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#ncga: Doing the, um, hustle? (Budget boogie?)

Posted on August 10, 2015August 10, 2015 by Brant Clifton

Folks on Jones Street, who talk to us, say that the Senate has been pitching offers to House leadership on the budget. But those have been met with cricket sounds.

A Republican Rumble

Posted on August 1, 2015 by Brant Clifton

*Gosh. I can’t think of a better way to spend a Saturday afternoon than sitting through a NCGOP Central Committee meeting.* (Wait. Did I just say that out loud?) Actually,

#ncga: Ethics, meet Tim Moore. Mr. Moore, meet Ethics.

Posted on July 11, 2015July 11, 2015 by Brant Clifton

For the second time in a little over three years, Tim Moore’s ethical choices have made him an easy target for Blinkin’ Chris’s comedy website. Moore ran for speaker promising

#ncga: Affidavits instead of photo ID?

Posted on June 18, 2015 by Brant Clifton

Incredible. It is amazing that something that is sooooo common sense is having such difficulty navigating through the conservative revolution: Voters who do not have photo identification would be able

#ncgop (Hasan, like Ringo Starr, needs a little help from his friends)

Posted on June 7, 2015 by Brant Clifton

Hasan Harnett certainly shocked the political world this weekend. It’s also become clear that the establishment is not going to play nice with the new NCGOP chairman. (Lt. Governor Dan

#ncga: Feel like somebody’s watching you?

Posted on May 30, 2015 by Brant Clifton

I talked this week with one of my moles on Jones Street. This person was absolutely floored by the amount of public feedback in this whole debate on alternative energy

#ncga: Showing up is half the battle.

Posted on April 27, 2015April 27, 2015 by Brant Clifton

We’re seeing a lot of chest-thumping from a lot of folks talking about what a player he or she thinks she is on Jones Street. But we’re finding that a

#ncgop: NC’s RNC rep campaigning for chairman candidate Collins

Posted on April 25, 2015April 25, 2015 by Brant Clifton

Some months back, NCGOP establishment types issued a proclamation that current party chairman Claude Pope is out and that SOMEBODY named Craig Collins would be IN. Since then, the coronation

#ncga: No Moore Mr. Nice Guy?

Posted on April 22, 2015 by Brant Clifton

The honeymoon appears to be over with House Republicans. Tim Moore handily won the race to succeed Thom Tillis as speaker of the state House. He disseminated a flashy full-color

#ncga: Making deals — with the devil

Posted on April 5, 2015April 5, 2015 by Brant Clifton

Well, the GOP has officially surrendered their advantage in the area of taxes. After so many decades as the low – / anti-tax party, the GOP majority on Jones Street