Tag: North Carolina

Greensboro paper “tests” Pat McCrory

Posted on August 25, 2012August 25, 2012 by Brant Clifton

Memo to Team McCrory’s media relations crew: From now on, no one is allowed to leave “the Boss”‘ unsupervised when mouth-breathing MSM types are in sight.

Drip — Drip — Drip: Details slowly leaking out on Cowell, Bowles and Facebook

Posted on August 25, 2012 by Brant Clifton

John Frank and The N&O have decided to finally start sniffing around about Janet Cowell’s Facebook gambit with state employee retirement funds: State Treasurer Janet

A travesty of justice in Moore County with a tragic ending

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

The body of a thirty-something Moore County woman was found Wednesday near the county landfill in Aberdeen. Check out one of the news accounts: A

NC Secretary of State debate: Goodwin lays the smack down, Marshall dodges and lies about her record

Posted on August 24, 2012 by Brant Clifton

The two candidates on the November ballot for North Carolina Secretary of State faced off in a spirited debate in Raleigh Thursday evening. Incumbent Secretary of

Missouri and Medicare. The STUPID PARTY rides again

Posted on August 22, 2012 by Brant Clifton

Many years ago, columnist George will coined the phrase “The Stupid Party” to describe the GOP establishment and its stupefying habit of taking a situation — tailor made for the

Emails from Speaker Tillis, other lawmakers raise suspicions of lobbyist shakedowns

Posted on August 22, 2012 by Brant Clifton

Some lobbyists recently received an email from the reelection campaign of House Speaker Thom Tillis asking for money. State law prohibits lawmakers from soliciting lobbyists for

Janet Cowell & Erskine Bowles: Quid Pro Quo on Facebook fiasco?

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

After our recent post on Facebook’s woes potentially impacting the race for North Carolina state treasurer, I got a call from a faithful reader of this site

Veteran outside-the-beltline GOP leader expresses concern over NCGOP’s election tactics

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

I had an interesting talk today with an individual who is (1) a well-known name in North Carolina Republican circles and (2) a battle-tested veteran of decades of political combat:

Facebook’s woes may blow back on NC treasurer, become election issue

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

State Treasurer has typically been one of those races that stays below the political radar. Everyone seems to focus all of their attention on more

Secretary of State debate on Thursday

Posted on August 17, 2012 by Brant Clifton

Anything hosted IN THE TRIANGLE at a UNITARIAN CHURCH by THE LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS and THE NC CENTER FOR VOTER EDUCATION looks like sure trouble for a Republican candidate.