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#NCSEN: In Like Flynn

Posted on November 13, 2013 by Brant Clifton

And then there were FIVE.  Winston-Salem radio host Bill Flynn has joined the crowd of Republicans seeking to oust Kay Hagan from the US Senate.  Sixth congressional district voters may

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campaign 2014, Congress, Kay Hagan, Mark Harris, Media, NCGOP, Politics, Thom Tillis
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#NCSEN: O-Care political realities are biting Sen. Schumer’s sock puppet in the, um, butt

Posted on November 12, 2013November 12, 2013 by Brant Clifton

        It’s a far cry from those heady days in 2008 and 2009 when a certain former state senator from Greensboro aspiring to be a US senator

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Congress, Economy, Greg Brannon, Kay Hagan, Media, NCGOP, ObamaCare, Politics
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The Crash of The Peacock: Me-Too Republicanism flops in Charlotte

Posted on November 10, 2013November 10, 2013 by Brant Clifton

      Got a flat tire?  *Man, if the Democrats still controlled the legislature, that nail would NEVER have been in the road.*   These days,  the remnants of

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McClatchy, Media, NC legislature, NCGOP, Politics
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#NCSEN: Some thoughts on the Brannon “scandal”

Posted on November 10, 2013November 10, 2013 by Brant Clifton

    The New York Times finally noticed a Tea Party-aligned Cary physician running for the US Senate in North Carolina.  McClatchy licked its chops and piled on.  Is the

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campaign 2014, Congress, Greg Brannon, Media, NCGOP, Politics
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Pinehurst: A second shakedown of builders by village staff?

Posted on November 9, 2013 by Brant Clifton

  Pinehurst is a great place. Lots of beautiful scenery.  Lots of really nice people.  The local government bureaucracy is another story. We’ve posted before on village staff demanding questionable

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Media, Moore County, Pinehurst

Thom Tillis: the, um, OUTSIDER ???

Posted on November 8, 2013November 10, 2013 by Brant Clifton

I had to replay THIS radio interview state House speaker Thom Tillis did with a Wilmington radio station to make sure I heard it right.  Tillis laughs off assertions that

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campaign 2014, Congress, Media, NC legislature, NCGOP, Politics, Thom Tillis
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The O-Care rampage continues: Barry-O tries a little CYA

Posted on November 8, 2013 by Brant Clifton

          The drooling sycophants in the remnants of the mainstream media are reporting that Barry is really, really, really, really, really sorry that people are getting

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campaign 2014, Congress, Economy, Kay Hagan, Media, Obama, ObamaCare, Politics

See June Spin. Spin, June, Spin.

Posted on November 8, 2013 by Brant Clifton

Well, it appears that public education is back in the news. The North Carolina Bankers Association — of all groups — has endorsed the Common Core curriculum for the state’s

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Education, Media, NC State Government, Politics
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NC-6 GOP: Coble’s retirement from Congress throws open the barn doors

Posted on November 7, 2013November 8, 2013 by Brant Clifton

  The dean of the North Carolina congressional delegation is calling it quits.  Greensboro’s Howard Coble — an 82 year old moderate who rose to prominence in Raleigh in the

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campaign 2014, Congress, Howard Coble, Media, NCGOP, Republicans
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Thom & Karl are throwing some parties. (We’re not invited.)

Posted on November 7, 2013 by Brant Clifton

    Fasten your seatbelts, folks.  Our state House speaker, Thom Tillis, and the Tea Party’s arch-nemesis, Karl Rove, are embarking on a three-day fundraising marathon to capture a second

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