Tag: campaign 2016

#ncpol: The #daoudcrowd’s Ten-grand Man

Posted on November 13, 2015 by Brant Clifton

AJ Daoud is announcing his run for secretary of state next week. That job depends on serious attention to detail. According to state board of elections records, Daoud has been

#nc-02: Does THIS WOMAN have ANY shame? (Any at all?)

Posted on November 13, 2015November 13, 2015 by Brant Clifton

That’s what Renee Ellmers has. This woman must really think her voters are stupid. Hell, her scam has worked for nearly six years now. When she ran against Bob Etheridge in

#ncpol: A not-so-conservative #DaoudCrowd

Posted on November 13, 2015November 13, 2015 by Brant Clifton

The DaoudCrowd has become a part of the North Carolina political lexicon. It’s got its own Twitter hashtag. Its hero — 6th district GOp chairman AJ Daoud — posts online

#ncga: How IN-KIND of you

Posted on November 12, 2015 by Brant Clifton

There’s a lot of drama percolating in the House GOP caucus over campaign finance reports. The speaker of the House, Tim Moore, has apparently been caught (1) reimbursing himself for

#ncga #ncgop: Rolling out the spooked skunk strategy

Posted on November 11, 2015November 11, 2015 by Brant Clifton

Those of us who have spent time outside the big city are familiar with the habits of the common American skunk. When those creatures get cornered, or feel threatened, they

#ncga: Hastings one-ups the Speaker, Saine

Posted on November 10, 2015November 10, 2015 by Brant Clifton

Jason Saine charged over $19,000 in clothes to his campaign. Speaker Tim Moore had a bunch of unexplained credit card charges, as well as a bunch of rent payments to

#nc-02: Nee-Nee sticks us with the bill

Posted on November 10, 2015November 10, 2015 by Brant Clifton

What’s bad for brawlin’ Bobby E. is apparently A-Okay for Nee-Nee. (Gosh, we’re poetic this morning.) We’ve written extensively about stuff that show up in our mailboxes here in the Second

I-77 tholl foes turn their focus onto State Rep. Charles Jeter

Posted on November 9, 2015 by Brant Clifton

He’s lil’ Tricia’s faaaaaaaaaavorite Republican. He’s the Republican most likely to take a walk when a vote on something actually in line with the GOP platform comes up. He’s also

#ncga: A Speaker and his Money

Posted on November 9, 2015November 9, 2015 by Brant Clifton

It’s always been said that –when you make it to the top — you become a more appealing target. House speaker Tim Moore is apparently learning that the hard way

#ncgop: Circling the wagons around Lewis?

Posted on November 4, 2015November 4, 2015 by Brant Clifton

We wrote earlier about petitions being circulated to demand a vote on removing state Rep. David Lewis (R-Harnett) as one of North Carolina’s two representatives to the Republican National Committee.