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#NCSEN: Hagan reelection odds at 50-50

Posted on August 11, 2014August 11, 2014 by Brant Clifton

The Washington Post’s political prognosticators are promoting a model showing a 52-48 GOP majority with a 98 percent chance of Kay Hagan being reelected.   Political prognosticator Nate Silver,  formerly

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Congress, Media
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As The Pachyderm Turns …

Posted on August 9, 2014 by Brant Clifton

Yes, my friends.  It seems like we’ve got quite  a soap opera brewing in Raleigh amongst the powers-that-be in the NCGOP. First, we hear from well-placed sources that operatives close

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Monkey Business Update: The plot thickens in Cabarrus?

Posted on August 9, 2014 by Brant Clifton

Apparently, Charles Jeter (see comments at end of previous post) was not the only Republican legislator caught off guard by the local bill that simultaneously disarmed the Monroe city manager

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Monkey Business Update: Fletcher Hartsell & Cabarrus County

Posted on August 9, 2014August 9, 2014 by Brant Clifton

Can’t get your political shenanigans approved by being open, up front, and following the process?  Go the sneaky route.  That’s what has apparently happened on Jones Street regarding The Fletcher

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RNC says YES to cronyism, corporate welfare

Posted on August 8, 2014August 8, 2014 by Brant Clifton

Supposedly, the Republican Party is about free markets, individual liberty, and reaping the rewards of hard work.  Yet, we can’t even seem to get the leaders of the party to

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Washington Post election model: 98 % chance Hagan wins reelection

Posted on August 8, 2014August 8, 2014 by Brant Clifton

The Post says Republicans will take the US Senate, but we — in North Carolina — can likely expect SIX MORE YEARS of Kay Hagan.  The paper’s Election Lab predicts

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A request for our fans

Posted on August 8, 2014August 8, 2014 by Brant Clifton

We started this enterprise up about three years ago.  We were frustrated about the growing number of low-information voters and the deceitful, incompetent drive-by media.  We were worried about the

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#NCSEN: Relax, green people. Thom is ONE OF YOU!

Posted on August 8, 2014 by Brant Clifton

The environmentalist crowd and their drive by media pals are up in arms about the fact there has been no deal in the legislature regarding storage and disposal of coal

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campaign 2014, Congress, Media, NC legislature, NCGOP, Politics, Thom Tillis
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#NCSEN: Rasmussen, Rove conspiring to create illusion of Tillis momentum?

Posted on August 7, 2014August 7, 2014 by Brant Clifton

Rasmussen Reports — a polling firm with close ties to Karl Rove and the Bush political organization — has released their “latest” polling on the North Carolina US Senate race.

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campaign 2014, Congress, Media, Politics
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Gov. Pat’s ”kinder and gentler” & bipartisan new budget director

Posted on August 7, 2014 by Brant Clifton

They’re dancing in the streets in Carrboro.  The Great Satan — Art Pope — is stepping away from his state government role. There is a new feeling of hope and optimism

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campaign 2014, Media, NCGOP, Pat McCrory, Politics
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