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#NCGA: Timing will be key for Gov. Pat’s threatened special session

Posted on August 29, 2014 by Brant Clifton

Gov. Pat McCrory is making some noise about possibly calling the General Assembly back into town for a special session.  At the top of the agenda would be a $20

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campaign 2014, Media, NC legislature, Politics
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Note to GOP: Again, the drive-by media CANNOT be pleased. Stop trying.

Posted on August 28, 2014August 28, 2014 by Brant Clifton

First it was Richard Hudson begging for forgiveness for his role in trying to defund ObamaCare.  Now, we have Mark Meadows appearing to be seeking penance:  U.S. Rep. Mark Meadows

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campaign 2014, Congress, Media, Politics
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#NCSEN: A RNC-Tea Party powwow in Charlotte?

Posted on August 28, 2014August 28, 2014 by Brant Clifton

Sources are telling us that emissaries from the DC Republican establishment had a sit-down with NC Tea Party activists in The Queen City Tuesday evening.  Roughly a dozen activists —

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campaign 2014, Congress, Media, NCGOP, Politics
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GOP pollster: Again, where’s the wave?

Posted on August 27, 2014 by Brant Clifton

John McLaughlin, one of the wise old men in national GOP/ conservative politics, is asking a question similar to the one posed the other day by Larry Sabato.  McLaughlin and

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campaign 2014, Congress, Media, Politics
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How many illegal aliens did Barry dump in your county?

Posted on August 27, 2014 by Brant Clifton

We posted earlier about the secretive effort by the feds to dump all of those border-crashing kids from South America in various US states — without bothering to inform the

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campaign 2014, Congress, Law & Order, Media, NC State Government, NCGOP, Politics
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Thoughts on statists, taxes and, um, PATRIOTISM ????

Posted on August 27, 2014August 27, 2014 by Brant Clifton

On the surface, it’s heart-warming to hear statists celebrating the concept of patriotism.  Of course, their idea of patriotism and MINE appear to be vastly divergent.  I think of Old

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campaign 2014, Congress, Economy, Media, Politics
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The drive-by media: Can’t please them. Stop trying.

Posted on August 27, 2014 by Brant Clifton

Gov. Pat McCrory so loves to run away from the conservative principles of the GOP platform to embrace the squishy, soft, comfy middle.  The drive-bys are always preaching to Republicans

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campaign 2014, Media, Politics
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#NCSEN: What wave?

Posted on August 26, 2014 by Brant Clifton

Veteran election observer Larry Sabato has a thought-provoking piece out in the latest edition of Politico Magazine.  The UVa professor and renowned cable TV talking head says he is not

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campaign 2014, Congress, Media, Politics
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Campaign 2014: NC candidates want Lt. Dan

Posted on August 26, 2014 by Brant Clifton

I communicate regularly with a number of elected officials at the state and local levels across North Carolina. The drive-bys have been speculating about WHO among the Democrat candidates would

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campaign 2014, Media, Politics
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Congress’s Ex-Im Bank reauthorization vote to separate RINOs from real Rs

Posted on August 25, 2014August 25, 2014 by Brant Clifton

The US Export-Import Bank is seeking Congress’s help to extend its life a little longer.  Last reauthorized in 2012, it is set to expire at the end of September —

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Congress, Media
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