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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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HANDS OFF of the Internet !!!

Posted on January 19, 2012 by Brant Clifton

You’ve heard a lot of talk lately about the federal STOP ONLINE PIRACY ACT (SOPA).  I’m sure you’ve seen that sites like Wikipedia and Google are going “black” in protest

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Campaign 2012, Congress, Media

Bev & The Big Lie: GOP wrecked public education, so we need to pay more taxes

Posted on January 18, 2012 by Brant Clifton

          North Carolina’s beleaguered boss lady, desperately trying to stop her political career’s slide down the drain, is hauling out every scare tactic in the book.

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

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

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