Tag: North Carolina

Civitas poll should set off alarm bells for NCGOP, McCrory campaign

Posted on July 6, 2012 by Brant Clifton

The latest poll by North Carolina’s Civitas Institute shows Lt. Gov. Walter Dalton (D) trailing GOP candidate, and former Charlotte mayor, Pat McCrory (R)

From the ‘It Needed to Be Said’ Department, Jones Street division …

Posted on July 4, 2012 by Brant Clifton

Well, the honorables on Jones Street hashed it out over global warming this week, and the arrogance and elitism of the granolas — still smarting from their banishment to

11th district’s Hayden Rogers (D) FOR and AGAINST ObamaCare

Posted on July 4, 2012July 4, 2012 by Brant Clifton

In 2004, Democrat presidential nominee John F. Kerry told us he was FOR the war on terror BEFORE he was against it. Got that? Good. In 2012, 11th

They came. They saw. They overrode.

Posted on July 3, 2012 by Brant Clifton

Low-level staffers in the governor’s office are likely scrambling today to ID the truck that ran over their boss lady — THREE TIMES — this week.

Huckabee endorsement of Hudson in NC-08 part of larger spat between Huckabee and The Club for Growth

Posted on July 2, 2012 by Brant Clifton

The News & Observer did a great job today taking dictation — dutifully transcribing a release from Republican Richard Hudson’s congressional campaign office. Hudson and Scott Keadle face

More on AFP & Renee

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

Apparently, some well-connected readers of this site voiced their displeasure to Americans For Prosperity’s North Carolina state chapter for their embrace of congresswoman Marie Antoinette Ellmers.™ AFP-NC had a big

Where NCGOP’s failure to challenge Roy Cooper reelection comes back to haunt us

Posted on June 30, 2012 by Brant Clifton

With the decision by The Supreme Court the other day, ObamaCare is coming at us full speed ahead (barring courageous action by our members of Congress.) The legislation makes a

John Locke, AFP, and NCGOP: Devaluing conservatism in North Carolina

Posted on June 30, 2012 by Brant Clifton

There are an awful lot of people who make the mistake of equating being “Republican” with being “conservative.” Look at our alleged conservative majority in the North

NC campaign 2012: Mike Causey on ObamaCare ruling, campaign trail gossip

Posted on June 28, 2012 by Brant Clifton

I caught up with Mike Causey, Republican candidate for commissioner of insurance, while he was on his way to a speaking engagement DownEast in the big city of

It’s a GREAT DAY to make some women cry …

Posted on June 28, 2012June 28, 2012 by Brant Clifton

The NCGOP effort to play up the DOT Auto-Pen McScandal took a turn for the worst today. For their efforts, GOP senators earned media coverage featuring full color photos of