Category: NCGOP

Greensboro paper “tests” Pat McCrory

Posted on August 25, 2012August 25, 2012 by Brant Clifton

Memo to Team McCrory’s media relations crew: From now on, no one is allowed to leave “the Boss”‘ unsupervised when mouth-breathing MSM types are in sight.

October trial for Thom Tillis ally Stephen LaRoque? (Wait. There’s an election in NOVEMBER …)

Posted on August 22, 2012 by Brant Clifton

The folks at NCPolicyWatch — who have led the way in reporting on corruption allegations against Richard Morgan and Thom Tillis ally Stephen LaRoque — say that it looks good

Veteran outside-the-beltline GOP leader expresses concern over NCGOP’s election tactics

Posted on August 20, 2012August 20, 2012 by Brant Clifton

I had an interesting talk today with an individual who is (1) a well-known name in North Carolina Republican circles and (2) a battle-tested veteran of decades of political combat:

GOP campaigns frustrated with ‘lone wolf’ mentality at McCrory & NCGOP HQs

Posted on August 15, 2012 by Brant Clifton

I’ve had some eye-opening discussions recently with two political pros with close ties to GOP candidates on the November ballot in North Carolina. ( They’ll be

Is a Republican governor REALLY all that necessary?

Posted on August 14, 2012 by Brant Clifton

It would be nice to have someone with a (R) next to their name residing in that big pretty house on Blount Street. But what if that person with the

You want ’em. We got ’em. POLLS !!!!!!!!!!

Posted on August 8, 2012 by Brant Clifton

Public Policy Polling has put out their latest numbers on the statewide races in North Carolina. In the governor’s race, their numbers are tracking pretty close to what Rasmussen Reports

Poll numbers for NC GOV: McCrory continues slide, Dalton climbs

Posted on August 7, 2012 by Brant Clifton

Things are really tightening up in the race for North Carolina governor. Pat McCrory, the former mayor of Charlotte and a renowned moderate, is the GOP standard bearer against

Campaign 2012: The great tax backfire in NC GOV race

Posted on July 31, 2012 by Brant Clifton

I swear I saw this coming. The Pat McCrory campaign, NCGOP and national GOP all jumped on a WECT TV interview where Democrat nominee Walter Dalton would

Analyzing the Civitas polling for NC GOV

Posted on July 26, 2012July 26, 2012 by Brant Clifton

The right-leaning Civitas Insitute dropped a poll this week showing Pat McCrory (R) leading Walter Dalton (D) by 47% to 37%, with Libertarian Barbara Howe polling at

Is THIS what we’re going with? Really?

Posted on July 25, 2012 by Brant Clifton

It seems the NCGOP and the McCrory campaign are going after Walter Dalton on the tax issue. The GOP campaign is taking the Lt. Governor to task for his