Tag: US Senate

#NCSEN: The sock puppet grasps for straws

Posted on February 14, 2014February 14, 2014 by Brant Clifton

Poor Kay Hagan. She’s apparently laying awake at night worrying about these Koch Brothers. Who are they? What do they have to do with all of this rampant unemployment and

#NCSEN: PPP poll shows we’re headed for a GOP runoff.

Posted on February 13, 2014February 13, 2014 by Brant Clifton

Public Policy Polling has released its latest numbers on the 2014 US Senate race. The Democrat pollster is finding what a lot of us have known. This thing — at

#NCSEN: In 2011, Speaker Thom thought state health insurance exchanges OK

Posted on February 12, 2014 by Brant Clifton

Everyone agrees ObamaCare will be a huge issue in the 2014 elections. In 2013, the General Assembly said NO to accepting federal money to set up a state health care

O-Care: Liberating you from the, um, shackles of employment

Posted on February 8, 2014 by Brant Clifton

Seriously. That’s how the BarryO fan club is defending their pet monster against accusations, and a CBO report, suggesting that it will kill jobs by the millions. Kay Hagan has

#NCSEN: Apparently, what was BAD for Liddy Dole is O-KAY for Kay

Posted on February 7, 2014 by Brant Clifton

Democrats in DC and in Raleigh are working overtime to pull Senator Sock Puppet’s chestnuts out of the fire. They’ve put out this spin about Kay Hagan being one of

#NCSEN: If you pay him, he will come.

Posted on February 7, 2014February 7, 2014 by Brant Clifton

State House speaker and US Senate candidate Thom Tillis has been catching some flak from GOP activists — and finally from the mainstream media — for skipping out on candidate

#NCSEN: Brannon vs. Tillis. FreedomWorks vs. Rove. Game ON!

Posted on February 5, 2014 by Brant Clifton

FreedomWorks — arguably One of the biggest dogs in grassroots Tea Party politics — stepped forward Tuesday night in Raleigh to put its stamp of approval on the US Senate

#NCSEN: Theaming up with Thom, and Piling On

Posted on February 4, 2014 by Brant Clifton

If you want a good case study for why newspapers — especially those in Guilford County — are failing, check out Doug Clark’s nonsense in the pages of The Greensboro

#NCSEN: FreedomWorks + Greg Brannon = Game changer

Posted on February 3, 2014February 3, 2014 by Brant Clifton

Tea Party groups across the state and the Brannon for US Senate campaign are quietly lining up supporters to attend a “FreedomWorks BBQ” in Raleigh on Tuesday evening. Sources familiar

#NCSEN: Morrill’s lazy reporting gives Tillis a pass

Posted on February 2, 2014February 3, 2014 by Brant Clifton

I had been waiting to see what the Charlotte Observer / McClatchy’s Jim Morrill was coming out with. I have known — for at least a week — that he