Tag: North Carolina

Holding has HUGE stake in Edwards verdict

Posted on May 23, 2012 by Brant Clifton

George Holding — the scion of the family which owns First Citizens Bank — has had a charmed life. Ol’ George has always been in the right place at

Did the GOP learn ANYTHING from 2008? 2010?

Posted on May 23, 2012May 23, 2012 by Brant Clifton

“Give me something to believe in …” — Poison We’re already getting a preview of November. The Democrats are already talking about “killing” Mitt Romney and “eviscerating” Pat McCrory.

Charlotte says DNC to be an economic boon for downtown. (Chicago’s NATO experience suggests otherwise.)

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

Charlotte city and business community leaders sold this year’s Democrat National Convention as a serious potential bonanza for downtown businesses. Before you folks in downtown get

Get ready, Charlotte. Check out what’s heading your way in September

Posted on May 22, 2012 by Brant Clifton

Community leaders in Chicago issued warnings to downtown area residents about protecting themselves during the ongoing NATO summit. Why would The NATO summit make Chicago a

Selectively protesting preachers

Posted on May 22, 2012 by Brant Clifton

Well, the sore loser crowd is at it again. Once again, the folks on the losing end of the marriage amendment vote are in The N&O whining about a sermon

Eastern NC Tea Partiers hunting RINOs, slapping Morgan & NCGOP

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

Over on The Outer Banks, we’ve got YET another case of NCGOP trying to force one of their handpicked cronies down the throats of voters. Truth

Getting to know the GOP candidates for Insurance Commissioner

Posted on May 18, 2012 by Brant Clifton

Anyone looking to learn more about the GOP candidates in the state Insurance Commissioner runoff on July 17 should click on THIS LINK. Somebody has done an

Guilt By Association? (Stones in glass houses, anyone?)

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

I need ol’ Richard to clarify something for us. On his Facebook page, Richard Morgan instructs visitors to “stop our go along with Obama insurance

Renee Ellmers on her $40B vote for the Ex-Im Bank

Posted on May 17, 2012 by Brant Clifton

Our congressional representative here in North Carolina’s second district put out a statement trying to explain how her allegedly conservative ideology meshes with her vote

NCGOP’s heavy hand comes down hard in auditor primary