Tag: debate

#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

#ncsen: Burr camp says NOT refusing to debate. (They say NO ONE has invited him to debate.)

Posted on February 16, 2016 by Brant Clifton

Yep. Click HERE to listen to Burr campaign spokeswoman Mary Comer spin this nonsense. Here are some of the,um, highlights: “No one is refusing to debate. That is simply false

#ncpol: Rush busts NCGOPers for efforts to sabotage Trump at debate

Posted on January 15, 2016 by Brant Clifton

We reported earlier about how all the folks who did such a bang-up job saving the necks of Dallas Woodhouse and David Lewis last weekend were rewarded by Woodhouse and

NC-02: The Great Debate Post-Game Show

Posted on October 7, 2014 by Brant Clifton

“Mr. Seacrest, can we get a THIRD option?” THAT was the quip texted to me during Monday’s debate between Renee Ellmers and Clay Aiken. Unfortunately, we’re not voting for