Tag: governor

Medicaid: That GIANT sucking sound

Posted on July 14, 2016 by Brant Clifton

Roy Cooper sees the expansion of Medicaid as a “job creation” tool. In 1992, Ross Perot talked about that giant sucking sound produced from NAFTA taking all our jobs to

PPP: #NCGOV race (still) TIED

Posted on June 27, 2016 by Brant Clifton

I know. I know. We are talking here about the crowd that gave us ‘Deez Nuts.’ According to Public Policy Polling, the race for North Carolina governor is basically right

Polls show problems for Burr & McCrory (But, hey. We fired Hasan!!!)

Posted on April 30, 2016 by Brant Clifton

The Civitas Institute — a subsidiary of Variety Wholesalers and The McCrory for Governor campaign — has put out a new poll that should be raising red flags for all

Freeloadin’ Roy getting a free pass

Posted on April 5, 2016 by Brant Clifton

Not long after winning a new term in 2012 — unopposed — attorney general Roy Cooper announced he was running for governor. No, he wasn’t going to step down and

#ncpol: Team McCrory playing hardball in Meck toll dispute

Posted on December 16, 2015 by Brant Clifton

We’ve written extensively about the I-77 toll road dispute in northern Mecklenburg County. it’s been quite heated. It cost — and came close to costing — some area politicians their

#ncpol: Patrick Milhous McCrory

Posted on December 13, 2015 by Brant Clifton

A tendency to use the government bureaucracy to snoop on and intimidate perceived opponents. An enemy’s list. Screaming fits at press aides regarding his coverage. Campaigning as a conservative, but

#ncpol: A primary for Pat

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

He was never a go-along get-along kind of guy. He frequently called out colleagues — Republican and Democrat — when he saw them doing what he perceived was unethical, wrong,

#ncpol: Soooooo. How’s YOUR governor doing?

Posted on November 20, 2015 by Brant Clifton

Morning Consult, a national political website, conducted a months-long survey of 75,000 voters in all 50 states. Here’s what they found: Voters take a dim view of just about everything

Shuler-ly, you jest.

Posted on July 28, 2015 by Brant Clifton

Team McCrory’s official propaganda organ (state-run media) dropped a headline on us SO PREPOSTEROUS it might as well have said “The fat guy in the red suit really is going

#ncpol: An opportunity for Dan Forest?

Posted on June 26, 2015June 26, 2015 by Brant Clifton

If you’re like me, you’re probably a bit disheartened by our Lt. Governor. Dan Forest talked a good game on the 2012 campaign trail. He talked directly to frustrated Tea Partiers.