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Putting 2012 NC GOV polling in perspective: (A libertarian leak for the NCGOP?)

Posted on July 12, 2012 by Brant Clifton

  The latest polling from Democrat pollster Public Policy Polling finds Republican Pat McCrory leading Democrat Walter Dalton 43% to 34% with libertarian Barbara Howe drawing 9 percent.  That leaves

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Campaign 2012, Media, NCGOP, Pat McCrory, Politics
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N&O mocks GOP secretary of state candidates, but is silent on Elaine’s ‘Occupy’ fetish

Posted on July 11, 2012July 11, 2012 by Brant Clifton

        Under The Dome has an item today mocking GOP Secretary of State candidates Ed Goodwin and Kenn Gardner’s  invocation of George Soros’s name in a recent

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Campaign 2012, Media, Politics
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N&O fact-checked on fracking by reader & WRAL

Posted on July 11, 2012July 11, 2012 by Brant Clifton

  Fracking has been legalized by the legislature.  But the professional left and their transcriptionists at The N&O are still trying to scare the hell out of the ‘great unwashed’

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Campaign 2012, DENR, Economy, Media, NC legislature, NC State Government, Politics

ONE MORE WEEK: Runoff election day is July 17th (Time for endorsements.)

Posted on July 10, 2012 by Brant Clifton

Runoffs for a wide range of offices are on the ballot for the July 17th runoff. Have you voted?  Will you be around on July 17th?   Early voting began

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Campaign 2012, Congress, Media, NC legislature, NCGOP, Politics
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Shubert: Pittenger misrepresents her role in controversial land deal

Posted on July 10, 2012 by Brant Clifton

      A real estate deal in western North Carolina has residents up in arms and has become a major issue in the GOP runoff for the state’s Ninth

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Shubert: Inquiry about signed false DOT letters needs to focus on Perdue aide Pryor Gibson

Posted on July 10, 2012 by Brant Clifton

Former Republican legislator — and conservative stalwart — Fern Shubert says she was disgusted to see two weeping female secretaries dragged in front of a legislative panel. The legislature was

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

DC GOP establishment steps up again for Hudson in NC-08

Posted on July 10, 2012 by Brant Clifton

  ‘Another conservative group throws cash at N.C. congressional runoff’  is the headline on the item in Under The Dome.  They’re talking about DC establishment golden boy and GOP congressional

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NC Campaign 2012: An alliance between libertarians and Tea Partiers for November could be mutually beneficial

Posted on July 9, 2012 by Brant Clifton

2010 was a great year for fans of limited government.  A lot of candidates preaching the virtues of government were swept into office at the state and federal levels. Since

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Campaign 2012, Congress, Media, Moore County, NCGOP, Pat McCrory, Politics, Renee Ellmers
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Racial Justice Act rearing its head again, thanks to lawyers for convicted cop killers

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

Tilmon Golphin — convicted for the 1997 murders of two North Carolina lawmen — is appealing his death sentence via The Racial Justice Act of 2009.  (For the record, the

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Campaign 2012, Law & Order, Media, NC legislature, NC State Government, Politics
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2nd district Democrat Wilkins gets some national publicity, raises some eyebrows

Posted on July 7, 2012 by Brant Clifton

    Steve Wilkins, a Moore County Democrat seeking to replace Renee Ellmers in Congress this year, was featured in a June Time magazine column.  In the article,  Wilkins made

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Campaign 2012, Congress, Moore County, Politics

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