Tag: Congress

The New “McCarthy”-ism (As the establishment spins)

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

If you believe the drive-bys, it’s Walter Jones’s fault. It’s THAT GOP donor’s fault. It’s the Tea Party’s fault. Washington is all abuzz and in turmoil over a story that

A Civil War, or an EVICTION?

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

Conservatives of the Tea Party ilk are being portrayed as unreasonable, petty children who turn over the gameboard and throw a fit when they don’t get their way. The establishmentarians

#ncpol: McCarthy, um, PULLS OUT. Ellmers lawyers up.

Posted on October 8, 2015 by Brant Clifton

The all-but-anointed speaker of the House is now outta there: House Majority Leader Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-CA)has dropped out of the race for the Speakership of the House moments before

Heritage Action: Jones top NCGOP conservative in DC; Ellmers, Tillis and Burr most liberal NCGOPers in Congress

Posted on October 2, 2015 by Brant Clifton

Heritage Action has updated (as of October 10 their Congressional score cards. For the North Carolina delegation, Walter Jones is on top with a conservative ranking of 89 percent.

#nc-03: Emerson Electric, Boehner tag-teaming Walter Jones?

Posted on October 2, 2015October 2, 2015 by Brant Clifton

That’s what it looks like. Take a gander at this invitation for a September 29 fundraiser in DC for Jones’s primary opponent, *local boy* Taylor Griffin: Subject: Fwd: Taylor Griffin Please Join

The problem with the VA: illustrated in ONE voicemail

Posted on October 1, 2015October 1, 2015 by Brant Clifton

My top secret hotline rang unexpectedly today. I saw on the caller ID that it was a number I did not recognize from Fayetteville. So, I decided to introduce the

#ncpol: McHenry, Tillis vote to FUND Planned Parenthood, amnesty

Posted on October 1, 2015 by Brant Clifton

Mitch McConnell and John Boehner have been fretting about a “government shutdown.” Even though there has been no evidence whatsoever of past government shutdowns hurting the GOP at the ballot

#nc-03: Some advice for Taylor Griffin

Posted on September 30, 2015 by Brant Clifton

It looks like the GOP primary for US House is not going to look anything like the last go-around. The Walter Jones campaign got caught flat-footed in 2014 and nearly

#nc-02: The Vernon Robinson factor

Posted on September 29, 2015September 29, 2015 by Brant Clifton

He describes himself as “the black Jesse Helms.” Many other Republicans have less flattering nicknames for him. But — like it or not — Vernon Robinson has become a force

#nc-02: Kay and those endorsements