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#NCSEN BFFs: Thom Tillis + Karl Rove

Posted on September 23, 2013 by Brant Clifton

It’s becoming more and more clear that House speaker Thom Tillis is throwing himself into the loving embrace of the DC Republican establishment.  He’s already signed on with campaign consultant

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campaign 2014, Congress, Kay Hagan, Media, NCGOP, Politics, Thom Tillis
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Pittenger aide: Senator Ted Cruz is “a joke” with “empty words” and “shallow promises”

Posted on September 22, 2013September 22, 2013 by Brant Clifton

    Erin Karriker professes to be quite a good Republican.  He was active with the UNCC College Republicans.  According to his LinkedIn profile, he was an operative with Robert

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campaign 2014, Congress, Media, NCGOP, Politics
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Raleigh radio’s Roche setting his sights on Renee Ellmers?

Posted on September 22, 2013 by Brant Clifton

      It appears that Raleigh-based radio talk show host Frank Roche will be jumping into the 2014 Second Congressional District GOP primary. The district is currently represented by

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campaign 2014, Congress, Media, Moore County, NCGOP, Politics, Renee Ellmers
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Mealy-Mouth 101: Class Is In Session

Posted on September 21, 2013 by Brant Clifton

Today, the most dangerous place to be was between a US House Republican and a member of the news media.The GOP-dominated House passed a continuing resolution (CR) to keep the

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campaign 2014, Congress, Media, NCGOP, Politics
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Unemployment down? THAT’S “terrible.”

Posted on September 21, 2013 by Brant Clifton

      Our local thrice twice-weekly Nobel Prize-nominated local paper never ceases to amaze me.  Today, they hit us with this headline: Analyst:  NC jobs report ‘terrible.’  But then,

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Media, Moore County, Politics
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The folly of the political listening tour

Posted on September 21, 2013 by Brant Clifton

Hillary Clinton made the political listening tour a “trendy” thing in 1999 — the run up to her 2000 US Senate campaign — and 2007 — prior to her 2008

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campaign 2014, Congress, Media, Politics
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GOPers seeking US Senate nod making personnel moves

Posted on September 20, 2013September 20, 2013 by Brant Clifton

House speaker Thom Tillis has added Kim Canady to his campaign team.  Until recently, Canady was the NCGOP’s political director who played a leading role in intra-party controversies in Craven,

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campaign 2014, Media, NCGOP, Politics
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Virginia Foxx? “Brainwashed.” Richard Burr? Still “dumb.” Ellmers? Whatever John & Eric Want

Posted on September 20, 2013September 20, 2013 by Brant Clifton

Just like Bono & U2 — I still haven’t found what I’m looking for.  An elected conservative leader from North Carolina, that is.  I’ve been getting whiplash keeping track of

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campaign 2014, Congress, Media, Politics
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Counting is HARD.

Posted on September 19, 2013 by Brant Clifton

  McClatchy-Raleigh treated us to this fair & balanced headline today: Protestors cry shame on NC’s hands-off policy on new health law.   I see there are no quotes around any

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Media, Politics
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Randolph County book ban brouhaha sheds light on leftist indoctrination in public education

Posted on September 19, 2013September 19, 2013 by Brant Clifton

McClatchy and their comrades are up in arms about the Randolph County school board daring to exert some sort of local control over public education.  Heck. Even Russian TV and

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Education, Media, NC State Government, Politics
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