I can't think of a better way to spend a Saturday afternoon than sitting through a NCGOP Central Committee meeting.* (Wait. Did I just say that out loud?)
Published: Wednesday, August 5th, 2015 @ 7:48 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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Boehner and his team - and, surprisingly, a number of Meadows's fellow conservatives - are publicly poo-poing Meadows and his resolution.
Published: Monday, August 3rd, 2015 @ 6:50 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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We understand — thanks to very good sources in the Raleigh area — that feelers are being put out by political pros to test former NCDOT secretary (and Army general) Tony Tata as a potential GOP primary candidate against congresswoman Renee Ellmers.
Published: Sunday, August 2nd, 2015 @ 4:17 am
By: Brant Clifton
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The N&O issued a tearful goodbye this morning to the "education judge." SCREEEEEEEEEEEEEECH! (The what?):
Published: Saturday, August 1st, 2015 @ 9:23 am
By: Brant Clifton
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It sounds like something out of one of The Godfather movies, or the final days of Nixon. But the reports we're getting make that headline look like a real possibility.
Published: Thursday, July 30th, 2015 @ 5:50 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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During the Tea Party era, the Tenth Amendment to The US Constitution has been getting some much needed attention.
Published: Thursday, July 30th, 2015 @ 4:22 am
By: Brant Clifton
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The Left has had a field day blaming a whole lot of terrible things on the fact that Confederate flag imagery even exists.
Published: Wednesday, July 29th, 2015 @ 9:31 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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I've been missing Jesse Helms. I got to watch the man up close for nearly two years in DC.
Published: Sunday, July 26th, 2015 @ 7:56 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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That's what it appears House Bill 561 does.
Published: Friday, July 24th, 2015 @ 4:30 am
By: Brant Clifton
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I usually try not to call attention to a lot of the stupidity that oozes through the drive-by media. (There's so frickin' much of it.)
Published: Thursday, July 23rd, 2015 @ 9:15 am
By: Brant Clifton
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The moles are reporting in about the appearance of something in Jones Street's lower chamber called the "License Plate Subcommittee."
Published: Thursday, July 23rd, 2015 @ 4:43 am
By: Brant Clifton
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In case you missed it, National Review has a great writeup on next year's showdown between Renee Ellmers and Jim Duncan in the 2nd district GOP primary.
Published: Wednesday, July 22nd, 2015 @ 1:38 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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A video showing a Planned Parenthood employee purportedly negotiating to sell body parts of dead babies is dominating the news right now.
Published: Sunday, July 19th, 2015 @ 2:10 am
By: Brant Clifton
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ObamaCare is crippling the economy and killing what has been the greatest health care system in the world. And the drivebys and the politicians are focused on the Confederate flag.
Published: Friday, July 17th, 2015 @ 6:36 am
By: Brant Clifton
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The drivebys and the “wise men” in DC and on Wall Street are tut-tutting about the mess in Greece.
Published: Thursday, July 16th, 2015 @ 4:08 am
By: Brant Clifton
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For the second time in a little over three years, Tim Moore’s ethical choices have made him an easy target for Blinkin’ Chris’s comedy website.
Published: Wednesday, July 15th, 2015 @ 1:16 am
By: Brant Clifton
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Congressman Mark Meadows collected a lot of new fans with his recent tussle with John Boehner and crew. An effort has arisen to encourage Meadows to forego election to the House in 2016 and primary incumbent US senator Richard Burr.
Published: Saturday, July 11th, 2015 @ 1:19 am
By: Brant Clifton
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There’s another player out there rating the conservatism of DC politicians — Conservative Review. The folks at that site give both North Carolina senators failing grades, and pass only FIVE of North Carolina’s 13 House members.
Published: Tuesday, July 7th, 2015 @ 5:42 am
By: Brant Clifton
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A celebrity member of the NCGOP establishment sent along to us this article from The Weekly Standard — edited by Bill Kristol, who invested heavily in the 2014 primary challenge against Walter Jones — expressing frustration with “missing an opportunity” to finally GET Walter Jones.
Published: Friday, July 3rd, 2015 @ 2:40 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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If you're like me, you're probably a bit disheartened by our Lt. Governor. Dan Forest talked a good game on the 2012 campaign trail.
Published: Thursday, July 2nd, 2015 @ 10:04 am
By: Brant Clifton
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In 1973, we discovered — thanks to The Supreme Court — that we have a “right” to abortion. In the last week, we’ve learned that we have a “right” to subsidized health care and a “right” to same-sex marriage.
Published: Monday, June 29th, 2015 @ 3:02 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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It’s no secret there’s no love between the speaker and Rep. Walter Jones (R-NC). Jones voted against Boehner for renomination as speaker.
Published: Sunday, June 28th, 2015 @ 11:00 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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For those of you who may not be familiar with this Ripon crowd, they were founded to counter the rise of the Goldwater / Reagan people in the GOP and to return the party to the grand old days of Nelson Rockefeller and Teddy Roosevelt.
Published: Sunday, June 28th, 2015 @ 2:47 am
By: Brant Clifton
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Well, the run-up to South Carolina's presidential primary is already underway. It's an every-four-years ritual.
Published: Saturday, June 27th, 2015 @ 5:47 am
By: Brant Clifton
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Incredible. It is amazing that something that is sooooo common sense is having such difficulty navigating through the conservative revolution
Published: Tuesday, June 23rd, 2015 @ 8:33 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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The newly-minted chairman of the NCGOP took to the airwaves this morning on Greenville-based WTIB's "Talk of the Town."
Published: Monday, June 22nd, 2015 @ 11:50 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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The GOP takeover in Raleigh presented all kinds of opportunities to remake the political landscape for years to come.
Published: Sunday, June 21st, 2015 @ 3:19 am
By: Brant Clifton
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It took two-and-a-half years, but state Senator Fletcher Hartsell's (RINO-Cabarrus) campaign finance / ethics case is going to get some attention from an actual bona fide prosecutor.
Published: Saturday, June 20th, 2015 @ 4:35 am
By: Brant Clifton
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Dingbat disease is spreading from the Second Congressional District over to the Seventh.
Published: Wednesday, June 17th, 2015 @ 5:17 am
By: Brant Clifton
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We've all heard about the new 'conservative' group of solar energy fans seeking to continue government subsidies of the solar industry.
Published: Tuesday, June 16th, 2015 @ 4:05 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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McCrory brushed that question off with something about a need for "special financing" that Tony Tata could come in and explain later.
Published: Monday, June 15th, 2015 @ 3:01 am
By: Brant Clifton
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On one hand, I have to applaud the upper chamber for defending the will of the people expressed in that 2012 vote on the marriage amendment to the state constitution.
Published: Friday, June 12th, 2015 @ 2:35 am
By: Brant Clifton
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Not too long ago, Gov. Pat McCrory and Speaker Tim Moore were telling us they could see no real need for a religious freedom restoration act.
Published: Tuesday, June 9th, 2015 @ 10:20 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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Hasan Harnett certainly shocked the political world this weekend. It's also become clear that the establishment is not going to play nice with the new NCGOP chairman.
Published: Monday, June 8th, 2015 @ 10:27 am
By: Brant Clifton
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