Tag: North Carolina

The ‘Sin Session’: Bringing back weed, casinos AND booze AFTER the primaries

Posted on November 1, 2023November 1, 2023 by Brant Clifton

*Isn’t that special?* Taking a second stab at that nonsense after our only shot at them this year. How many times do you have to scream “HELL, NO” for the

The Man with the Flexible Bio

Posted on October 30, 2023 by Brant Clifton

How well do we really know the man NCGOPe types are giving us the hard-sell on for the 2024 governor’s race? It’s a rarity – some might call it

Two lawyers walk into a campaign . (Stop me if you’ve heard this before.)

Posted on October 29, 2023October 29, 2023 by Brant Clifton

So, it now looks like we have a race for Attorney General in November. (Someone else COULD pop up to file for the March primary. But it’s not looking likely.)

Speaker ‘Pee Wee’ continues to thumb his nose at ACTUAL conservatives

Posted on October 28, 2023 by Brant Clifton

*Oh, there is soooooo muuuuuuch butthurt in this little, bow-tied one.* It took Kevin McCarthy FIFTEEN tries to get elected speaker of the US House in January. It took a

Mark Walker walks away from governor’s race

Posted on October 25, 2023 by Brant Clifton

And then there were FIVE. Team Robinson – the operatives running that scandal-on-two-legs – wants you to think they have the only Republican choice in the race. But Andy

Trouble in TimmyLand? (A SPANKING for THE SPEAKER?)

Posted on October 25, 2023 by Brant Clifton

It’s one of the worst kept secrets in Raleigh that the tubby little guy at the front of the House chamber has his eyes set on a move to DC

A few thoughts on the maps

Posted on October 23, 2023October 23, 2023 by Brant Clifton

Once again, the ‘honorables’ in Raleigh get to decide WHO gets the, ahem, “honor” of their, um, “representation” for the next two years or so. So far, the proposed maps

A tale of two Marks: What happened?

Posted on October 19, 2023 by Brant Clifton

Infighting is no surprise in politics. We hear stories all the time of betrayals – perceived and real. The story of Julius Caesar and Brutus is probably the most famous.

The rise of Speaker Pee Wee

Posted on October 19, 2023 by Brant Clifton

I swear. You can hear the last gasps of life coming from MAGA and the remnants of the Tea Party. Our leaders are abandoning ship and surrendering to the swamp

Salisbury’s Graham to join the rapidly-expanding GOP field for governor

Posted on October 18, 2023October 18, 2023 by Brant Clifton

Soem deep pockets out of Rowan County are diving into the GOP primary for governor that Mark Robinson supposedly already has in-the-bag: The Republican candidate field for governor in 2024