Tag: debate

Drive-bys lament possible debate-less Senate race

Posted on August 30, 2026August 30, 2026 by Brant Clifton

I am not a big fan of candidate debates in major statewide or national races. The rules for such events tend to be so watered-down that we, the viewers and

Current Biden talk harkens back to Reagan in 1984

Posted on June 30, 2024 by Brant Clifton

It seems like just yesterday. The incumbent president – up there in years – has a horrible debate performance against his general election opponent. Talk exploded all over the political

‘No-Show’ Robinson gives debate advice to GOP presidential hopefuls

Posted on October 1, 2023 by Brant Clifton

The same guy who cannot be bothered to step on a stage with his four gubernatorial primary opponents is out telling folks how they ought to run their presidential campaigns:

#ncsen: Showdown at the Spectrum Corral

Posted on October 11, 2022October 11, 2022 by Brant Clifton

I’ve had time to soak in the developments from Friday night’s US Senate debate. I’ve talked to some not-so-political folks as well as my usual coterie of political animals. Here

Doofus v. Dan: The great debate of 2020

Posted on October 15, 2020October 15, 2020 by Brant Clifton

Last night, you got your only chance to see the two main candidates for governor, Roy Cooper and Dan Forest, in the same room answering questions and stuff.

“The dozens” meet #ncgovdebate

Posted on October 19, 2016 by Brant Clifton

Roy Cooper and Pat McCrory and Jim Stockdale Lon Cecil got together for a debate last night. Believe it or not, HB2 got mentioned. (I know — SHOCKING.) *Can

#NCSEN: Two F-students reenact 2014’s Hagan v. Tillis

Posted on October 14, 2016 by Brant Clifton

I thought last night’s Senate debate sounded very familiar. Deborah Ross spouted all of Kay Hagan’s hard-line feminist and socialist talking points. Richard Burr, just like Thom Tillis two

#ncpol: The AG has been RUN OVER. (Call the crime lab.)

Posted on October 12, 2016 by Brant Clifton

Pat McCrory would be IN MUCH BETTER SHAPE politically if he had governed the last four years like he carried himself in last night’s debate. He sounded like an actual

The Seinfeld campaign

Posted on September 27, 2016 by Brant Clifton

Jerry Seinfeld once famously described his long-running eponymous hit sitcom as a show ‘about nothing.’ One could easily say the same thing about this year’s election season. On a national

#ncgov: WHO approved THIS ?????

Posted on August 29, 2016August 30, 2016 by Brant Clifton

Governor Pat McCrory’s reelection campaign has provided us with many a face-palm moment. And yet there’s another one on the horizon. SOMEBODY in that camp OKed the governor participating in