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Source: Election results strengthen the hand of Team Tillis

Posted on November 12, 2012 by Brant Clifton

        I chatted recently with a long-time NCGOP insider — and a friend of this site — about some of the conversations going on right now in

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Campaign 2012, Media, NC legislature, NC State Government, Politics, Thom Tillis

Recount?: Dan Forest preps for another fight as SEIU, Linda Coleman lay groundwork

Posted on November 12, 2012 by Brant Clifton

If you thought Governor Bev Perdue had competence issues, wait until you get a load of Lt. Governor Linda Coleman. Coleman, the former  Democrat legislator and state personnel chief, was

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Campaign 2012, Media, NCGOP, Politics

Boehner: waving the white flag BEFORE the shooting starts

Posted on November 10, 2012 by Brant Clifton

        Prior to Tuesday’s vote, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid emphatically told the media that he and his crew in the Senate WOULD NOT work with a

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Campaign 2012, Congress, Politics
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Vanishing Republicans?

Posted on November 9, 2012 by Brant Clifton

    The movie Atlas Shrugged: Part I — based on the legendary book by Ayn Rand — featured a story line about people disgusted with the state of the

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Raleigh’s “conservative revolution” off to an inauspicious start

Posted on November 9, 2012November 9, 2012 by Brant Clifton

The economy is in shambles.  We are still coping with record unemployment.  And the political class in Raleigh is FASCINATED with who will be on Pat McCrory’s transition team as

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Campaign 2012, Media, NCGOP, Pat McCrory, Politics
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Wilmington’s vagina wand lady a rising star on the left

Posted on November 9, 2012 by Brant Clifton

        Democrat Deb Butler made quite a bit of news during her recent — yet unsuccessful run — against GOP incumbent state Senator Thom Goolsby.  She starred

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Campaign 2012, Politics

NC’s “conservative revolution” rolls on: Tillis mulling taxpayer funds for Panther stadium renovation

Posted on November 9, 2012 by Brant Clifton

    Oh, the things you learn two days after the election.  It appears that North Carolina state House  speaker  — and Richard Morgan protégé — Thom Tillis is ready

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Campaign 2012, Media, NC legislature, Politics, Thom Tillis

TWO majority leaders? (NC’s “conservative revolution” marches on)

Posted on November 8, 2012 by Brant Clifton

          The “honorables” on Jones Street are giving us quite an eye-opening preview of where things might be headed: House Republican leaders are considering creating two

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Campaign 2012, Media, NC legislature, NC State Government, NCGOP, Politics
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Attention, Wal-Mart Shoppers: Atlas HAS SHRUGGED!

Posted on November 8, 2012 by Brant Clifton

Ayn Rand and George Orwell are starting to look like real prophets. We’ve got record unemployment, bankruptcies, foreclosures, and business closings.  We’ve been humiliated overseas.  Our embassies have been overrun

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Campaign 2012, Congress, Media, Moore County, NCGOP, Pat McCrory, Politics

The ABCs of voting: J is for Judge. D is for DEFEAT.

Posted on November 7, 2012November 7, 2012 by Brant Clifton

  A friend of mine — a fellow politico — was scratching his head over yesterday’s results for North Carolina Court of  Appeals.  Two of three Democrat candidates — one

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Campaign 2012, Media, Politics

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