Tag: Richard Morgan

#ncga: RICHARD MORGAN (Yes, HIM) endorses Speaker Moore.

Posted on December 3, 2015December 3, 2015 by Brant Clifton

I worked hard to put this man in retirement. I am one of many of his long-time, long-suffering now former constituents. I had hoped he would just go away and

Tillis in 2006: Rhodes call for Morgan resignation a BAD IDEA

Posted on March 31, 2014 by Brant Clifton

The 2002 power-sharing deal in the North Carolina House between Democrat Jim Black and Republican Richard Morgan was one of the most divisive, acrimonious periods in the state’s political history.

#NCSEN: Scheduling an ad buy vs. PAYING for it

Posted on March 7, 2014 by Brant Clifton

I had a rather enlightening phone call with a friend who pulls down a hefty paycheck for his behind-the-scenes work in federal-level election campaigns. (To my knowledge, he is not

#NCSEN: The fat man is singing! (Richard Morgan thells on Thom.)

Posted on March 6, 2014March 6, 2014 by Brant Clifton

Moore County’s Richard Morgan has evolved into one of the most polarizing figures ever in North Carolina politics. Amazingly, during his time in the NC General Assembly, he was able

#NCSEN: Roadkill & Richard, WHO ??????

Posted on December 15, 2013December 15, 2013 by Brant Clifton

State House Speaker — and US Senate candidate — Thom Tillis has been quite talkative lately via email. He’s tackled taxes and immigration, and has now moved on

The NC House: Seems like Old Times

Posted on May 15, 2013May 15, 2013 by Brant Clifton

Neil Simon had a pretty successful movie in the 70s by that name. It’s too bad we’re not talking about a comedy classic here. Deals being cut behind

The Morgan-Black clique rides again in Raleigh?

Posted on March 12, 2013March 13, 2013 by Brant Clifton

The dictation pool in the McClatchy newsroom has regurgitated a press release talking about a new “House Republican group”: A group formed by the N.C.

Morgan vs. Causey: A Tale of Two campaign finance reports

Posted on June 27, 2012June 27, 2012 by Brant Clifton

The North Carolina Insurance Law blog does a great job of giving us the story behind the numbers in the GOP runoff for NC commissioner of

Facebook: the new battleground for GOP nod in Insurance Commissioner race

Posted on June 4, 2012June 4, 2012 by Brant Clifton

I know it’s tough to evaluate candidates for down-ballot races. Sure, it’s pretty easy to separate the wheat from the chaff in the governor and presidential fields. But when

Eastern NC Tea Partiers hunting RINOs, slapping Morgan & NCGOP

Posted on May 20, 2012May 20, 2012 by Brant Clifton

Over on The Outer Banks, we’ve got YET another case of NCGOP trying to force one of their handpicked cronies down the throats of voters. Truth