching the virtues of government were swept into office at the state and federal levels. Since

Frustrated with Renee Ellmers? Well, you do have options in November.

Posted on July 7, 2012July 7, 2012 by Brant Clifton

In May, U.S. Rep. Renee Ellmers (R-NC02) had a rather underwhelming primary victory against three relatively unknown (and poorly funded) challengers. She lost Randolph County, and had a

Civitas poll should set off alarm bells for NCGOP, McCrory campaign

Posted on July 6, 2012 by Brant Clifton

The latest poll by North Carolina’s Civitas Institute shows Lt. Gov. Walter Dalton (D) trailing GOP candidate, and former Charlotte mayor, Pat McCrory (R)