Category: NCGOP

NCGOP lawyering up against party activists?

Posted on June 7, 2012 by Brant Clifton

2012 is really turning out to be the Year of The Lawyer in North Carolina politics. First, we have the Pat McCrory campaign lawyering up to sue a Democrat PAC

Dalton v. McCrory: The ETHICS election?

Posted on June 6, 2012June 6, 2012 by Brant Clifton

The Democrat campaign machine has been utilizing Joseph Goebbels’ ‘Big lie’ strategy — repeating something over and over until people accept it as fact — against Republican Pat

McCrory v. Dalton: ‘Dirty campaigning’ is in the eye of the beholder

Posted on June 5, 2012June 5, 2012 by Brant Clifton

While the state’s economy continues to crash and burn, the Democrat and Republican campaigns for North Carolina governor are busy talking about who is the dirtiest campaigner. What exactly is

Waiting for Team Tillis to stand up and fight

Posted on June 5, 2012 by Brant Clifton

It is hard to understand the squeamishness on the part of Speaker Thom & the House leadership in today’s N&O re: voter id. Speaker Tillis and Rep. David Lewis say

Tea Party group issues runoff endorsements: Causey, Forest, Goodwin, Keadle & Tedesco

Posted on June 2, 2012June 5, 2012 by Brant Clifton

Moore Tea Citizens — one of North Carolina’s largest TEA Party organizations — has stepped forward with its very FIRST official campaign endorsements. ( The group includes voters

Democrat PAC smacks McCrory AGAIN

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

It’s the eve of the NCGOP convention, and the Democrats are carpet-bombing the guy at the top of the state Republican ticket. Another ad, questioning Pat McCrory’s ethics has

Meet Mike Causey (R), candidate for NC Insurance Commissioner

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

When you first meet Mike Causey, the Greensboro Republican strikes you as way too nice of a guy to be a player in hard-nosed big-time statewide politics. He presents

Tillman’s chicken nugget bill has good intentions, but misses the mark

Posted on June 1, 2012 by Brant Clifton

State senator Jerry Tillman (R) — that body’s majority whip, who also represents Moore and Randolph counties — has pushed through legislation targeting a policy that gave North Carolina

On eve of NCGOP convention, long knives come out

Posted on June 1, 2012 by Brant Clifton

State GOP leaders are spinning the need for “unity” heading into the November general election, but a flier making the rounds of party activists suggests THAT might

Imitation: The Sincerest Form of Flattery?

Posted on May 31, 2012 by Brant Clifton

Far too often in business (and other areas of society), when someone does something that WORKS, you get all kinds of other folks doing something pretty doggone similar. Amazon rolled