Category: NCGOP

A time for choosing: Whatley, Mills announce reelection bid

Posted on February 8, 2023 by Brant Clifton

It was an interesting night to make an announcement — amid the State of the Union and some (albeit terrible) UNC basketball. And they had help from the extra-horrible Thom

FTX to sue pols, PACs to recover stolen money

Posted on February 8, 2023 by Brant Clifton

How delicious and delightful. Thievery and skullduggery DO actually – on occasion – have consequences, folks. Sam Bankman Fried and his cronies that used to run cryptocurrency giant FTX stand

Rules? We don’ need no steenkin’ rules!

Posted on February 7, 2023February 7, 2023 by Brant Clifton

Another night, another NCGOP conference call. Monday evening, Michael Whatley herded many of his County and District Chair minions onto a statewide conference call during which he pushed through another

Tillis: Trump needs a serious primary

Posted on February 5, 2023 by Brant Clifton

Come to think of it — SO DO YOU, THOMMY. So. Do. YOU. Axios has all the glorious highlights: Sen. Thom Tillis (R-N.C.) is cheering the prospect of multiple candidates

And THEN there were TWO.

Posted on February 3, 2023February 3, 2023 by Brant Clifton

This month, the 2024 GOP race for lieutenant governor will get a wee bit more interesting. State politics fixture Hal Weatherman – a political consultant and former aide to Dan

Spending cuts BEFORE debt ceiling increase: Budd says YES. (NO Comment from Tillis.)

Posted on January 31, 2023January 31, 2023 by Brant Clifton

It’s good to see our new senator siding with the likes of Mike Lee (R-Utah): Twenty-four Republican senators have signed a letter to President Joe Biden stating their opposition to raising

US Rep. Chuck Edwards hires Trump-hating, Beasley-endorsing, gay rights activist onto district staff

Posted on January 30, 2023February 12, 2023 by Brant Clifton

US senator Thom Tillis knew what he was doing when he set state senator Chuck Edwards up to primary then-congressman Madison Cawthorn. It’s looking more and more like Edwards is

ANOTHER Woodhouse?

Posted on January 30, 2023January 30, 2023 by Brant Clifton

Nope, we’re not talking about either of THESE two chuckleheads. This one is Michele Woodhouse, married to Dallas and Brad’s cousin Eddie. She’s a former congressional district chairman and congressional candidate

The ‘Stupid Party’ flexes its muscles in Moore County

Posted on January 29, 2023 by Brant Clifton

The once-great columnist and pundit George Will once christened the GOP establishment and its acolytes as “the stupid party.” In other words, these people witnessed the great successes of President

Thoughts on the RNC vote

Posted on January 28, 2023January 28, 2023 by Brant Clifton

First, I’ve never been a big fan of the Republican National Committee. To me, and surely many other conservatives, it’s always been a point-of-entry for parasites seeking to leech off