Tag: Walter Jones

Boehner, The RNC & co. coming after Walter Jones

Posted on February 27, 2014 by Brant Clifton

In 2002, the DC establishment parachuted Elizabeth Dole into North Carolina to fill the seat of retiring senator Jesse Helms. In 2014, Karl Rove, John Boehner and Mitch McConnell are

No Chance to Win? Change parties, bash your old one.

Posted on November 2, 2013 by Brant Clifton

Jason Thigpen is ripping a page from former Florida Gov. Charlie Crist’s political playbook in his race against Walter Jones in North Carolina’s Third Congressional District. In 2010, Crist was

2014: The year of the GOP establishment stalking horses?

Posted on October 3, 2013 by Brant Clifton

Well, it appears Walter Jones is picking up another primary opponent: Taylor Griffin, a former aide to President George W. Bush who went on to co-found

Walter Jones is getting rather tiresome

Posted on February 28, 2013 by Brant Clifton

Walter Jones, Jr. has got quite a cult following. The folks who read “Mother Jones” AND The Ron Paul fan club are both swooning over him. Considering the diametric

For SOME NC GOPers, being a Boehner lapdog has its rewards

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

We’ve all seen and heard the stories about Boehner, Cantor and McCarthy’s list of conservatives to purge from committee positions. Apparently, Tea Party-aligned Members of Congress who actively

Speaker Tillis behind Walter Jones endorsement of ex-Democrat Arthur Williams?

Posted on June 22, 2012June 22, 2012 by Brant Clifton

Congressman Walter Jones (R-3) has endorsed former Democrat legislator Arthur Williams in the July 17th GOP runoff for North Carolina State House District 6 in the

Walter Jones called one of “Ten Most Likely” to lose their House primaries

Posted on April 6, 2012 by Brant Clifton

“The Fix” — The Washington Post’s online politics blog — has tapped North Carolina congressman Walter Jones as one of the top ten incumbents MOST

McHenry, Jones facing spirited 2012 primary challenges from the right

Posted on January 17, 2012 by Brant Clifton

Republican congressman Patrick McHenry (NC-10) is being hit hard by his GOP primary opponent Ken Fortenberry, a retired newspaper journalist and publisher in Lincoln County. Fortenberry suggests McHenry

Former U.S. AG addresses leftist whining about “assassination” of terrorists

Posted on October 6, 2011 by Brant Clifton

Michael Mukasey, a distinguished former federal judge and George W. Bush’s final attorney general, had a great piece in today’s Wall Street Journal tackling whining by Ron Paul,

Frank Palombo (R) for Congress

Posted on October 2, 2011 by Brant Clifton

Congressman Walter Jones’s (RINO-NC) best friend, kooky presidential candidate Ron Paul, has come out to condemn the “assassination” of terrorist Anwar al-Awlaki: Paul said al-Awlaki, a U.S.-born Islamic cleric suspected