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GOP campaigns frustrated with ‘lone wolf’ mentality at McCrory & NCGOP HQs

Posted on August 15, 2012 by Brant Clifton

        I’ve had some eye-opening discussions recently with two political pros with close ties to GOP candidates on the November ballot in North Carolina. ( They’ll be

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Campaign 2012, Media, Mitt Romney, NCGOP, Pat McCrory, Politics
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Biden: North Carolina. Virginia. Whatever. (Potato. Po-ta-ta ..)

Posted on August 14, 2012August 14, 2012 by Brant Clifton

The mainstream media tries so hard to convince us that we have two geniuses currently occupying the top two offices in the land.  But ol’ Barry and Joe are just

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Campaign 2012, Media, Politics

Is a Republican governor REALLY all that necessary?

Posted on August 14, 2012 by Brant Clifton

It would be nice to have someone with a (R) next to their name residing in that big pretty house on Blount Street.  But what if that person with the

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Campaign 2012, Media, NCGOP, Pat McCrory, Politics
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Pundits compare Paul Ryan to Kemp, Palin

Posted on August 14, 2012August 14, 2012 by Brant Clifton

  The young whippersnapper from Wisconsin is getting poked and prodded from all directions by all-comers since he was publicly announced as Mitt Romney’s running mate over the weekend. Matthew

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Campaign 2012, Media, Mitt Romney, Politics

Is this the line for Chick-fil-A?

Posted on August 13, 2012 by Brant Clifton

Once again, North Carolina cities were beset with crazy long lines of people.  If it wasn’t Sunday, many people would have thought we were having another Chick-fil-A  Appreciation Day. Crowds

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Campaign 2012: Romney-Ryan (playing the cards we’re dealt)

Posted on August 11, 2012 by Brant Clifton

    The day has finally come when I am older (by one year) than a US vice-presidential nominee.   The conservative establishment is crowing about Mitt Romney’s choice of

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Campaign 2012, Media, Mitt Romney, Politics
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NC GOV 2012 debates: WHY NOT include Barbara Howe?

Posted on August 10, 2012 by Brant Clifton

Word has come out that the the Democrat and Republican candidates for North Carolina governor have agreed to two televised debates in October.   The events — to be held

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Campaign 2012, Media, Politics
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NC Campaign 2012: Don’t cry for the edu-crats

Posted on August 10, 2012 by Brant Clifton

During the debate over the 2011 state budget, we heard a lot of screaming, crying, moaning and complaining from Democrats and their NCAE allies about alleged draconian budget cuts.  The

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Campaign 2012, Economy, Education, Media, Moore County, NC State Government, Politics
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NC Campaign 2012: things getting a little testy in the insurance commissioner race

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

I never imagined that we’d be dealing with mud-slinging and controversy in the race for NC Insurance Commissioner. Right out of the general election starting gate, incumbent Democrat Wayne Goodwin

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Campaign 2012, Media, Politics
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Moore County: Unaffiliated voter registrations pulling even with Democrats

Posted on August 9, 2012 by Brant Clifton

    Carolina Transparency’s web site does a great job of tracking voter registration trends in North Carolina.  You can use the site to track  trends by county based on

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Campaign 2012, Media, Moore County, Politics

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