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Hey, everybody! Meet Tricia.

Posted on August 25, 2023 by Brant Clifton

The NCGOP establishment is bending over backwards to sell the new-and-improved state Rep. Tricia Cotham of Mecklenburg County as the next greatest thing in North Carolina politics. Tricia is all

A progress report on the “veto-proof” “conservative revolution” in Raleigh

Posted on August 7, 2023 by Brant Clifton

Prior to the 2022 elections, we were told the GOP legislators could run right over the top of Democrat governor Roy Cooper – IF IF IF – they got that

Mr. Bishop is coming home. (SIGH)

Posted on August 3, 2023 by Brant Clifton

One thing you can say about Dan Bishop is he likes to stay on the move. He spent four years as a Mecklenburg County commissioner. Two years as a state

Clapping like trained seals while the country crumbles

Posted on June 17, 2023June 17, 2023 by Brant Clifton

I recently had the, um, “pleasure” of watching some US House committee hold a field hearing in Pinehurst about last December’s blackout. Two things really stuck out to me: DC

“Did you see who was standing behind him?”

Posted on May 1, 2023 by Brant Clifton

I asked a number of honorables on Jones Street about their votes in favor of the Blue Cross NC ‘sweetheart’ deal. Surprisingly, the question — asked in THIS post’s headline

Jon Hardister, The Pander Bear.

Posted on April 18, 2023April 18, 2023 by Brant Clifton

Maybe the House majority whip has stumbled across something revolutionary: bending over backwards to pander to black voters in the, um, Republican primary. Jon Hardister (R-Guilford) has taken the lead

One wreck audits another.

Posted on April 13, 2023 by Brant Clifton

State auditor Beth Wood appears on her way to getting away with unsuccessfully trying to jump a parked car with a state car — all while departing an after-hours ‘holiday’

Speaker Timmy cheers ‘the new moderate Republican Party’

Posted on April 6, 2023 by Brant Clifton

Yep. That’s exactly what the tubby little guy did during the pep rally welcoming newly-minted Republican Tricia Cotham to the, um, “family.” Some more of Timmy’s comedy from the presser?

#ncga: We’re getting a liberal dingbat! (Um, Yay?)

Posted on April 4, 2023April 4, 2023 by Brant Clifton

State Rep. Tricia Cotham’s reported party switch will go down in history with that of former Rep. Paul Tine. Tine went UNA, instead of REP. He kept his liberal voting

‘Lesser of Two Evils’: Surprising number of women sticking with Cunningham over Tillis

Posted on October 11, 2020October 11, 2020 by Brant Clifton

I’ve talked with some political professionals this past week and they tell me there is not much in the way of truly undecided voters at the top of the