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NC-02: And THEN there were four …

Posted on September 15, 2015 by Brant Clifton

The GOP primary for the Second congressional district is looking to get even more crowded.  The political class is abuzz with the prospect of a new high-profile entry into the

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campaign 2016, Congress, Media, NCGOP, Politics, Renee Ellmers
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Smacking Speciale (But what about lil’ Tricia?)

Posted on September 15, 2015 by Brant Clifton

It appears that The N&O’s Colin Campbell is competing with Rob Christensen for this year’s “Laziest PoS in the Newsroom” title.  So far, the competition looks quite,um, heated.  Colin decided

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#ncga: Showdown at the Jones Street corral

Posted on September 14, 2015September 14, 2015 by Brant Clifton

According to Miss Mollie, speaker Moore’s easy-on-the-eyes spokesmodel, the rubber just might meet the road today: From: Mollie Young (Dir. of Communications, Speaker Moore’s Office) Sent: Sunday, September 13, 2015 4:38 PMTo: @House/Republican/Members; @House/Republican/LAsCc: @Speaker

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#NCSEN: If it looks like amnesthy, and it says ‘hola’ like amnesthy …

Posted on September 13, 2015 by Brant Clifton

*The smartest man to EVER represent North Carolina in the U.S. Senate*™ took a few moments to sit down recently with the fawning stenographers at Charlotte Business Journal.  In the

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campaign 2016, Congress, Media, NC legislature, NCGOP, Politics, Thom Tillis
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The cost of government

Posted on September 13, 2015September 13, 2015 by Brant Clifton

There is a lot of hubbub about the state budget right now.  We’re hearing  a lot from county and city officials moaning about how hard it is to do business

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Media, NC legislature, NC State Government, NCGOP, Politics

#ncga: Stop the presses! An update from Miss Mollie on THE DEAL

Posted on September 12, 2015 by Brant Clifton

Speaker Moore’s spokesmodel chimed in today with an update for all of us in the House Republican caucus: From: Mollie Young (Dir. of Communications, Speaker Moore’s Office) Sent: Saturday, September

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McConnell: Planned Parenthood defund effort ‘exercise in futility’

Posted on September 12, 2015September 12, 2015 by Brant Clifton

Yep.  That’s the POV of our,um, *fearless* leader in the latest POS-tico:  Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said in an interview Friday he will back a plan to fund the

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#ncga: DEAL !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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

Yes, the word has come down from on high:  From: Mollie Young (Dir. of Communications, Speaker Moore’s Office) Sent: Friday, September 11, 2015 7:05 PM To: @House/Republican/Members; @House/Republican/LAs Cc: @Speaker

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campaign 2016, Media, NC legislature, NCGOP, Politics
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#NC-02: The three faces of Renee

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

There’s a classic book and a movie out there called ‘The Three Faces of Eve’ — focusing on a woman’s multiple personalities.  Here in the second congressional district, we’re ‘blessed’

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Congress, Media, NCGOP, Politics, Renee Ellmers
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#ncga: Six things that have slowed the budget process

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

That is, in essence, what the story in today’s N&O was about.  (Off the top of our heads, we can think of at least ONE BIG obvious one.) Here is

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campaign 2016, Media, NC legislature, NC State Government, NCGOP, Politics
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