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McCrory / Wood presser: kudos for calling out Medicaid waste, but new questions raised

Posted on February 1, 2013February 1, 2013 by Brant Clifton

      Gov. Pat McCrory is getting kudos among the general populace for his tough comments on the state Medicare program at a Thursday press conference.  Auditor Beth Wood

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Economy, Law & Order, Media, NC legislature, NC State Government, NCGOP, Pat McCrory, Politics

A little more needed in NC ObamaCare fight

Posted on February 1, 2013 by Brant Clifton

        House AND Senate leaders are being cheered by grassroots activists for introducing legislation that offers AT LEAST SOME resistance to ObamaCare.  The NCGA legislation orders work

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The Tenth Amendment rides again in Raleigh

Posted on February 1, 2013 by Brant Clifton

      The Tenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution — which basically says, if it ain’t specifically in The Constitution, it’s a state matter — has been rediscovered by

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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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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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