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Rob Christensen: Just one of the girls

Posted on July 13, 2014 by Brant Clifton

Baghdad Rob — Randy Voller’s Minister of Propaganda —  just will not let this ‘War on Women’ election year spin go.  Last week in his column, he insisted that Thom

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Monkey Business Report: NC’s e-cig tax

Posted on July 13, 2014 by Brant Clifton

We posted previously about the General Assembly’s vote to enact a tax on e-cigarettes.  E-cigs are a relatively new phenomenon.  They are devices that emit odorless vapor instead of that

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We’re not in Raleigh anymore: #NCSEN race sounding a lot like one for #NCGA

Posted on July 13, 2014 by Brant Clifton

The last six years in DC has offered a treasure trove of ammunition for conservatives seeking to ”take out the trash” in our nation’s capital.  Barry Obama has wrecked our

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Congress, Media
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#NCGA: If Gov. Pat wants a fight, Mr. Berger is glad to give him one.

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

The media, Democrats, and Bill Barber’s rabble have tried to pitch us a narrative about some unified Republican front in Raleigh.  Unfortunately, all we’ve been able to see lately  is

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campaign 2014, Congress, Media, NC legislature, NCGOP, Phil Berger, Politics, Thom Tillis
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Pat sounds like Bev.

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

In 2012, Bev Perdue came to the conclusion that she had enough of a GOP majority on Jones Street and escaped Raleigh to the safe confines of Harvard’s Kennedy School

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campaign 2014, Education, Media, NC legislature, NC State Government, NCGOP, Pat McCrory, Politics
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NC-02: Is Aiken’s “incentivizing” MORE or LESS GOVT?

Posted on July 11, 2014 by Brant Clifton

Renee Ellmers’ Democrat challenger Clay Aiken has been throwing around the word “incentivize” a lot lately — on topics ranging from economics to education. “Incentivizing” can have a different meaning

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Congress, Media, Moore County
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Laying the foundation for a November blame game

Posted on July 10, 2014July 10, 2014 by Brant Clifton

By all indications, Republicans should have a good November.  But we also thought that about November 2012.  Remember everyone saying there was no way in hell that Barry Obama would

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campaign 2014, Congress, Media, Politics, Tea Party
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NC-08: Hudson fundraiser key figure in 2011 ethics probe

Posted on July 10, 2014July 10, 2014 by Brant Clifton

If you were in DC in late February — and had $1000 burning a hole in your pocket — you could have enjoyed the musical offerings of Justin Timberlake while

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campaign 2014, Congress, Media, Politics

#NCGA: McCrory, Tillis, media gang up on Senate Republicans in budget fight

Posted on July 9, 2014 by Brant Clifton

In budget reconciliation talks, the Senate has backed away from their insistence on dropping teacher tenure in exchange for pay raises. Smelling blood, Gov. Pat, Speaker Thom, and the drive-by

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campaign 2014, Media, NC legislature, NCGOP, Phil Berger, Politics, Thom Tillis
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Plenty of money for statist nonsense. Not enough for stuff govt is actually supposed to pay for.

Posted on July 9, 2014 by Brant Clifton

In Charlotte and Raleigh, leaders are trying to raise property taxes in order to finance teacher pay raises.  There is NO money available right now to pay for those raises,

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Media, NC State Government, NCGOP
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