Category: Howard Coble

The debt ceiling: We were tricked, y’all!

Posted on February 15, 2014February 15, 2014 by Brant Clifton

American Hustle is not just lighting up the movie screens. It’s playing out on Capitol Hill as well. Following last week’s disgraceful surrender by House Republicans on the debt ceiling,

NC-6 GOP: Coble’s retirement from Congress throws open the barn doors

Posted on November 7, 2013November 8, 2013 by Brant Clifton

The dean of the North Carolina congressional delegation is calling it quits. Greensboro’s Howard Coble — an 82 year old moderate who rose to prominence in Raleigh in the

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

6th District US HOUSE GOP race still looking tight: Coble & Flynn neck-and-neck

Posted on May 4, 2012 by Brant Clifton

The Bill Flynn campaign is touting some more straw poll results in its primary fight against the dean of the state’s congressional district running his

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

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

Coble going for term #15

Posted on January 28, 2012 by Brant Clifton

The Greensboro News & Record reported today that Congressman Howard Coble (R) will seek reelection to the U.S. House seat he has held since 1985. Coble, 80, is the

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

Waiting on Howard

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

Howard Coble, the Republican congressman representing North Carolina’s Sixth District, appears to be playing the part of Hamlet here at the end of 2011. Fresh off of hospital stays

Howard Coble: 1978 was a very good year. (or was it?)

Posted on December 4, 2011December 4, 2011 by Brant Clifton

I was really bored, trolling around on the Internet, and found this biographical info on Congressman Howard Coble’s official web site: Professional -1961-67 State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company, Claims