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Thom & Bru: Mutual back-scratching at its best

Posted on February 11, 2014 by Brant Clifton

Thom Tillis and Harold Brubaker have quite a special political bond. They are the only two Republican speakers of the North Carolina House since Reconstruction.  The two became very close

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campaign 2014, Congress, Law & Order, Media, NC legislature, NC State Government, NCGOP, Politics, Thom Tillis
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NCGOP and the politics of teacher pay

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

Republican leaders in Raleigh are hoping to make political gains by getting behind Gov. Pat McCrory’s call for a teacher pay raise: Saying it was time to start showing respect

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campaign 2014, Education, Media, NC State Government, NCGOP, Politics
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NC-02: Ellmers sweating the immigration issue

Posted on February 10, 2014 by Brant Clifton

I got ANOTHER campaign mailer from Renee Ellmers this weekend disguised as “official business.”  I know I have worked this issue over here and here.  But it is just so brazen

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campaign 2014, Congress, Media, NCGOP, Politics, Renee Ellmers, Tea Party
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#NCSEN #NCGA: 2012 Tillis House campaign accepted $4K from wife of figure in federal bribery case

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

North Carolina state House speaker Thom Tillis has established quite a reputation as a prolific fundraiser.  He’s been credited with providing the ammo needed for the GOP to take over

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campaign 2014, Congress, DENR, Media, NC State Government, NCGOP, Politics, Thom Tillis
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Nullification coming to the courtroom?

Posted on February 9, 2014 by Brant Clifton

Nullification is rearing its head as a very hot topic in this era of the Tea Party and widespread disgust with governmental overreach.  Nullification is the belief that states, communities

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campaign 2014, Law & Order, Media, Politics, Tea Party
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O-Care: Liberating you from the, um, shackles of employment

Posted on February 8, 2014 by Brant Clifton

Seriously.  That’s how the BarryO fan club is defending their pet monster against accusations, and a CBO report, suggesting that it will kill jobs by the millions. Kay Hagan has

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campaign 2014, Congress, Economy, Kay Hagan, Media, NCGOP, ObamaCare, Politics
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#NCSEN: How to read Karl Rove’s silly poll

Posted on February 8, 2014February 8, 2014 by Brant Clifton

The shih-tzu included some recent polling on the Republican US Senate race in his “Morning Memo” this AM.  Karl Rove’s Crossroads super PAC issued polling results from their own survey

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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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