Category: Republicans

Some sanity amid the debt ceiling hysteria …

Posted on July 30, 2011July 30, 2011 by Brant Clifton

El Rushbo appears to be THE ONLY ONE out there making sense on this debt ceiling debate: The Republican leadership is operating out of fear. I want you to think,

A mixed review for Tuesday’s legislative session …

Posted on July 27, 2011 by Brant Clifton

The conservative majority in the state legislature continued their beatdown of Madame Governor in Tuesday’s business — overriding her vetoes of bills limiting the payment of unemployment benefits and installing

YES, there IS life AFTER government funding …

Posted on July 27, 2011 by Brant Clifton

The recently passed state budget cut out funding for the North Carolina Governor’s School, and The Left quickly pounced on that as another piece of evidence of how conservatives want to hurt

The Left frets over debt ceiling …

Posted on July 26, 2011July 27, 2011 by Brant Clifton

The N&O reported this morning on a “non-partisan” discussion on the federal debt ceiling debate, which was hosted by Democrat U.S. Senator Kay Hagan and held in The People’s Republic

And the beatdown goes on ….

Posted on July 26, 2011July 27, 2011 by Brant Clifton

(No that’s not me misquoting some famous song lyrics by The Whispers. Or was it Sonny & Cher ?) We’re talking about the action today at the legislative building in

McIntyre: I’m running in NC-7 regardless of final map

Posted on July 21, 2011 by Brant Clifton

Congressman Mike McIntyre has said publicly that he plans to run for reelection to his 7th district seat regardless of what the final redistricting map looks like. Two maps have

Redistricting reboot: From bad to worse for NC Democrats

Posted on July 20, 2011July 20, 2011 by Brant Clifton

The Left threw a major tantrum over the first congressional redistricting map released by the conservative majority in the North Carolina General Assembly. Leftists claimed the map was unconstitutional, unfair

voting plus showing ID equals …. HITLER?????

Posted on July 18, 2011July 20, 2011 by Brant Clifton

It used to hold that a loser in an argument / competition screamed ‘uncle’ when he was losing. Modern-day leftists in North Carolina have apparently replaced the word ‘uncle’ with

Redistricting revisited …

Posted on July 15, 2011July 18, 2011 by Brant Clifton

Reports are that the congressional redistricting map produced by the state legislature in Raleigh has been challenged by The U.S. Justice Department over concerns about compliance with the Voting

A lesson on reading polls …

Posted on July 14, 2011July 18, 2011 by Brant Clifton

Over the past couple of days, there have been a few misleading stories in the N&O regarding political poll numbers. I am going to assume the best — that Rob