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Boehner talks tough on Meadows move (but WHY no vote yet?)

Posted on July 30, 2015 by Brant Clifton

Mark Meadows has taken over from Ted Cruz as the Washington establishment’s whipping boy.  He spoke a lot of truth in the resolution he authored seeking to vacate the speaker’s

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Congress, Mark Meadows, Media, NCGOP, Politics
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#ncga: Dollar at center of budget talks breakdown

Posted on July 30, 2015 by Brant Clifton

Most everybody associated with the House-Senate budget conference says the breakdown of the talks can be pinned on one person:  state Rep. Nelson Dollar.   Said one in-the-know source: “The Senate

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Media, NC legislature, NCGOP, Politics

Charles Jeter to NCDOT ???

Posted on July 30, 2015 by Brant Clifton

That is the smoking hot word on Jones Street last night and today.  The Republican House member from Mecklenburg  is at the center of talk about who will lead that massive

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campaign 2016, Media, NC legislature, NCGOP, Politics
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#NC-02: Tata testing waters against Ellmers?

Posted on July 30, 2015 by Brant Clifton

We understand — thanks to very good sources in the Raleigh area — that feelers are being put out by political pros to test former NCDOT secretary (and Army general)

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campaign 2016, Congress, Renee Ellmers
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Book Tour Brouhaha?

Posted on July 29, 2015 by Brant Clifton

There’s been all kinds of speculation about DOT secretary Tony Tata’s sudden departure from his post.  Some of my well-placed folks in the capital city tell me that Tata’s split

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Media, NC State Government, NCGOP, Pat McCrory, Politics
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Jones to Meadows: SIGN ME UP!

Posted on July 29, 2015 by Brant Clifton

The two most notorious residents of John Boehner’s dog house — from opposite ends of this great state —  are teaming up to see about VACATING the speaker’s chair.   Congressman

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campaign 2016, Congress, David Rouzer, George Holding, Mark Meadows, Patrick McHenry, Renee Ellmers, Richard Burr, Richard Hudson, Virginia Foxx, Walter Jones
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#NC-02: George Soros says THANKS to Renee Ellmers

Posted on July 29, 2015 by Brant Clifton

The N&O describes Main Street Advocacy as “business conservatives.”  Michelle Malkin offers a more accurate picture of the group – -revealing the group to be a bunch of leftists with

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campaign 2016, Congress, Renee Ellmers
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#ncpol: Meet the chairman of the House Committee on BIG Cojones

Posted on July 29, 2015July 29, 2015 by Brant Clifton

There he goes again, showing his colleagues how to behave like a conservative.  One has to wonder how long it will take for Patrick McHenry (R-NC-10) to run whining to

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campaign 2016, Congress, David Rouzer, George Holding, Mark Meadows, Patrick McHenry, Renee Ellmers, Richard Hudson, Virginia Foxx, Walter Jones
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Shuler-ly, you jest.

Posted on July 28, 2015 by Brant Clifton

Team McCrory’s official propaganda organ (state-run media) dropped a headline on us SO PREPOSTEROUS it might as well have said “The fat guy in the red suit really is going

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campaign 2016, Media, NCGOP, Politics
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#ncga: It’s Monday. What are we hollerin’ about today?

Posted on July 28, 2015July 28, 2015 by Brant Clifton

A throng of The Round Rev’s filthy and / or addled followers formed a “half-circle” in Raleigh yesterday. (They apparently didn’t have enough for a FULL circle.)   It was time for

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Media, NC legislature, NCGOP, Politics
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