Tag: NCGOP

L’affaire LaRoque exposing chinks in Thom T’s armor?

Posted on July 19, 2012 by Brant Clifton

Talk about closing the barn door after the horses have escaped. It’s being reported now that state House speaker Thom Tillis is recommending that his federally-indicted House

The plot thickens in NC House District 6 race?

Posted on July 15, 2012 by Brant Clifton

The race for an open Outer Banks legislative seat has had more twists and turns and intrigue than your typical daytime soap opera. The May GOP primary race featured three

McNeill surfaces in hunt for Brubaker replacement

Posted on July 14, 2012 by Brant Clifton

The Randolph County GOP’s vice chairman’s name has popped up as a leading contender to replace former House Speaker Harold Brubaker — who resigned from the legislature

Brubaker: SO LONG, SUCKERS!

Posted on July 13, 2012July 13, 2012 by Brant Clifton

“Let the door knob hit you where the Good Lord split you!” — George Jefferson The mainstream media was full of glowing tributes to former House Speaker and

N&O mocks GOP secretary of state candidates, but is silent on Elaine’s ‘Occupy’ fetish

Posted on July 11, 2012July 11, 2012 by Brant Clifton

Under The Dome has an item today mocking GOP Secretary of State candidates Ed Goodwin and Kenn Gardner’s invocation of George Soros’s name in a recent

Civitas poll should set off alarm bells for NCGOP, McCrory campaign

Posted on July 6, 2012 by Brant Clifton

The latest poll by North Carolina’s Civitas Institute shows Lt. Gov. Walter Dalton (D) trailing GOP candidate, and former Charlotte mayor, Pat McCrory (R)

ObamaCare & Pat McCrory: crickets and deafening silence (Here, have another fundraising letter.)

Posted on July 3, 2012 by Brant Clifton

GOP governors across the nation are standing firm against ObamaCare in the wake of the recent Supreme Court ruling — pledging not to implement it or enforce it at the

Huckabee endorsement of Hudson in NC-08 part of larger spat between Huckabee and The Club for Growth

Posted on July 2, 2012 by Brant Clifton

The News & Observer did a great job today taking dictation — dutifully transcribing a release from Republican Richard Hudson’s congressional campaign office. Hudson and Scott Keadle face

More on AFP & Renee

Posted on July 2, 2012July 2, 2012 by Brant Clifton

Apparently, some well-connected readers of this site voiced their displeasure to Americans For Prosperity’s North Carolina state chapter for their embrace of congresswoman Marie Antoinette Ellmers.™ AFP-NC had a big

Where NCGOP’s failure to challenge Roy Cooper reelection comes back to haunt us

Posted on June 30, 2012 by Brant Clifton

With the decision by The Supreme Court the other day, ObamaCare is coming at us full speed ahead (barring courageous action by our members of Congress.) The legislation makes a