Tag: governor

When Gov. Pat talks, we listen …

Posted on January 3, 2013 by Brant Clifton

Like the throngs looking for smoke at The Vatican, the Carolinas media waited breathlessly for North Carolina governor-elect Pat McCrory’s address to The North Carolina Bankers’

Deafening silence on ObamaCare from leaders of ‘conservative revolution’ in Raleigh

Posted on December 11, 2012 by Brant Clifton

Gov Bill Haslam (R-TN), a moderate who campaigned for Pat McCrory this year, has announced his state will refuse to establish a health exchange called for in

Memo to Governor McCrory: Heed Gary’s advice, remember Jim Martin

Posted on October 25, 2012 by Brant Clifton

The political establishment — and the state political media — are coming around to the realization that, barring the discovery of a dead girl or a live boy in the

Lumbee Tribe political machine splitting its ticket this year?

Posted on October 18, 2012 by Brant Clifton

Robeson County is about as yellow-dog Democrat as you can get. In 1972, while George McGovern was getting destroyed nationwide by Richard Nixon – he was winning comfortably in Robeson

Media trying to bail out Walter Dalton

Posted on September 23, 2012 by Brant Clifton

It’s been looking pretty bleak for Democrat gubernatorial nominee Walter Dalton. The average of current polling shows him losing by 12 to GOP nominee Pat McCrory. Dalton served in

NCGOV-wannabes talk about JOBS

Posted on September 19, 2012September 19, 2012 by Brant Clifton

We’ve talked about A LOT of stuff in the 2012 race for governor of North Carolina. We’ve heard a lot about Pat McCrory’s tax returns. We’ve been treated

Greensboro paper “tests” Pat McCrory

Posted on August 25, 2012August 25, 2012 by Brant Clifton

Memo to Team McCrory’s media relations crew: From now on, no one is allowed to leave “the Boss”‘ unsupervised when mouth-breathing MSM types are in sight.

Is a Republican governor REALLY all that necessary?

Posted on August 14, 2012 by Brant Clifton

It would be nice to have someone with a (R) next to their name residing in that big pretty house on Blount Street. But what if that person with the

NC GOV 2012 debates: WHY NOT include Barbara Howe?

Posted on August 10, 2012 by Brant Clifton

Word has come out that the the Democrat and Republican candidates for North Carolina governor have agreed to two televised debates in October. The events — to be held

You want ’em. We got ’em. POLLS !!!!!!!!!!

Posted on August 8, 2012 by Brant Clifton

Public Policy Polling has put out their latest numbers on the statewide races in North Carolina. In the governor’s race, their numbers are tracking pretty close to what Rasmussen Reports