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Town Hall Tremors (shades of summer 2010?)

Posted on August 21, 2013 by Brant Clifton

      Apparently, Bob Pittenger wants a do-over.  The Charlotte area congressman didn’t handle his last attempt at a town hall meeting very well.  He ended up putting himself

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campaign 2014, Congress, Media, Politics
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#NCSEN 2014: Brannon gets endorsed. Hagan gets spanked.

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

    It’s getting pretty clear that Tea Party-affiliated groups and voters are warming up to Cary physician Greg Brannon and his campaign for the GOP nomination for US Senate.

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campaign 2014, Congress, Media, NCGOP, Politics
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Voting is HARD. (sigh)

Posted on August 18, 2013 by Brant Clifton

McClatchy Rob is just beside himself.  According to his headline today, college students are going to have to work harder.  (To vote, that is.)  *Apparently, working harder is a bad

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Law & Order, Media, NC State Government, Politics
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Gov. Pat, those twenty-somethings and the big salaries

Posted on August 17, 2013 by Brant Clifton

It pains me to even come close to being on the same side of an issue with Chris Fitzsimon and the gang.  They raised a stink about salaries paid to

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Media, NC State Government, NCGOP, Pat McCrory, Politics
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LOUD & CLEAR: RNC says DEFUND O-CARE

Posted on August 17, 2013August 17, 2013 by Brant Clifton

    The Republican National Committee approved a resolution Friday at its meeting in Boston calling on Congress to do EVERYTHING possible to defund ObamaCare: Part of me wants to

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Sen. Burr STILL dodging, weaving, misleading on ObamaCare defunding

Posted on August 17, 2013August 17, 2013 by Brant Clifton

Senator Richard Burr doesn’t have time for the folks at Heritage Action, but he made time this week for Rotary. Activists affiliated with Heritage Action had scheduled a town hall

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Congress, Economy, Media, NCGOP, Politics, Republicans
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Moral Monday meets the Moore County School Board

Posted on August 16, 2013August 16, 2013 by Brant Clifton

It’s a  sad statement about the current state of public education when the person responsible for administering our local school system has such a poor grasp on reality. Moore County

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Media, Moore County, Politics
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Heritage Action poll: No need for GOP to fear govt shutdown in ObamaCare defund fight

Posted on August 15, 2013 by Brant Clifton

      Richard Burr, Renee Ellmers and Bob Pittenger — take note.  It would appear that Mitch McConnell and John Boehner are blowing smoke up your posteriors: Heritage Action

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Raleigh GOP establishment flexing muscle in Davidson County

Posted on August 14, 2013 by Brant Clifton

We’ve said quite a bit about the hubbub in Davidson County over the appointment of Republican Roger Younts to finish out the unexpired term of long-time legislator Jerry Dockham, who

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campaign 2014, NC legislature, Politics
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Wanna flush the economy down the toilet? There’s an app for that!

Posted on August 14, 2013August 14, 2013 by Brant Clifton

  Everybody’s heard of the Apple Store.  The National Republican Senate Committee has produced a clever parody of the Apple cash-cow called “The Dem App Store — Failed.  Foiled. Fruitless.”

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campaign 2014, Congress, Kay Hagan, Media, Politics

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