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Wayne King headed to Congress?

Posted on January 31, 2013January 31, 2013 by Brant Clifton

Sources within the staff of Congressman Mark Meadows (R-NC-11) are confirming that NCGOP vice-chairman Wayne King has been hired onto the congressman’s staff as a “senior adviser.”   Word is

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Congress, Media, NCGOP, Politics
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McCrory vs. UNC: Opening a Pandora’s box, inviting lefty jihad?

Posted on January 31, 2013 by Brant Clifton

      (No, lefty jihad is not an old basketball coach.)  Gov. Pat  has trained both barrels on the public education establishment — specifically those folks within the UNC

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Education, Media, NC legislature, NC State Government, NCGOP, Pat McCrory, Politics, Republicans

The Tillis Technique: (1) Go with what Pat says. (2) If people holler, change your story.

Posted on January 30, 2013January 30, 2013 by Brant Clifton

        An aide to Speaker Tillis has finally responded — kinda —  to Don Reid’s query about voter ID: From: Joe Nolan (Speaker Tillis’ Office) [mailto:Joe.Nolan@ncleg.net] On Behalf Of Rep.

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NC Senate stands up to ObamaCare. (Mr. Tillis? Mr. McCrory? Who’s NEXT ???)

Posted on January 30, 2013January 30, 2013 by Brant Clifton

        The Republican majority in the North Carolina Senate has put its money where its mouth is and introduced legislation allowing the state of North Carolina to

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Economy, Law & Order, NC legislature, NC State Government, NCGOP, Obama, Phil Berger, Thom Tillis
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Team Charlotte SPLIT on voter ID details?

Posted on January 30, 2013 by Brant Clifton

      House Speaker Thom Tillis and Gov. Pat McCrory have BOTH said they would be willing to accept voter ID legislation that DOES NOT require an officially-issued photo

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My two cents (or so) on all of this immigration talk

Posted on January 30, 2013 by Brant Clifton

      We’ve got all kinds of folks at the federal and state level opining on this issue.  (Never mind the anemic economic growth, the smothering bureaucracy, and the

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Tea Party finds an opponent for Kay Hagan

Posted on January 28, 2013January 28, 2013 by Brant Clifton

  The Republican Liberty Caucus and The Eastern North Carolina Tea Party have united behind a Wake County physician’s effort to unseat U.S. Senator Kay Hagan.   Dr. Greg Brannon

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Congress, Kay Hagan, Media, NCGOP, Pat McCrory, Politics, Republicans
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Carolina Comeback?: kick people off unemployment, raise taxes, send state $$$$ to Carolina Panthers

Posted on January 26, 2013 by Brant Clifton

One of Richard Morgan’s favorite legislators, Julia Howard, says we need to kick a bunch of people off of unemployment by July 1.  In the meantime, legislators from Gov. Pat

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Economy, Media, NC legislature, NC State Government, NCGOP, Politics
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As Gov. Pat goes, so goes Speaker Thom

Posted on January 26, 2013January 26, 2013 by Brant Clifton

    It’s becoming increasingly clear that the state House leadership and the governor’s office are working in tandem.  And NOT in a good way.  Speaker Thom Tillis talks tough

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The McCrory era SO FAR: ObamaCare surrender, “progressive” tax code, wind energy

Posted on January 25, 2013 by Brant Clifton

        Supposedly, our state is in the midst of a “conservative revolution.”  But the message we’re getting out of our new administration in Raleigh is sounding a

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Media, NCGOP, Pat McCrory, Politics
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