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NCGOP’s lack of action on tax relief disturbing

Posted on January 27, 2012 by Brant Clifton

The next time you’re filling up your gas tank at your local convenience store and cursing FILL IN THE BLANK (the store owner, the oil companies, George Bush …), think

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Campaign 2012, Economy, NC legislature, NCGOP, Politics

Governor BOWLES?

Posted on January 27, 2012 by Brant Clifton

The last time a member of the Bowles family ran for governor was 1972, which produced a highly divisive Democrat primary that led to the election of a Republican governor.

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Campaign 2012, NCGOP, Pat McCrory, Politics

Handicapping the contenders for NC Governor

Posted on January 27, 2012 by Brant Clifton

        That sound you hear — in the wake of Bev’s announcement yesterday — is the explosion of politician egos.  From Murphy to Manteo, ambitious “public servants”

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Bev Perdue, Campaign 2012, Media, NC State Government, NCGOP, Pat McCrory, Politics

Bev: Outta Here?

Posted on January 26, 2012 by Brant Clifton

  Reports are swirling through state political circles and political media that Bev Perdue will announce, at a press conference later today,  that she will not seek reelection as governor.

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Bev Perdue, Campaign 2012, Media, NC State Government, NCGOP, Obama, Pat McCrory, Politics, Republicans
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Open up and say ‘Aaah.’ (You’ll TAKE your Romney and LIKE IT)

Posted on January 25, 2012 by Brant Clifton

      The country is amid an economic mess.  BarryO has approval ratings worse than Satan’s.  The GOP COULD take this opportunity to present the country with a great

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Campaign 2012, Media, Mitt Romney, Obama, Politics

Lessons from South Carolina

Posted on January 23, 2012 by Brant Clifton

    The political chattering classes were SHOCKED and SURPRISED about Newt Gingrich’s win in The Palmetto State’s primary.  I wasn’t.  I saw the pre-vote debates, and noted the audience

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Campaign 2012, Media, Mitt Romney, Politics, Republicans, South Carolina

Game On! Judges refuse to delay NC primary elections

Posted on January 23, 2012 by Brant Clifton

  A three judge panel in Raleigh refused this week to grant a request from Democrats and liberal activists to delay the state’s May primary.  This decision puts into play

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Campaign 2012, Congress, Law & Order, Media, Moore County, NC legislature, NC State Government, NCGOP, Politics, redistricting

‘Government Gone Wild’ in Fayetteville

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

  Fayetteville businesswoman Jackie Pfendler thought she was doing something good for her community.  She bought an old abandoned building in 2009 in a troubled part of town, spent $1

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Law & Order, Media, Politics
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SC Primary: Newt Roars Back

Posted on January 19, 2012 by Brant Clifton

  Mitt Romney has learned that he ACTUALLY lost Iowa, and that Rick Perry is dropping out of the race and endorsing Newt Gingrich.  The polls in South Carolina are

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Campaign 2012, Media, Mitt Romney, Politics, Republicans, South Carolina
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A DEM rumble for Secretary of DPI

Posted on January 19, 2012 by Brant Clifton

  NC Department of Public Instruction secretary June Atkinson (D) has ended months of speculation by publicly declaring her intention to seek reelection to her post in 2012. That sets

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