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McHenry, Jones facing spirited 2012 primary challenges from the right

Posted on January 17, 2012 by Brant Clifton

    Republican congressman Patrick McHenry (NC-10) is being hit hard by his GOP primary opponent Ken Fortenberry, a retired newspaper journalist and publisher in Lincoln County.  Fortenberry suggests McHenry

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Campaign 2012, Congress, Howard Coble, Media, NCGOP, Pat McCrory, Politics, Republicans, Walter Jones

National and N.C. Democrats, without any successes to tout, crank up class warfare rhetoric

Posted on January 17, 2012 by Brant Clifton

  If you believe the Democrats, the professional Left, and their allies in the alleged mainstream media (AMSM), a couple of rich guys — who happen to be registered Republicans

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Campaign 2012, Media, Mitt Romney, NCGOP, Obama, Politics, Republicans

North Carolina’s unemployment insurance mess

Posted on January 16, 2012 by Brant Clifton

    The Tar Heel State’s unemployment rate exceeds the national average.  Ol’ Bev keeps extending unemployment benefits for the state’s long-term unemployed.  All of this is going on in

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

L’affaire LaRoque gets some federal attention

Posted on January 16, 2012 by Brant Clifton

            Sarah Ovaska, at NCPolicyWatch, has been on top of the scandal swirling around state Rep. Stephen Laroque (R-Kinston) since the beginning.  Now, she’s confirmed

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Campaign 2012, Law & Order, Media, NC legislature, NC State Government, NCGOP, Politics, Thom Tillis

Pinehurst govt dives into the performing arts

Posted on January 14, 2012 by Brant Clifton

          Well, it looks like Queen Nancy and her court at Village Hall are putting us — the taxpayers — on the hook for a new

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Media, Moore County, Politics
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Getting rich is NOT a crime

Posted on January 14, 2012 by Brant Clifton

With the rise of Mitt Romney, and the activities of The Occupy movement, and the even more outlandish activities of BarryO and his posse, it is pretty clear that we’re

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Bev Perdue, Campaign 2012, Economy, Media, Mitt Romney, Obama, Occupy, Politics, Republicans

And the spending goes on and on and on …

Posted on January 14, 2012 by Brant Clifton

      North Carolina is broke — or so we were told during the fight  over the state budget during this last session.  Stuff got cut out left and

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Bev Perdue, Campaign 2012, Economy, Media, NC legislature, NC State Government, NCGOP, Politics

An interesting question for Mitt

Posted on January 11, 2012 by Brant Clifton

      Mitt Romney’s work with Bain Capital, the venture capital firm he founded, has become a major issue in the GOP race for The White House.  Mitt’s opponents

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Campaign 2012, Economy, Media, Mitt Romney, Obama, Politics, Republicans

A rational, common sense look at NCGA v. NCAE

Posted on January 11, 2012 by Brant Clifton

          Democrats and the mainstream media  (redundant? mutually exclusive?) all over the state are decrying the state legislature’s move to end the teachers’ groups ability to

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Bev Perdue, Campaign 2012, Education, Media, NC legislature, NC State Government, Politics

SC primary: Can you HEAR us NOW?

Posted on January 11, 2012 by Brant Clifton

          Two South Carolina Republican officials with strong conservative and Tea Party credentials appear to be sending the GOP establishment and the party’s presidential candidates a

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Campaign 2012, Jim DeMint, Media, Politics, Republicans
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