Tag: North Carolina

An epidemic of Gingrich Fever sweeps into the Carolinas

Posted on December 15, 2011 by Brant Clifton

South Carolina’s primary is in January. North Carolina’s primary is in May. Yet, we have a ‘Team Gingrich’ — composed of some of the usual NCGOP establishment suspects — being

DEE-NIED! Feds reject appeal of downtown Pinehurst post office closure

Posted on December 14, 2011December 19, 2011 by Brant Clifton

In a December 12 order, The federal government’s Postal Regulatory Commission has rejected Pinehurst mayoral candidate John Marcum’s appeal of the decision by The U.S.

The REAL STORY behind the War on Art Pope

Posted on December 11, 2011 by Brant Clifton

Why are BarryO’s useful idiots in the alleged mainstream media, academia, and the unions so worked up over Raleigh businessman Art Pope? There

NCSU economist: North Carolina faces long road to recovery

Posted on December 8, 2011 by Brant Clifton

NC State University economics professor Dr. Mike Walden painted a bleak picture of the state’s economic future during December 1 testimony before the General Assembly’s

NC voter registrations: UNA giving DEM and REP a run for their money

Posted on December 8, 2011 by Brant Clifton

The Raleigh-based Civitas Institute has released an interesting county-by-county analysis of recent voter registration trends. Their analysis appears to show that registering as “unaffiliated” is one of the

Renee Ellmers: THERE she is …

Posted on December 6, 2011December 6, 2011 by Brant Clifton

Renee Ellmers is beginning to give a lot of ‘street cred’ to those blonde jokes. I watched a recent floor speech by the 2nd district congresswoman dealing

Howard Coble: 1978 was a very good year. (or was it?)

Posted on December 4, 2011December 4, 2011 by Brant Clifton

I was really bored, trolling around on the Internet, and found this biographical info on Congressman Howard Coble’s official web site: Professional -1961-67 State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company, Claims

Senator Hagan and payroll taxes

Posted on December 3, 2011December 3, 2011 by Brant Clifton

North Carolina’s junior U.S. Senator Kay Hagan — affectionately known around Capitol Hill as “Chuck Schumer’s sock puppet” — is stepping into the fray