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Gov. Pat likes Ike. Maybe he should emulate him.

Posted on June 3, 2015 by Brant Clifton

Pat McCrory loves to label himself an “Eisenhower Republican.”  Dwight Eisenhower was a great military leader who — as president — regularly knocked heads with the conservative base of his

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#ncga COJONES CHECK: Berger? (Yep.) Moore? (Um, May-be.)

Posted on June 3, 2015 by Brant Clifton

Well, it appears the scaredy-cats on Jones Street force-fed Gov. Pat another one of his vetoes.  This one was the guv’s veto of a bill allowing magistrates the ability to

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NC-03: Tata coming after Walter Jones?

Posted on June 1, 2015June 1, 2015 by Brant Clifton

It’s no secret that Walter Jones irritates the political establishment.  The GOPe tried to get him in the 2014 primary.  Now, it appears they’re trying again with a new face: 

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Congress, Media, NCGOP, Politics
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Buck Newton: Our next AG?

Posted on May 31, 2015 by Brant Clifton

The Democrats have come after Wilson’s Buck Newton hard.  In 2010, they slandered him as a drug dealer.  (Newton went on to knock off a long-time incumbent Democrat senator.)  In 2012, his Democrat

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#ncga “Ain’t skeered.”

Posted on May 31, 2015May 31, 2015 by Brant Clifton

Somebody’s feeling like quite the struttin’ bantam rooster these days:  […] At Friday morning’s meeting, McCrory also had sharp criticism for his Republican colleagues in the legislature, where his bond

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#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

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Media, NC legislature, NC State Government, NCGOP, Politics
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NC-02: That giant SUCKING sound

Posted on May 30, 2015 by Brant Clifton

The second congressional district has a representative in DC whose attitude — and job performance — suck.  Our district also has a plethora of lefty driveby outlets standing ready to

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Congress, Media, NCGOP, Politics, Renee Ellmers
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Tholl Roads. Jeff Tharte. (Thurn off the camera, Nicole.)

Posted on May 29, 2015 by Brant Clifton

Oh, how things change in a year.  In June 2014, senator Jeff Tarte was not interested in delaying the I-77 toll / HOT lane project in northern Mecklenburg County.  In

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Time for churches to cut the cord re: gov’t?

Posted on May 29, 2015 by Brant Clifton

Not too long ago, Gov. Pat McCrory and Speaker Tim Moore were telling us they could see no real need for a religious freedom restoration act. Where are examples of

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#ncga Senate opens new front in solar fight

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

Mr. Apodaca, Mr. Rucho, and Mr. Berger have been toying with things again, and that has all of these alleged “conservatives for clean energy” up in arms.  The folks in

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