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NC Campaign 2012: The Battle of Wilmington

Posted on June 24, 2012 by Brant Clifton

    Well, the two empty suits topping the tickets for each of the state’s two main parties — Walter Dalton and Pat McCrory — faced off in Wilmington on

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Campaign 2012, Democrats, Economy, Media, NC legislature, NCGOP, Pat McCrory, Politics

Republicans for McIntyre

Posted on June 23, 2012June 23, 2012 by Brant Clifton

The Wilmington Star News has an item about a coalition of Republicans from “all across Eastern North Carolina”  supporting the reelection of  Seventh District congressman Mike McIntyre (D). Funny.  NCGOP

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Campaign 2012, Congress, Media, Politics
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Southern Pines Pilot newspaper owner on invite list for Dalton fundraiser

Posted on June 23, 2012 by Brant Clifton

    Democrat gubernatorial nominee Walter Dalton has a fundraiser scheduled in Raleigh on Tuesday that includes a veritable ‘Who’s Who’  of the state’s Democrat establishment.   (Speaking of the

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Campaign 2012, Media, Politics

The man behind THOSE fliers @ NCGOP convention steps forward, firing from both barrels

Posted on June 22, 2012June 23, 2012 by Brant Clifton

          Todd Bennett of Farmville says NCGOP leaders interrogating and intimidating people about fliers passed out at the state GOP convention need to come see him:

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Campaign 2012, Media, NC legislature, NCGOP, Politics
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Speaker Tillis behind Walter Jones endorsement of ex-Democrat Arthur Williams?

Posted on June 22, 2012June 22, 2012 by Brant Clifton

        Congressman Walter Jones (R-3) has endorsed former Democrat legislator Arthur Williams in the July 17th GOP runoff for North  Carolina State House District 6 in the

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Campaign 2012, Media, NC legislature, Politics
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Another Great Moment in Local Government: Tim Lea vs. The Airport

Posted on June 22, 2012 by Brant Clifton

      Judging from the coverage in our local Pulitzer Prize-nominated paper of this week’s Moore County board of commissioners meeting — and input from my sources present at

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Campaign 2012, Media, Moore County, Politics

Campaign 2012: For Dems, it’s no longer about the economy, stupid (It’s ALL ABOUT race.)

Posted on June 22, 2012June 22, 2012 by Brant Clifton

“It’s the economy, stupid.” — slogan on bulletin board in 1992 Clinton campaign ‘war room’ In 2008,  Barack Hussein Obama was sold to us as a great unifier, who was

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Campaign 2012, Media, Politics

Tea Party group to Skip Stam: Thanks, but NO THANKS

Posted on June 22, 2012June 22, 2012 by Brant Clifton

  It’s become pretty clear that conservatives in Dare, Beaufort, Carteret and surrounding counties are unhappy with state House Speaker Thom Tillis.  Now,  a conservative group centered in Wayne County

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Campaign 2012, Media, NC legislature, NCGOP, Paul Stam, Politics
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Trickle-down bias: NPR & our local media

Posted on June 21, 2012June 21, 2012 by Brant Clifton

        Steve Bouser, the op-ed page editor at the Southern Pines Pilot, has been listening to NPR again (and the kookiness is a-flowing from the pages of

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Campaign 2012, Media, Moore County, Politics

Tillis, Black Caucus, John Locke Foundation team up to bash Senate GOP for NOT SPENDING MORE MONEY

Posted on June 21, 2012 by Brant Clifton

“There is a fifth dimension beyond that which is known to man. It is a dimension as vast as space and as timeless as infinity. It is the middle ground between light

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Campaign 2012, Media, NC legislature, Politics
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