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Renee Ellmers: hugging up tighter to the GOP’s left wing

Posted on July 25, 2013 by Brant Clifton

She slipped into office in 2010 with enthusiastic Tea Party support — vanquishing Bob ” The Sidewalk Assassin” Etheridge.  Lefties beat her up as a stalking horse for “tea-baggers.”  But

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campaign 2014, Congress, Media, NCGOP, Politics, Renee Ellmers
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The tale of the voice mail: The plot thickens in NCGOP-Davidson Co. GOP tiff

Posted on July 24, 2013 by Brant Clifton

  We reported earlier on an uproar in Davidson County about filling a vacant state House seat.  State Rep. Jerry Dockham (R), the area’s legislator since the 90s, resigned to

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campaign 2014, Media, NC legislature, NCGOP, Politics
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So. We’re cutting taxes — AND SPENDING MORE ??????

Posted on July 23, 2013 by Brant Clifton

  The conservative revolution rolls on in The City of Oaks. The mainstream media has been regaling us all day with stories about the $20.6 BILLION budget deal reached by

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Media, NC legislature, NC State Government, NCGOP, Politics
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McClatchy Rob: Phil Berger’s embrace of lower taxes, smaller govt betrays his working class roots

Posted on July 21, 2013 by Brant Clifton

      Rob “Mr. Politics” Christensen — who has spent THREE decades at The N&O missing stuff like John Edwards’s blonde with the camera, Mike Easley’s corruption, and Dennis

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Media, Politics
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The WSJ LOVES Raleigh’s tax cut deal

Posted on July 20, 2013 by Brant Clifton

We heard a lot about major tax reform during the 2012 elections.  Steve Moore — a nationally renowned economist, free market fan, and editorial board member at The Wall Street

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campaign 2014, Media, NC legislature, NC State Government, NCGOP, Phil Berger, Politics, Thom Tillis
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SPECIAL DELIVERY: June needed paper. Dan gave her some paper.

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

  Well, that didn’t take long. Lt Gov. Dan Forest sent DPI Secretary June Atkinson roughly 20 pages worth of questions about the controversial Common Core curriculum.    Did Lt. Dan

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Education, NC legislature, NC State Government, NCGOP, Politics
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FreedomWorks joins forces with Dan Forest in fight against Common Core

Posted on July 20, 2013 by Brant Clifton

North Carolina Lt. Governor Dan Forest has already made it clear that he doesn’t care for the controversial Common Core curriculum for the nation’s public schools.  State government’s second-in-command is

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Media, NC legislature, NCGOP, Politics
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US Senate 2014: Is the honeymoon OVER for Mark Harris and the Tea Party?

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

  Well, that was  quick. In late June, the Draft Mark Harris committee was touting the hiring of Tracy Bengtson — a Mecklenburg County grassroots activist who was a key

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campaign 2014, Congress, Kay Hagan, Media, NCGOP, Politics
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Kay Hagan: “leading” from, um, … OUTSIDE THE ROOM?

Posted on July 18, 2013 by Brant Clifton

The mainstream media has been helping US Senator Kay Hagan (D-NC) tout legislation she co-sponsored with fellow Democrat Jack Reed (D-RI) to freeze interest rates on student loans.  A pro-union

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campaign 2014, Congress, Kay Hagan, Media

Thanks to McClatchy, Rural Center biting the dust. (But why stop there?)

Posted on July 18, 2013 by Brant Clifton

It sounds odd to hear me praising McClatchy, but they’ve done some bang-up work pointing out the waste in the NC Rural Center and making a case for its closure.

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Economy, Media, NC legislature, NCGOP, Politics
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