Tag: Pat McCrory

The N&O: Playing ‘Gunga Din’ for Walter Dalton

Posted on August 17, 2012 by Brant Clifton

Reading the News & Observer these days, you can almost sense the panic among the stenographers in the newsroom. Just yesterday, the paper ran an item about

GOP campaigns frustrated with ‘lone wolf’ mentality at McCrory & NCGOP HQs

Posted on August 15, 2012 by Brant Clifton

I’ve had some eye-opening discussions recently with two political pros with close ties to GOP candidates on the November ballot in North Carolina. ( They’ll be

Is a Republican governor REALLY all that necessary?

Posted on August 14, 2012 by Brant Clifton

It would be nice to have someone with a (R) next to their name residing in that big pretty house on Blount Street. But what if that person with the

Pundits compare Paul Ryan to Kemp, Palin

Posted on August 14, 2012August 14, 2012 by Brant Clifton

The young whippersnapper from Wisconsin is getting poked and prodded from all directions by all-comers since he was publicly announced as Mitt Romney’s running mate over the weekend. Matthew

NC GOV 2012 debates: WHY NOT include Barbara Howe?

Posted on August 10, 2012 by Brant Clifton

Word has come out that the the Democrat and Republican candidates for North Carolina governor have agreed to two televised debates in October. The events — to be held

You want ’em. We got ’em. POLLS !!!!!!!!!!

Posted on August 8, 2012 by Brant Clifton

Public Policy Polling has put out their latest numbers on the statewide races in North Carolina. In the governor’s race, their numbers are tracking pretty close to what Rasmussen Reports

Poll numbers for NC GOV: McCrory continues slide, Dalton climbs

Posted on August 7, 2012 by Brant Clifton

Things are really tightening up in the race for North Carolina governor. Pat McCrory, the former mayor of Charlotte and a renowned moderate, is the GOP standard bearer against

Campaign 2012: The great tax backfire in NC GOV race

Posted on July 31, 2012 by Brant Clifton

I swear I saw this coming. The Pat McCrory campaign, NCGOP and national GOP all jumped on a WECT TV interview where Democrat nominee Walter Dalton would

Analyzing the Civitas polling for NC GOV

Posted on July 26, 2012July 26, 2012 by Brant Clifton

The right-leaning Civitas Insitute dropped a poll this week showing Pat McCrory (R) leading Walter Dalton (D) by 47% to 37%, with Libertarian Barbara Howe polling at

Is THIS what we’re going with? Really?

Posted on July 25, 2012 by Brant Clifton

It seems the NCGOP and the McCrory campaign are going after Walter Dalton on the tax issue. The GOP campaign is taking the Lt. Governor to task for his