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#ncpol: The cold hard reality on the immigration issue

Posted on January 25, 2016 by Brant Clifton

US senator Jeff Sessions (R-Alabama), one of the few gutsy, real men left in Capitol Hill’s Republican ranks, has laid out a powerful prosecution of the federal government’s negligence in

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Congress, Media, Politics
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The decline and fall of National Review

Posted on January 24, 2016 by Brant Clifton

It’s kind of like watching a friend or favorite relative grow old and feeble.  At one time, National Review was my political “bible”, but now it’s something I rarely take

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campaign 2016, Media, Politics
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FreedomWorks: Two more years of Walter, please.

Posted on January 23, 2016 by Brant Clifton

FreedomWorks, one of the nation’s leading Tea Party organizations, has formally endorsed congressman Walter Jones for renomination and reelection in North Carolina’s 3rd congressional district.  Here’s what they had to say:

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campaign 2016, Congress, Media, NCGOP, Politics, Walter Jones
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ConnectNC: a flaming bag of poo left on our front porches

Posted on January 23, 2016January 23, 2016 by Brant Clifton

The final project list is out.  And, as we suspected, the bond issue on the ballot for March 15th is less about road repair and more about passing out pork

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campaign 2016, Media, NC legislature, NCGOP, Politics
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#ncpol: The votes that matter

Posted on January 22, 2016 by Brant Clifton

It’s campaign time.  Republican primary voters are getting bombarded with all kinds of propaganda about how Politician X is a ”conservative warrior” who has voted to repeal ObamaCare, cut taxes,

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campaign 2016, Congress, Media, NCGOP, Politics
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Dallas, Dick & Bernie: The (Really) Odd Cou — um, Trio

Posted on January 22, 2016January 22, 2016 by Brant Clifton

Yesterday, we heard about how our senior, nominally Republican, US senator may have a fetish for crusty New England socialists.    Today we get this over the email: Let me check

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campaign 2016, Congress, Richard Burr, Thom Tillis
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#ncsen: Burr prefers Bernie over Ted? (That’s what the AP says.)

Posted on January 21, 2016January 21, 2016 by Brant Clifton

Dick Burr has a reputation for not being the brightest bulb in the pack.  Back during the financial crisis, he took some heat for advising people to go to the

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Congress, Media, NCGOP, Politics, Richard Burr
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JoCo leaders reject CSX / State of NC land grab. (Psst – CSX didn’t need govt $$$ or heavy-handedness in OH or PA deals.)

Posted on January 21, 2016January 21, 2016 by Brant Clifton

We’re told, in a bipartisan fashion, by the ruling class that you have to hand out money and favors in order to get business to commit to doing business in

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Media, NC legislature, NC State Government, NCGOP, Politics
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#ncpol: Polling, press releases & pabulum. N&O laziness extends from NC-02 over to NC-07.

Posted on January 21, 2016 by Brant Clifton

Young Mr. Campbell has apparently learned well from Jedi master Rob. *Why bother making calls and digging when someone has already pretty much written the story for you?* “Rep. Rouzer:

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campaign 2016, Congress, David Rouzer, Media, NCGOP, Politics
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Trump & ‘F-You Politics’

Posted on January 20, 2016 by Brant Clifton

In 1988, as a wide-eyed, bushy-tailed College Republican, I was marching along with the Bush For President bandwagon.  He had been my hero’s right-hand man for eight years.  Surely, he’d

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campaign 2016, Media, NCGOP, Politics
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