Walter Jones's primary foes are working hard to paint him as a liberal and a "Pelosi Republican."
Published: Friday, August 21st, 2015 @ 4:23 am
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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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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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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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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It’s no secret that Walter Jones irritates the political establishment. The GOPe tried to get him in the 2014 primary. Now, it appears they’re trying again with a new face
Published: Wednesday, June 3rd, 2015 @ 4:18 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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Barry Obama likes it. Renee Ellmers likes it. John Boehner LOVES IT. So does Nancy Pelosi. (We should ALL be worried.)
Published: Wednesday, April 1st, 2015 @ 8:02 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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Senator Thom Tillis (R-NC) and Congresswoman Renee Ellmers (R-NC-02) today met with Air Force Secretary Deborah Lee James to discuss the future of the 440th Airlift Wing at Pope Airfield
Published: Thursday, March 26th, 2015 @ 3:26 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Each year, you have all kinds of groups ranking members of Congress according to their voting records. The Club For Growth, for instance, champions the concepts of limited government and fiscal conservatism.
Published: Tuesday, March 17th, 2015 @ 12:16 am
By: Brant Clifton
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We all remember the famous cartoons from our childhood. Lucy was always faking sincerity - promising to hold the football for Charlie Brown to kick.
Published: Tuesday, March 10th, 2015 @ 5:49 am
By: Brant Clifton
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Senator Thom Tillis (R-NC) and Congressman Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) today introduced legislation to prevent the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) from overriding state and local municipal broadband laws.
Published: Thursday, February 26th, 2015 @ 11:56 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Renee Ellmers (Ellmers for Congress)Salon's Joan Walsh leaped into the breach today to defend the honor of our very own Big GovtBarbie.
Published: Monday, January 26th, 2015 @ 5:31 am
By: Brant Clifton
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Renee Ellmers is shedding those issue positions and campaign promises like a snake sheds its skin.
Published: Saturday, January 17th, 2015 @ 9:44 am
By: Brant Clifton
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In the wake of the CRomnibus travesty, we got hit with a lot of spin from go-along, get-along Republicans: illegal-aliens-vote-democratNo money has been approved for implementation of amnesty.
Published: Sunday, January 4th, 2015 @ 11:23 am
By: Brant Clifton
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Are you frustrated with the current state of the NCGOP? Start organizing your like-minded friends to take over — or at least build a sizeable contingent within — your precinct and your county party organization.
Published: Saturday, December 27th, 2014 @ 9:56 am
By: Brant Clifton
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US Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-5) is making use of the cromnibus talking points disseminated by Boehner & co.
Published: Wednesday, December 17th, 2014 @ 8:26 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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It added to our already out-of-control federal debt. It’s fully funded ObamaCare and amnesty.
Published: Monday, December 15th, 2014 @ 9:10 am
By: Brant Clifton
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Barry Obama and John Boehner got their $1 trillion spending monstrosity pushed through the House last night by a 219-206 margin. Amnesty got fully funded.
Published: Saturday, December 13th, 2014 @ 12:38 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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President Obama's decision to go it alone on immigration, granting legal status to more than 5 million illegal immigrants, brought a sharp rebuke from North Carolina Republicans in the state's congressional delegation and its executive branch, while Democrats in the delegation gave Obama a pass, say
Published: Monday, November 24th, 2014 @ 11:26 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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In 2011, Barack Obama said he did not have the constitutional authority to do what he is going to announce today.
Published: Saturday, November 22nd, 2014 @ 8:33 am
By: Brant Clifton
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Two aspects of the 2014 U.S. Senate election in North Carolina
Published: Monday, November 10th, 2014 @ 3:03 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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You may not be crazy about either of the two major party nominees in the US Senate race. But there are FIVE OTHER OPTIONS beyond Tillis and Hagan. You have Libertarian Sean Haugh.
Published: Monday, November 3rd, 2014 @ 7:26 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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Renee Ellmers has spent nearly four years in Congress. For that entire period, the Dunn Republican has served in a Republican majority.
Published: Saturday, October 11th, 2014 @ 12:42 am
By: Brant Clifton
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Both 2nd Congressional District candidates wasted no time leveling zingers at each other Monday during a made-for-TV debate.
Published: Thursday, October 9th, 2014 @ 12:38 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Unfortunately, we're not voting for the winner of a game show here. We're choosing someone to vote on our behalf amid the DC nonsense.
Published: Tuesday, October 7th, 2014 @ 11:50 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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We've got a political debate that's sure to draw a lot of media attention here in town Monday night.
Published: Saturday, October 4th, 2014 @ 5:33 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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Renee Ellmers must have been itching for some more coverage on this site. It's been a while since she graced our home page.
Published: Thursday, October 2nd, 2014 @ 8:24 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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Governor Pat McCrory is partnering with our state's U.S. senators and representatives to raise awareness among young North Carolina students about the rewarding educational opportunity available through attendance at one of our nation's Service Academies.
Published: Saturday, September 20th, 2014 @ 6:58 pm
By: Chris Downey
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If Food and Drug Administration regulators adopt new regulations that would place premium, hand-made cigars under the jurisdiction of a law originally passed to regulate cigarettes, sellers of the premium cigars say the changes could put them out of business.
Published: Wednesday, September 10th, 2014 @ 8:30 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Nationally known political analyst Charlie Cook said at Elon University today that the North Carolina contest for U.S. Senate, in a year in which the political balance in the nation’s capital is at stake, could be the closest race in the country.
Published: Thursday, September 4th, 2014 @ 12:27 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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We posted earlier about the secretive effort by the feds to dump all of those border-crashing kids from South America in various US states – without bothering to inform the governors or other leaders.
Published: Friday, August 29th, 2014 @ 11:46 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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The US Export-Import Bank is seeking Congress's help to extend its life a little longer.
Published: Tuesday, August 26th, 2014 @ 1:56 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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Supposedly, the Republican Party is about free markets, individual liberty, and reaping the rewards of hard work.
Published: Monday, August 11th, 2014 @ 3:40 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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Heritage Action has updated their conservatism rankings for the current session of Congress.
Published: Sunday, August 3rd, 2014 @ 10:16 am
By: Brant Clifton
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