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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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GUILTY! Speaker Thom Tillis’s ‘right hand man’ could be headed for THE BIG HOUSE

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

Stephen Laroque has really taken us on a roller coaster ride during his time in Raleigh. The former GOP lawmaker was a supporter of Richard Morgan’s 2002-2006 alliance with former

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Media, NCGOP, Politics

Invasion of The Purple People: SEIU moves in for the kill in North Carolina

Posted on June 8, 2013 by Brant Clifton

Since 2008, The Service Employees International Union (SEIU) has established a reputation as Barack Obama’s shock troops — his brownshirts, his muscle.  They’ve often taken to the streets to, ahem,

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Economy, Law & Order, Media, NC legislature, NC State Government, NCGOP, Politics
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Supporters of strong voter ID laws seek grassroots help in “fixing” measure that passed NC House

Posted on June 6, 2013 by Brant Clifton

          There’s a new video out floating around that raises some serious questions about the strength of the voter ID bill that recently passed the GOP-controlled

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campaign 2014, Law & Order, Media, NC legislature, NC State Government, NCGOP, Politics, Thom Tillis
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Forest upstaging McCrory on Common Core

Posted on June 5, 2013June 6, 2013 by Brant Clifton

        Usually, the media and the public look to the governor on state government policy questions.  Lt. Governor Dan Forest is turning that equation on its head

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Media, NC legislature, NCGOP, Pat McCrory, Politics
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INCOMING !!!! : ‘Lt. Dan’ opens fire on Common Core

Posted on June 4, 2013June 4, 2013 by Brant Clifton

Now THIS is what I’m talking about.  The Dan Forest we grew to love on the campaign trail appears to be BACK.  ln a recently released YouTube video, North Carolina’s

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campaign 2014, Education, Media, NC legislature, NC State Government, Politics
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NC sits on sidelines while OTHER FOLKS in OTHER STATES take ObamaCare to court

Posted on June 4, 2013 by Brant Clifton

The Competitive Enterprise Institute — an excellent organization based in DC that fights the good fight for the free market — is suing on behalf of some small businesses and

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campaign 2014, Economy, Media, NC legislature, NC State Government, NCGOP, Politics
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NCICL: Banning incompetents from voting is unconstitutional

Posted on June 2, 2013June 3, 2013 by Brant Clifton

    That’s right.  An analyst with The North Carolina Institute for Constitional Law — an outfit founded by former state Supreme Court Justice and GOP gubernatorial candidate Bob Orr

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