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#NCSEN: Tillis “mentor” in midst of Outer Banks fishing fracas

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

Commercial fishermen along eastern North Carolina have been knocking heads for some time with state regulators.  Local fishing interests fear that regulations pushed by environmentalists with pull in Raleigh are

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campaign 2014, Media, NC legislature, NC State Government, NCGOP, Politics, Thom Tillis
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#NCSEN: Apparently, what was BAD for Liddy Dole is O-KAY for Kay

Posted on February 7, 2014 by Brant Clifton

Democrats in DC and in Raleigh are working overtime to pull Senator Sock Puppet’s chestnuts out of the fire. They’ve put out this spin about Kay Hagan being one of

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campaign 2014, Congress, Democrats, Kay Hagan, Media, Politics
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#NCSEN: If you pay him, he will come.

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

State House speaker and US Senate candidate Thom Tillis has been catching some flak from GOP activists — and finally from the mainstream media — for skipping out on candidate

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campaign 2014, Congress, Media, NCGOP, Politics, Tea Party, Thom Tillis
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NC-02: Ellmers STILL campaigning on the taxpayer dime

Posted on February 6, 2014February 6, 2014 by Brant Clifton

On the last day of January, we told you about congresswoman Renee Ellmers’ taxpayer-funded constituent mailings that bear a striking resemblance to campaign literature — stuff that is not supposed

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campaign 2014, Congress, Media, Moore County, Politics, Renee Ellmers
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O-Care: Lefties run damage control on Barry & Kay’s job-killing pet monster

Posted on February 5, 2014 by Brant Clifton

The Congressional Budget Office — long the target of much love and affection by liberals and mainstream media types — is now feeling their wrath.  The CBO dared to publish

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campaign 2014, Congress, Economy, Media, Obama, ObamaCare, Politics, Republicans

#NCSEN: Brannon vs. Tillis. FreedomWorks vs. Rove. Game ON!

Posted on February 5, 2014 by Brant Clifton

FreedomWorks — arguably One of the biggest dogs in grassroots Tea Party politics —  stepped forward Tuesday night in Raleigh to put its stamp of approval on the US Senate

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campaign 2014, Congress, Greg Brannon, Media, NCGOP, Politics, Tea Party
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#NCSEN: Theaming up with Thom, and Piling On

Posted on February 4, 2014 by Brant Clifton

If you want a good case study for why newspapers — especially those in Guilford County — are failing, check out Doug Clark’s nonsense in the pages of The Greensboro

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campaign 2014, Congress, Greg Brannon, Media, NCGOP, Politics
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JuneA @ NC DPI: Poorly-performing students repeating a grade ‘a 20th-century artifact’

Posted on February 3, 2014February 3, 2014 by Brant Clifton

I am starting to believe that the plastic surgeons have stretched June Atkinson’s face so tight that it is putting pressure on her brain and degrading her motor skills. The

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Education, McClatchy, Media, NC legislature, NC State Government, NCGOP, Phil Berger
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#NCSEN: FreedomWorks + Greg Brannon = Game changer

Posted on February 3, 2014February 3, 2014 by Brant Clifton

Tea Party groups across the state and the Brannon for US Senate campaign are quietly lining up supporters to attend a “FreedomWorks BBQ” in Raleigh on Tuesday evening. Sources familiar

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campaign 2014, Congress, Greg Brannon, Media, NCGOP, Politics
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#SCSEN: ANOTHER censure for Lindsey Graham?

Posted on February 3, 2014 by Brant Clifton

Boy, the problems keep mounting for South Carolina’s senior US senator.  He’s got four primary opponents.  He’s been censured by at least half a dozen county GOP organizations (including the

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campaign 2014, Congress, Media, Politics, Republicans, South Carolina, Tea Party
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