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Race for NCGOP Vice-chairman a true test of THE Pope’s “party loyalty” message

Posted on January 28, 2014 by Brant Clifton

State GOP vice-chairman Joyce Krawiec’s appointment to an unexpired state Senate seat from Forsythe County has created a job vacancy within the party hierarchy.  Krawiec’s move to the Senate meant

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#NCSEN: Brannon picks up major Tea Party endorsement

Posted on January 28, 2014 by Brant Clifton

News broke last night that a second major Tea Party organization here in North Carolina has endorsed Republican US Senate candidate Greg Brannon. Moore Tea Citizens — one of the

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campaign 2014, Congress, Greg Brannon, Media, Moore County, NCGOP, Politics
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Basking in the warm glow of all of this, um, ”party loyalty”

Posted on January 27, 2014January 27, 2014 by Brant Clifton

Establishment folks are browbeating those of us in the grassroots to toe the party line.  Send Kay Hagan home.  That’s what’s important.  Even if you have to hold your nose

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campaign 2014, Claude Pope, Congress, Media, Moore County, NCGOP, Politics
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Attorney General Roy NIFONG

Posted on January 27, 2014 by Brant Clifton

Apparently, our esteemed state attorney general learned NOTHING from the Duke lacrosse case.  In that 2006 case, you had white defendants and a black victim — complemented by a media circus

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campaign 2014, Democrats, Law & Order, Media, NC legislature, NC State Government, Politics
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Fascism’s creep picks up speed

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

We get a lot of lip service from lefties about the importance of respecting minorities and the minority opinion.  But, when they are in charge, just try to question their

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Education, Law & Order, Media

#NCSEN: Inside the Tillis fundraising juggernaut

Posted on January 26, 2014 by Brant Clifton

I had an interesting conversation a couple of nights ago with an old friend of mine who lives on the North Carolina coast.  He’s a successful businessman with a BIG

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campaign 2014, Congress, Media, NCGOP, Politics, Thom Tillis
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#NCSEN: polls agree (1) Brannon & Tillis lead GOP pack, and (2) roughly 50 % of primary voters undecided

Posted on January 26, 2014 by Brant Clifton

The mainstream media and the political establishment are trying to tell us that state House speaker Thom Tillis is all but nominated to take on Kay Hagan in November.  Public

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campaign 2014, Congress, Greg Brannon, Media, Moore County, NCGOP, Politics, Tea Party, Thom Tillis
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THE Pope: It’s ALL The Haymaker’s fault!

Posted on January 24, 2014 by Brant Clifton

A reader forwarded to us an email conversation they had with NCGOP chairman Claude Pope.  (Of course, we came up.) The reader asked THE Pope about reports on our site

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campaign 2014, Claude Pope, Congress, Media, NCGOP, Politics
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ThomTV: What? No mention of the NCGA success story?

Posted on January 24, 2014 by Brant Clifton

I’m in the Raleigh media market.  We’ve just now started seeing Thom Tillis’ TV ad that the mainstream media has been cooing about for weeks.  In the ad, the speaker

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#NCSEN: Lobbyists lining up, placing bets on Hagan, Tillis

Posted on January 24, 2014January 24, 2014 by Brant Clifton

Lots of folks are trying to compare this year’s US Senate race with Kentucky’s 2010 contest.  But political old-timers like myself can see some similarities to North Carolina’s 1984 contest

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campaign 2014, Congress, Kay Hagan, Media, NCGOP, Politics, Thom Tillis
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