Tag: Pat McCrory

An option for NC conservatives with heartburn over the race for governor

Posted on March 24, 2012 by Brant Clifton

A lot of my fellow conservatives are grumbling about being force-fed a healthy dose of Pat McCrory by the “wise men” in Raleigh. Those folks DO have at least

Charlotte conservatives quiz, consider Pat McCrory

Posted on March 24, 2012March 24, 2012 by Brant Clifton

Charlotte attorney Tom Ashcraft — a former US attorney and aide to Senator Jesse Helms — is a conservative leader in the Charlotte area who has been

WRAL Poll: The masses are NOT wowed by their governor choices

Posted on March 22, 2012 by Brant Clifton

If you need any further evidence of how foolish Pat McCrory’s run-out-the-clock, sit-on-a-lead strategy is for NC Republicans, you have to look no further than the WRAL / SurveyUSA

An opportunity for Pat McCrory with state employees

Posted on March 16, 2012 by Brant Clifton

In 1995 — just as Jim Hunt was launching his unprecedented reelection campaign for a FOURTH term as NC governor — I broke a story about top Hunt

Stupid IS as Stupid DOES …

Posted on February 21, 2012 by Brant Clifton

The Wake County GOP chairman’s description of Boss Bev as ‘dumb’, and Pat McCrory’s subsequent tossing of said chairman under the bus

NCGOP campaign operatives bring back memories of 2008 GOP disasters

Posted on February 19, 2012February 20, 2012 by Brant Clifton

We’ve got a historic chance to retake the governor’s office in 2012. The NCGOP is staffing its command center with folks tied to some forgettable

Pat must apologize, but Barry does not

Posted on February 19, 2012 by Brant Clifton

The N&O and its fellow MSM goons are beating GOP gubernatorial candidate Pat McCrory over the head for comments made by a prominent GOP official:

Memo to McCrory: ‘ I ain’t Bev’ will NO LONGER CUT IT

Posted on February 16, 2012 by Brant Clifton

Former Charlotte mayor Pat McCrory, the NCGOP’s messiah, is not exactly inflaming conservative passions: Former Charlotte Mayor Pat McCrory filed for governor Wednesday, promising

McCrory by the numbers

Posted on January 31, 2012January 31, 2012 by Brant Clifton

Tara Servatius at ‘The Meck Deck” has an interesting numbers-based take on The Tar Heel State’s governor-in-waiting Pat McCrory: … McCrory’s chances would depend

Handicapping the contenders for NC Governor

Posted on January 27, 2012 by Brant Clifton

That sound you hear — in the wake of Bev’s announcement yesterday — is the explosion of politician egos. From Murphy to Manteo, ambitious “public servants”