Category: NCGOP

The GOP establishment and primaries

Posted on May 9, 2012 by Brant Clifton

The GOP ruling class had NO qualms about sticking their noses into Republican primaries at the local, legislative, and congressional levels this year . However, we had ONE primary —

Waldo chokes Boom-Boom; takes on McCrory next

Posted on May 9, 2012 by Brant Clifton

Our translucent, barely-visible lieutenant governor Walter Dalton risked life and limb seeking the gubernatorial nod against former congressman, sidewalk wrestler, and all around nice guy Bobby “boom boom” Etheridge. That

How to tackle (and possibly beat) Howard Coble

Posted on May 4, 2012 by Brant Clifton

I came across an interesting memo put together for The Campaign For Primary Accountability (CPA) by Wilkins Perkins Allen (WPA) Opinion Research. The memo, dated April 5, featured the results

Forget the whales and the dolphins. Save the Speaker! (Save Thom !!!)

Posted on May 1, 2012 by Brant Clifton

The state’s economy is in the tank. Our debt is growing by the minute. Unemployment ranks are growing. And what is the Raleigh political class doing? Plotting to save poor

A seismic event in NCGOP congressional primaries?

Posted on April 29, 2012April 29, 2012 by Brant Clifton

Political insiders suggest that there is a VERY good chance that Virginia Foxx could be the ONLY incumbent Republican Member of Congress from North Carolina to survive the

Toss Thom: Tillis is toxic to the fortunes of the NCGOP

Posted on April 27, 2012April 28, 2012 by Brant Clifton

I have long been suspicious of state House speaker Thom Tillis. He was recruited into politics by Richard Morgan — Robin to Jim Black’s Batman — to run against

The N&O busts Tillis’s aide, but what about Dalton’s daughter?

Posted on April 27, 2012April 27, 2012 by Brant Clifton

It’s a shame that — in the middle of the state’s full blown economic disaster — our political class is caught up in tabloid-quality stories and allegations.

NCGOP: tone deaf or trying to change the subject?

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

“It’s STILL the economy. We’re NOT stupid.” — Mitt Romney April 24, 2012 NC Senate President Phil Berger (R) trumpeted the other day that he had a “major

NC Senate Dist 29 GOP race: campaign signs and election complaints

Posted on April 22, 2012 by Brant Clifton

Hotly contested races almost always come down to this type of stuff in the end. State senator Jerry Tillman (R-Randolph), that body’s Majority Whip, is running for

Whipping up stuff and calling it NEWS (BEEP BEEP)

Posted on April 17, 2012 by Brant Clifton

So far, this campaign cycle, Pat McCrory is The Roadrunner, and the alleged mainstream media is Wile E. Coyote. Just like ol’ Wile E., the media keeps trying