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#NCGA: GOP legislator from Pitt County subject of state elections complaint

Posted on March 27, 2014 by Brant Clifton

An Eastern North Carolina GOP leader has filed an official complaint against state Rep. Brian Brown (R-Pitt) filled with allegations of financial impropriety and “Pay to Play.”  Todd Bennett of

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campaign 2014, Law & Order, Media, NC legislature, NC State Government, NCGOP, Politics
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#NCSEN: Comparing 2006 Tillis to 2014 Tillis

Posted on March 26, 2014March 26, 2014 by Brant Clifton

We’re being sold the idea of Thom Tillis as a principled, pro-business conservative.  Sometimes, to understand the present, you have to look at the past. Tillis burst onto the state

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campaign 2014, Congress, Media, NCGOP, Politics, Thom Tillis
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#NCSEN: Name Confusion, Ballot hijinks, funky polls, and The Alex Bradshaw juggernaut

Posted on March 26, 2014March 26, 2014 by Brant Clifton

Who IS Alex Bradshaw?  Politicos from Murphy to Manteo are asking this question.  He hasn’t been appearing at candidate forums.  He doesn’t appear to have a formal campaign organization.  I

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campaign 2014, Congress, Media, NCGOP, Politics
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#NCSEN: Could Mark Harris be cut from TV debates?

Posted on March 26, 2014 by Brant Clifton

Time Warner News and McClatchy are sponsoring a GOP primary debate on April 22.  WRAL has one slated for April 23.  Charlotte pastor — and former Southern Baptist Convention president

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campaign 2014, Mark Harris, McClatchy, Media, Politics
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(NC-02) Americans for a Conservative Direction: Putting Lipstick on a Pig

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

People are talking about all of those ads promoting Renee Ellmers hitting the airwaves in the Second District from something called Americans for a Conservative Direction.  I don’t believe I’ve

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campaign 2014, Congress, Media, NCGOP, Politics, Renee Ellmers
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#NCSEN: National Review peddles Rove’s nonsense

Posted on March 25, 2014 by Brant Clifton

National Review — formerly the Bible for upstart conservatives — is lecturing us here in North Carolina for daring to have an intraparty debate and interfering with the establishment’s plans

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campaign 2014, Congress, Greg Brannon, Media, NCGOP, Politics, Thom Tillis
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#NCSEN: Far-left national media outlets influencing NC media’s political coverage

Posted on March 24, 2014 by Brant Clifton

For someone who is allegedly so extreme and unelectable, the US Senate campaign of Cary physician Greg Brannon sure is drawing an inordinate amount of attention from the leftists and

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campaign 2014, Congress, Greg Brannon, Media, NCGOP, Politics
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Sick of ObamaCare? Wait ’til you get a load of ICD-10.

Posted on March 24, 2014 by Brant Clifton

I was talking with a friend who works in the health care industry this weekend. I asked him about ObamaCare and how it was affecting his business.  He bemoaned that

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campaign 2014, Congress, Media, Politics
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Chipping away at our rights in the name of efficiency and national security

Posted on March 24, 2014 by Brant Clifton

We’ve got some pretty big races for US House and US Senate on the November ballot here in North Carolina.  One very significant item on the November  ballot is not

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campaign 2014, Congress, Law & Order, Media, NC legislature, NC State Government, Politics
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(#NCSEN) UM v. UMUC: Why it DOES matter.

Posted on March 24, 2014 by Brant Clifton

The spin surrounding Thom Tillis’ résumé is reaching near-supersonic speeds.  News broke this week that the state House speaker and US Senate candidate had, um, embellished the portion of his

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campaign 2014, Congress, Media, NC legislature, NCGOP, Politics, Thom Tillis
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