Tag: North Carolina

McCrory coattails ????

Posted on November 4, 2012November 5, 2012 by Brant Clifton

I don’t think there is anybody — outside of Walter Dalton’s immediate family — who hasn’t conceded that we will be spending the next four years talking about GOVERNOR McCrory.

Endorsements 2012: Causey, Forest, (Ed) Goodwin, Tedesco & Royal

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

The Council of State races tend to get overlooked by the media in favor of the more glamorous presidential and gubernatorial campaigns. It may be hard

Endorsements 2012: (SIGH) And now, a little indifference. (YAWN)

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

Some folks will accuse us of being blind followers of the GOP this election season. I am hoping this particular installment of our endorsement series will put that to rest.

Endorsements 2012: Mitt & Pat

Posted on November 1, 2012November 1, 2012 by Brant Clifton

The GOP nominees for the top two posts we’ll be voting for on November 6 can really vouch for the old theorem about “right place, right time.”

Moore County endorsements 2012: “No turn left un-stoned”

Posted on November 1, 2012 by Brant Clifton

We don’t have a whole lot of political drama here in Moore County this year. ( The race for District Court has been nasty, but I have addressed all that

Endorsements 2012: Here Come The Judges!

Posted on November 1, 2012 by Brant Clifton

Judicial elections are tough for most voters. If you tend to behave yourself, you have very little contact with these men (and women) in black. The media tends

Campaign 2012: The man behind the anti-Wilkins PAC shows himself

Posted on October 28, 2012 by Brant Clifton

According to the official ballot, area voters will be choosing this year between incumbent Rob Wilkins and challenger Jane Redding for a District Court seat. But media accounts from Randolph

Dems & The N&O ignore the unemployment lines and give us “The Year of The Lady Parts”

Posted on October 27, 2012 by Brant Clifton

While North Carolina’s economy continues to rot. and the unemployment lines get bigger, the Democrat Party only wants to talk about gynecology. First, the Obama campaign put up

Campaign 2012: What’s cooking in Deb Butler’s kitchen?

Posted on October 26, 2012 by Brant Clifton

*I am sure that the voters of one New Hanover County-based state senate district were looking for a deep, detailed discussion of gynecological practices during this

Corruption, dishonesty are bi-partisan ailments