The two front runners for their party's respective nominations both lost the bid, although former New York Senator tried to claim victory before she literally bolted from the Hawkeye state.
Published: Tuesday, February 16th, 2016 @ 1:52 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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In honor of the Iowa Caucuses today I have gone back into my Archives to bring you a Presidential Campaign Silliness from the 2008 Election. Do you think we have progressed past Silly since then. I sure don't.
Published: Friday, February 5th, 2016 @ 11:55 am
By: Alex J. Ortolano
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It should not be a surprise that the two Parties have differences in how they count caucus votes.
Published: Monday, February 1st, 2016 @ 9:40 am
By: Bobby Tony
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Why do we let Iowa & New Hampshire push us around?
Published: Friday, January 8th, 2016 @ 10:25 am
By: Alex J. Ortolano
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Conservatives just helped oust a speaker who was okay with the Wall Street bailout, debt ceiling increases, and amnesty for illegals.
Published: Sunday, October 25th, 2015 @ 4:14 am
By: Brant Clifton
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The North Carolina state primary The 2016 United States Presidential and North Carolina Senatorial grassroots candidates who received the most votes at the North Carolina TEA Party Constitutional Caucus
Published: Friday, October 23rd, 2015 @ 6:02 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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In the spirit of "We, the people", dozens of TEA Party groups across the state of North Carolina invite the public (valid NC citizens, only - photo ID required) to participate in an historic event Saturday October 17th
Published: Wednesday, October 7th, 2015 @ 7:08 pm
By: Christopher Maye
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Constitutional conservatives who are legal residents of North Carolina and who are 18 years old or older are invited to participate in New Bern in a state wide TEA Party Constitutional Caucus on Saturday, October 17, at the Double Tree Hotel located at 100 Middle Street.
Published: Friday, September 25th, 2015 @ 10:02 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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The Nuclear Arms Treaty with Iraq is not getting the kind of public notice or disclosure of deatils we would all like to have. This morning the above report is up!
Published: Saturday, August 15th, 2015 @ 1:03 pm
By: Gene Scarborough
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I'm hearing some surprising, very pessimistic-sounding talk from some very surprising sources about the future of the "conservative revolution" in Raleigh.
Published: Thursday, May 7th, 2015 @ 11:41 am
By: Brant Clifton
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Halfway through the decade, the U.S. Supreme Court has bounced the state's congressional and legislative district maps back to the N.C. Supreme Court.
Published: Friday, April 24th, 2015 @ 10:49 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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If the current calendar of 2016 presidential primaries and caucuses doesn’t change, North Carolina’s late-February contest will be one of the nation’s earliest.
Published: Thursday, February 5th, 2015 @ 7:10 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Yep. One has been founded on Capitol Hill. The founding group includes NINE Republican House members - with Mark Meadows (NC) and Mick Mulvaney (SC) being the only members from The Carolinas.
Published: Sunday, February 1st, 2015 @ 8:59 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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This move was a surprise to me as Tine's opponent in 2012 and 2014.
Published: Saturday, January 17th, 2015 @ 5:56 pm
By: Mattie Lawson
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I got a call yesterday from someone - very familiar with the inner workings of the state House Republican Caucus - who had just read my item on Democrat Paul Tine's departure from the Democrat Caucus.
Published: Saturday, January 10th, 2015 @ 7:29 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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Then-speaker Thom Tillis, Skip Stam, the Black Caucus, and The John Locke Foundation were all quite passionate about passing reparations for people sterilized by the state of North Carolina from the 20s to the 70s.
Published: Thursday, November 27th, 2014 @ 6:25 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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When the news broke that Rep. Tim Moore would be the Republican nominee for speaker of the North Carolina House and Rep. Mike Hager would be majority leader, the usual suspects did the usual things.
Published: Thursday, November 27th, 2014 @ 10:18 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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This week Congressman Walter B. Jones (NC-3) hosted the first ever Special Operations Caucus meeting focused on Marine Special Operations Forces (MARSOC).
Published: Saturday, September 20th, 2014 @ 8:58 am
By: Christopher Maye
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I had an interesting talk today with someone who has floor privileges in the legislative building to go along with his flashy job title. We talked about the passion being exhibited by grassroots activists to get House Bill 1061 passed into state law.
Published: Wednesday, May 21st, 2014 @ 6:00 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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On April 14th Grass Roots North Carolina (GRNC) released recommendations by its political action committee, GRNC-PVF (Political Victory Fund), for NC candidates running in 2014 based on their voting record and responses to a questionnaire.
Published: Tuesday, April 22nd, 2014 @ 7:10 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Mattie Lawson, a candidate running for NC House in District 6, has won the endorsement of the Republican Liberty Caucus of North Carolina.
Published: Friday, March 28th, 2014 @ 11:47 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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The media and The Moral Monday crowd like to paint the GOP majority in Raleigh as a juggernaut working in sync to ram through a conservative agenda.
Published: Friday, January 31st, 2014 @ 9:12 am
By: Brant Clifton
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McClatchy-Raleigh published a cutesy little item today about how Thom Tillis is not going to shave until the doggone legislative session ends. (Seriously.)
Published: Tuesday, June 11th, 2013 @ 7:08 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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As we begin 2013, we are in many respects returning to the political past in North Carolina. Not since Reconstruction has the Republican Party held control of our executive, legislative, top court and most of our counties. There are big changes and new faces ahead.
Published: Thursday, December 20th, 2012 @ 6:11 pm
By: Tom Campbell
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Moore County is yellow-dog Republican. But we have plenty of folks who like to dictate what other people do with their property.
Published: Tuesday, October 23rd, 2012 @ 3:59 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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It began with the question "What if two NC Senators and a NC Representative came to our County and picked the candidate to run for the Senate seat that represents you, the voters of Carteret, Craven, and Pamlico Counties?"
Published: Tuesday, June 12th, 2012 @ 6:41 am
By: Ken Lang
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Am I the only one wondering why Randy Ramsey is willing to spend so much money for a State Senate seat that only pays $13,000/year?
Published: Sunday, May 6th, 2012 @ 8:39 pm
By: Marian Wood
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One of these numbers represents smoke and mirrors and a false sense of security; the other represents transparency in crime reporting, and an opportunity to regain control of our nation's immigration law enforcement mechanisms.
Published: Thursday, April 19th, 2012 @ 2:03 pm
By: Jeff Lewis
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I'm really fascinated by the many Randy Ramsey's mailers telling us all he will do to bring jobs to our area. Talk is cheap, but the truth is his political campaign isn't helping the local economy much.
Published: Wednesday, April 18th, 2012 @ 8:43 am
By: Marian Wood
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Dan Forest, Republican candidate for the office of North Carolina Lt. Governor, today received the iCaucus endorsement.
Published: Tuesday, April 3rd, 2012 @ 11:33 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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A lot of folks were really glad when we finally got the Iowa caucus behind us. How much more of the "If you don't come and shake my hand personally, I won't vote for you" can we stand.
Published: Sunday, January 29th, 2012 @ 6:24 am
By: Jim Bispo
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It has been a "photo finish" in the Republican Caucuses in Iowa, with Mitt Romney and Rick Santorum jockeying for 1st or 2nd in this race that launches the Republican primary season.
Published: Tuesday, January 3rd, 2012 @ 11:18 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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