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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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Conservative revolutionaries? Try drunken sailors.

Posted on November 6, 2013November 6, 2013 by Brant Clifton

    Chris Fitzsimon, Bill Barber and the gang want us to believe that the GOP majority in Raleigh has cut state government to the bone.  Thom Tillis — the

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Economy, Media, NC legislature, NC State Government, Politics
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The “lessons” from Tuesday’s votes

Posted on November 6, 2013 by Brant Clifton

Leftists want you to believe that the results show America loves Barry Obama.  The media wants you to believe The Tea Party was soundly rejected.  What was the real takeaway

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Media, NCGOP, Politics
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#NCSEN: Mark Harris & The Issues

Posted on November 6, 2013 by Brant Clifton

    Charlotte pastor – and GOP US Senate candidate — Mark Harris is closely associated with the state constitutional amendment passed in May 2012 defining marriage as between a

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campaign 2014, Congress, Economy, Kay Hagan, Mark Harris, Mark Harris, Media, NCGOP, Politics
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