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Civitas boss: Tillis 2010 record rating removal not political

Posted on August 13, 2014August 13, 2014 by Brant Clifton

We recently posted about how the conservative Raleigh-based Civitas Action rated Thom Tillis’s 2010 record in the NC with a grade of ‘F.’    We noted that we had to

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campaign 2014, Congress, Media, Politics
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#NCSEN: Beating a dead hor — um, sock on “equal pay”

Posted on August 13, 2014August 13, 2014 by Brant Clifton

Groceries cost the same for men and women.  So why is Thom Tillis keeping women from being paid as much as men for the same work?  THAT is the thesis

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#NCSEN: Civitas FLUNKED Thom Tillis in 2010

Posted on August 12, 2014August 12, 2014 by Brant Clifton

The details have been scrubbed from The Internet, but — thanks to resources like The Wayback Machine — nothing is ever truly GONE from cyberspace.  The NCGOP took the majority

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What? Welfare creates culture of dependency? *We’re RANKLED.*

Posted on August 11, 2014 by Brant Clifton

The Greensboro News & Record is aiding and abetting an effort by the lefty lynch mob to smear 6th congressional district Republican nominee Mark Walker.  What’s got the crowd on

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WAAAAAAHHH !!! They’re cutting my welfare! I’m going to Georgia!

Posted on August 11, 2014 by Brant Clifton

The N&O chronicles the movie industry crybabies as they pack up to leave North Carolina in the wake of a state decision to trim and streamline benefits for filming in

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#NCSEN: American Insights says 42-42 tie, NY Times says 53-47 Hagan

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

American Insights is back with some analysis on the North Carolina US Senate race.  The NC-based group first came to our attention in the GOP primary for this seat.  They were probably

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campaign 2014, Congress, Media, Politics, Thom Tillis
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#NCSEN: The ”effectiveness” argument

Posted on August 11, 2014 by Brant Clifton

The Thom Tillis campaign is coming after incumbent Democrat Kay Hagan for being ”ineffective.”   On one hand, it’s a sweet piece of karma.  Hagan beat Elizabeth Dole over the head

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campaign 2014, Congress, Media, NCGOP, Politics
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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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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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