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Campaign 2012: Richard Morgan, those photo shoots, “the picture girl” and those not-so-subtle threats

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

“He’s a mental case. He does things no sane person would do.”  — Former State Rep. Frank Mitchell (R-Iredell) , in 2006, on fellow Republican legislator Richard Morgan    

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Campaign 2012, Media, Moore County, NC legislature, NCGOP, Politics
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Renee Ellmers getting back to her Tea Party roots

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

          Congresswoman Renee Ellmers has re-discovered her Tea Party roots just in time for the 2nd congressional district’s GOP primary.  Many political observers say the work

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Campaign 2012, Congress, Media, Moore County, Politics, Renee Ellmers
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Dem Source: White House & unions pushed Bev out

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

                        I was out at a social event recently when I ran into an old family friend — a

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Bev Perdue, Campaign 2012, Media, NC State Government, Politics
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The cost of county government in North Carolina

Posted on March 8, 2012 by Brant Clifton

            The John Locke Foundation in Raleigh has put together  a fascinating report on the cost of governing at the local level in The Tar

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Campaign 2012, Economy, Media, Moore County, Politics

NC Dem legislator cites Karl Marx in opposing repeal of death tax

Posted on March 8, 2012 by Brant Clifton

      North Carolina state legislators are justifiably examining repeal of the state’s inheritance tax — which soaks people who inherit items from their parents or grandparents.  Right now,

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

WHAT economic recovery?

Posted on March 8, 2012March 8, 2012 by Brant Clifton

    BarryO and his playmates in the mainstream media are falling all over themselves to sell us on the idea that the economy is in recovery.  Before you get

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Campaign 2012, Economy, Media, Obama, Politics

Why social issues are important to GOP success

Posted on March 8, 2012 by Brant Clifton

      The “conventional wisdom” out there is that Republican candidates need to run away from ANY discussion of social issues for fear of alienating the  almighty moderates out

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Campaign 2012, Media, Politics, Republicans

Announcement of tax dollars for brewery raises new set of questions

Posted on March 8, 2012 by Brant Clifton

      It appears that Pinehurst Village government has jumped head-first into the venture capital game — picking winners and losers by investing tax dollars in certain enterprises seeking

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Campaign 2012, Economy, Media, Moore County, Politics
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Owner of The Pilot newspaper showed BarryO the money in 2011

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

The Charlotte Observer has a pretty neat searchable database on its web site detailing 2011 contributions to presidential candidates by North Carolinians.  One search of that database found “Frank Daniels,

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Campaign 2012, Media, Moore County, Obama, Politics

Google, Bob Etheridge & name ID

Posted on March 7, 2012 by Brant Clifton

  Judging from a routine Google search,  Democrat gubernatorial frontrunner Bobby “Boom Boom” Etheridge’s  PR team has its work cut out for it.   Go  to Google and input “bob

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Campaign 2012, Media, Politics

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