Tag: North Carolina

Is THIS what we’re going with? Really?

Posted on July 25, 2012 by Brant Clifton

It seems the NCGOP and the McCrory campaign are going after Walter Dalton on the tax issue. The GOP campaign is taking the Lt. Governor to task for his

Pundits misread runoff results

Posted on July 24, 2012July 24, 2012 by Brant Clifton

I never cease to be amazed at how little understanding the Raleigh political establishment has about life outside of The Raleigh beltline. I was watching the pundits on NC Spin

The Pilot’s op-ed page keeps up the scare tactics

Posted on July 22, 2012 by Brant Clifton

Our thrice weekly local paper — whose first edition was reportedly brought down the mountain on stone tablets by Moses — does a nice job of scaring its readers

Campaign 2012: The cost of doing business in North Carolina

Posted on July 22, 2012July 22, 2012 by Brant Clifton

The N&O’s senior stenographer, Rob Christensen, has a piece in today’s paper about how North Carolina’s business climate is playing a role in this year’s governor’s

Liberal media bias: Where it ALL begins

Posted on July 21, 2012July 21, 2012 by Brant Clifton

If you want to explore the roots of leftist bias in North Carolina’s mainstream media, look no further than The UNC School of Journalism — which has trained a great

McCrory “pleased” with Thom Tillis

Posted on July 21, 2012July 21, 2012 by Brant Clifton

Yep. You read that right. The Charlotte Observer has the details: The response by House Speaker Thom Tillis to the indictment of a fellow Republican

The Morning After: Looking back at Tuesday’s vote

Posted on July 18, 2012July 18, 2012 by Brant Clifton

Well, the mainstream media did its best to tamp down enthusiasm about the state’s runoff elections. (Our local paper ran a grand total of TWO stories

Grassroots NC gives WRAL a taste of its own medicine

Posted on July 18, 2012 by Brant Clifton

Grassroots NC, a gunowners rights group here in the state, is a wee bit upset about WRAL-TV’s decision to publish on its web site a searchable database of homeowners