Category: Pat McCrory

Bev: Outta Here?

Posted on January 26, 2012 by Brant Clifton

Reports are swirling through state political circles and political media that Bev Perdue will announce, at a press conference later today, that she will not seek reelection as governor.

McHenry, Jones facing spirited 2012 primary challenges from the right

Posted on January 17, 2012 by Brant Clifton

Republican congressman Patrick McHenry (NC-10) is being hit hard by his GOP primary opponent Ken Fortenberry, a retired newspaper journalist and publisher in Lincoln County. Fortenberry suggests McHenry

Pat McCrory’s Mitt Romney Impersonation

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

It looks like the scheme by North Carolina Democrats to split conservatives from Pat McCrory is well-underway. The North Carolina Democrat Party has launched a

An interesting way for conservatives to send McCrory & co. a message

Posted on January 2, 2012January 2, 2012 by Brant Clifton

So far, it looks like ol’ Pat has no primary competition, and everyone is being told to go ahead and get on board with Team McCrory for November. I remember,

Recipe for 2012 GOP gubernatorial victory missing key ingredients

Posted on December 31, 2011December 31, 2011 by Brant Clifton

The three modern day successes for the NCGOP in governor’s races came in 1972, 1984, an 1988. What do those three years have in common? A Republican presidential candidate cruising

GOP: Get On the bandwagon — or else …

Posted on December 30, 2011 by Brant Clifton

Rush had the theory some time back that the DC Republican Ruling Class is putting out the following message to Republican activists and officials around the country: Get

A Charlotte conservative’s POV on Pat McCrory

Posted on December 28, 2011 by Brant Clifton

The Pat McCrory “campaign” encourages us to talk to the people of Charlotte — the people who know him best — about his record. So, I dug up

NC Democrats offer peek at plan to divide conservatives, McCrory

Posted on December 27, 2011 by Brant Clifton

The North Carolina Democrat Party realizes they have a sorry record and sorry gubernatorial and presidential candidates to present to the state’s voters in November 2012. So, they are

Why does NCGOP keep giving the AG’s race a pass?

Posted on December 26, 2011 by Brant Clifton

Every four years we see the same phenomenon in The Tar Heel State: a gaggle of GOP gubernatorial wannabees, followed by a bunch of also-rans lower down the ticket

Is The Tea Party brewing a primary challenge to McCrory in 2012?