Tag: politics

What a difference 31 years makes.

Posted on April 25, 2019 by Brant Clifton

I first cut my teeth in big time politics back in 1988 in the early stages of the Bush-Quayle campaign. As a bright-eyed bushy-tailed college kid, I got a

Thom Tillis 2nd-most unpopular GOPer up for reelection in 2020. (Um, SURPRISE !!)

Posted on April 25, 2019April 25, 2019 by Brant Clifton

Things have been busy around here. You know, with Robin Hayes getting indicted, two congressional races, and the usual nonsense from Jones Street. Thom The Therrible has gotten a

NC-09: Leigh Brown. The story keeps getting, um, “better.”

Posted on April 19, 2019April 19, 2019 by Brant Clifton

She tried to run for governor as an independent in 2012. She primaried state legislator (and conservative stalwart) Larry Pittman in 2014. In 2015, she donated cash to

NC-03: Gambling on the FEC not paying attention.

Posted on April 18, 2019 by Brant Clifton

Scott Dacey’s back. The third-place finishing (2018), Indian casino-lobbying, former Paul Shumaker client is poking around in the 2019 edition of the Third Congressional District’s GOP primary. Sources on

Dark-horse NCGOP chairman candidate tied to Pat McCrory, Art Pope political ops

Posted on April 16, 2019April 16, 2019 by Brant Clifton

Michael Whatley seemed to appear out of nowhere. Touting his ties to the 2016 Trump campaign, he’s promising great things for the NCGOP if they just make him their

#hayesscandal: The verdict is IN …

Posted on April 15, 2019 by Brant Clifton

The NCGOP’s ruling body met for SEVEN HOURS yesterday to discuss the fate of Robin Hayes and Dallas Woodhouse. As you may have heard by now, NCGOP chairman Hayes

NC drive-by media asleep at the keyboard in #nc-03, #nc-09 special elections

Posted on April 13, 2019April 13, 2019 by Brant Clifton

Members of the waning, depleted corps of drive-by media like to thump their chests and proclaim themselves as ‘informers of the people’, ‘protectors of the First Amendment’, and that

Campaign 2019 advertising special !!!

Posted on April 9, 2019April 9, 2019 by Brant Clifton

Election day is quickly approaching in the Ninth and Third district special elections for Congress. A lot of folks are not-so-subtly trying to promote their candidates in the comments

#hayesscandal: Canceled. Surprised? (not here)

Posted on April 7, 2019 by Brant Clifton

Look what popped up on Twitter a little while ago: I pegged it. Right on the money. These people are going to bury their heads in the

#hayesscandal: Robin’s “appointed chairman” to run for NCGOP vice-chairman ???

Posted on April 5, 2019 by Brant Clifton

We understand communications are circulating among NCGOP activists improperly identifying 11th district chairman Aubrey Woodard — Robin Hayes’s pick to “act” as party chairman — as “appointed chairman”. These