Tag: North Carolina

Is the NC Senate large enough to accommodate Tim Lea AND his ego?

Posted on November 21, 2012 by Brant Clifton

A smattering of politicos showed up in Carthage Tuesday night to say goodbye to county commissioner Tim Lea at his last board meeting. Lea is retiring

Gov. Pat: Going wobbly on ObamaCare fight?

Posted on November 21, 2012 by Brant Clifton

Businesses have been downsizing, closing facilities, implementing employee layoffs, and instituting hiring freezes in anticipation of the impending fiscal and regulatory nightmare known as ObamaCare. Pat McCrory won

Gov. Pat: Bev’s a disaster, but I’m keeping a lot of her people.

Posted on November 20, 2012November 20, 2012 by Brant Clifton

Pat McCrory, fresh off his rout of Walter Dalton in the governor’s race, is putting out the word that we shouldn’t expect “major personnel changes right away.” Wait a minute.

NC House GOP re-ups with Tillis, delays vote on other offices

Posted on November 17, 2012November 17, 2012 by Brant Clifton

It looks like we’re going to get two more years of Thom Tillis in the House chamber’s big chair. It also looks like proposal to alter the majority leader job

Mr. Forest Goes To Raleigh

Posted on November 17, 2012 by Brant Clifton

In one of the best election-related pieces of news for North Carolina Tea Partiers, canvassing has confirmed Republican Dan Forest’s victory over Democrat Linda Coleman. Forest, one of

DID NCGOP mislead grassroots activists?

Posted on November 17, 2012 by Brant Clifton

There is something disturbing rumbling to the surface here in Moore County in the wake of the Nov 6 vote. The state GOP set up”NC Victory” offices all over the

BOHICA: Bev goes ahead on ObamaCare implementation (Where are NCGOP & Gov. Pat?)

Posted on November 15, 2012 by Brant Clifton

Friday is the deadline for the states to let the Feds know if they will be setting up health exchanges — Phase One in the implementation of ObamaCare. State governments

MSM: Big $$$ for Justice Newby is BAD (No problem with Coleman and SEIU)

Posted on November 15, 2012 by Brant Clifton

Our local paper — which was won multiple Nobel Prizes and Peabody Awards, despite only publishing thrice weekly — is regurgitating leftist talking points about the Supreme Court’s Citizens United

Congressman-elect Meadows: walking back campaign promises at the speed of light

Posted on November 12, 2012 by Brant Clifton

Republican Mark Meadows talked a tough, conservative game in his campaign for the 11th district congressional seat being vacated by Democrat Health Shuler. Now, after

Hey Raleigh! Just say NO! (Key ObamaCare deadline THIS WEEK)