Category: NCGOP

Pay no attention to THAT failing economy …

Posted on March 5, 2012 by Brant Clifton

A lot of times, when there is something someone REALLY doesn’t want to talk about, they’ll try to turn your attention to ANOTHER UNRELATED subject. That’s the tactic

Endorsement? (GULP!) Um, er — What Endorsement??? (Walter WHO?)

Posted on March 4, 2012 by Brant Clifton

U.S. Health & Human Services Secretary (and ObamaCare queen) Kathleen Sebelius really stepped in it this past week in Charlotte: Kathleen Sebelius, President Barack Obama’s secretary of

Oh, hell. Richard’s back. (AGAIN)

Posted on February 29, 2012March 1, 2012 by Brant Clifton

SpeakerrrrrRichardMorgan™ is starting to remind me of Jason Voorhees, the deranged killer in all of those really bad Friday The 13th movies. The heroes in those movies are

NCGOP: Merely a new set of money-changers in the temple?

Posted on February 28, 2012February 28, 2012 by Brant Clifton

GOP leaders took power on Jones Street in 2010 with promises of “no more business as usual.” They were propelled into power by an angry Tea Party and frustrated

TimmyWatch: Lea for NC Senate?

Posted on February 27, 2012 by Brant Clifton

Moore County political insiders tell me to not be surprised if retiring Moore County Commissioner Tim Lea files at the last minute for the NC Senate seat held by Republican

Senator Burr: Having it both ways with BarryO’s stimulus

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

U.S. Senator Richard Burr (R-NC) published a great piece the other day in The Charlotte Observer on the evils of BarryO’s stimulus: Three years ago, President Obama

National Journal: Ellmers is NC’s most conservative Member of Congress

Posted on February 24, 2012 by Brant Clifton

National Journal, the non-partisan national publication dedicated to daily coverage of the U.S. Congress, has released its annual ideological rankings of Members of Congress. It appears that the Tar