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Meet The New Boss. (Same as The Old Boss?)

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

Gov. Pat got a lot of mileage out of The Who’s classic “Won’t Get Fooled Again” during his successful 2012 campaign against Walter Dalton.  The actions of the NCGOP establishment

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campaign 2014, Media, NCGOP, Politics
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SEIU, SEANC breaking ranks over “Moral Monday” circus?

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

      The useful idiots at McClatchy and WRAL are breaking their necks to paint Bill Barber’s lefty fruitcake convention at the legislative building as the moral equivalent of

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campaign 2014, Media, NC legislature, NC State Government, NCGOP, Politics
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Tillis inspired by Obama to practice The Limbaugh Theorem?

Posted on June 11, 2013June 11, 2013 by Brant Clifton

        McClatchy-Raleigh published a cutesy little item today about how Thom Tillis is not going to shave until the doggone legislative session ends.  (Seriously.) : WHAT’S NEXT?

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campaign 2014, Media, NC legislature, NC State Government, Politics, Thom Tillis
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When things get HOT, Tholl Road Thom takes his marbles and goes home

Posted on June 9, 2013June 10, 2013 by Brant Clifton

This was supposed to be a great weekend for Thom Tillis.  He’s presiding over the state House at a historic time for the NCGOP.  The state GOP convention was in

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campaign 2014, Economy, Media, NC legislature, NCGOP, Paul Stam, Politics
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NCGOP Convention Scuttlebutt …

Posted on June 9, 2013June 9, 2013 by Brant Clifton

Well, it looks like the NCGOP will be led for the next two years by by Chairman Claude Pope of Brunswick County (formerly of Wake) and Vice-chairman Joyce Krawiec of

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campaign 2014, Media, NCGOP, Politics
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Brannon: Keep government in check, stand by The Constitution

Posted on June 8, 2013 by Brant Clifton

That’s the gist of the thesis Cary physician Greg Brannon, one of two announced GOP candidates for the 2014 US Senate primary, had for his audience at the NCGOP state

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campaign 2014, Congress, Kay Hagan, NCGOP, Politics
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Failure of institutions, growth of red tape hinder business. Spelling doom for US economy?

Posted on June 8, 2013 by Brant Clifton

      I’ve become a big fan of the work of British-born Harvard economist Niall Ferguson.  Ferguson, a disciple of former British PM Margaret Thatcher, has put together scores

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Economy, Media, Politics, Uncategorized

WSJ: NC GOPers need to stiffen spines, get tax reform DONE

Posted on June 8, 2013 by Brant Clifton

  Stephen Moore, a renowned libertarian-leaning economist and member of The Wall Street Journal’s editorial board, has some advice for the GOP leadership now running the show in Raleigh:  Man

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campaign 2014, Economy, Media, NC legislature, NC State Government, NCGOP, Politics

Big Barry’s pitch in Mooresville for more Internet does not compute

Posted on June 8, 2013 by Brant Clifton

      Yep.  Big Barry’s doing it for “the children.” In politics, you could justify invading Iran by saying it’s “for the children” and you could likely get a

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Congress, Economy, Media, Obama, Politics

NCGOP needs to do more selling of the platform, less selling of the (R)

Posted on June 8, 2013June 8, 2013 by Brant Clifton

NCGOP activists have poured into Charlotte this weekend for their state convention.  They’ll hear from some of the US Senate hopefuls looking to replace Kay Hagan. They’ll also choose their

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campaign 2014, Congress, Media, NCGOP, Politics
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