Tag: politics

NC-03: The NRA likes Greg Murphy in GOP runoff

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

It’s been a big week for Greg Murphy. First, Tea Party Express gave him their blessing. And now comes the nation’s largest and most effective gun rights group:

NC-03: National Tea Party leaders endorse Greg Murphy

Posted on June 12, 2019 by Brant Clifton

Mark Meadows and The House Freedom Caucus have given a thumbs up to the Greenville physician. Now it appears one of the nation’s more prominent Tea Party leadership

The Never-Trumper SMEAR

Posted on June 12, 2019 by Brant Clifton

It’s quite amusing watching all of these GOPe types thumping their chests and proclaiming their long-enduring love for Donald Trump. One of the more popular GOPe stunts this election

NC-09: Bishop says Meck sheriff needs to go, dept needs to cooperate with ICE

Posted on June 12, 2019June 12, 2019 by Brant Clifton

State senator Dan Bishop, GOP nominee for the Ninth Congressional District, is laying down the law with the Mecklenburg County sheriff: Republican state Sen. Dan Bishop on Tuesday

From the mouths of lawyers ….

Posted on June 10, 2019 by Brant Clifton

Here’s your recently departed state elections board counsel: He could almost be talking about that recently completed charlie foxtrot in Concord.

Former NCGOP ED: criminal charge dropped, but out of a job

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

I don’t quite know HOW we missed this one about Dallas’s predecessor when it broke. (Of course, we’ve been a wee bit busy lately): Todd Poole, a

The NCGOP 2019 convention: The decline and fall of a political party.

Posted on June 8, 2019June 8, 2019 by Brant Clifton

It had all the chaos of the Venezuelan economy (and every bit of the integrity of that country’s elections). But — once again — the crowd that gave us

#hayesscandal: The Defendant, a “distraction”?

Posted on June 6, 2019June 6, 2019 by Brant Clifton

Once again, somnambulant Jim Morrill has the story wrong: *Doesn’t want to be a distraction. How freakin’ thoughtful.* Also, he’s not Ex. He’s STILL the chairman.

#hayesscandal: Two months since The Big-I, the NCGOP is at a crossroads.

Posted on June 2, 2019June 2, 2019 by Brant Clifton

Today marks the two month anniversary of NCGOP chairman Robin Hayes being dragged kicking, screaming and crying in front of a federal judge and slapped with FIVE – count

Polling the NCGOP leadership races

Posted on May 30, 2019 by Brant Clifton

We’ve been getting reports from delegates to the upcoming NCGOP convention about unsolicited texts and phone calls from people seeking to know who they plan to vote for in