By now, politics-watchers are well familiar with the story of Todd Akin, the GOP challenger to Missouri senator Claire McCaskill (D) in 2012.
Published: Monday, September 16th, 2013 @ 8:54 am
By: Brant Clifton
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Word is out on the street that Charlotte area pastor - and Southern Baptist Convention player - Mark Harris will formally announce his campaign for US Senate on October 2.
Published: Thursday, September 12th, 2013 @ 8:25 am
By: Brant Clifton
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The Civitas Institute has praised a U.S. Senate hopeful for signing a petition to halt the onset of Common Core educational standards in North Carolina.
Published: Tuesday, September 10th, 2013 @ 6:18 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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Common Core is a national effort, powered by private interests and the federal government, to impose untested academic content standards for English language arts and mathematics on all K-12 public schools across the nation.
Published: Friday, September 6th, 2013 @ 6:30 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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Beaufort County resolves that there must be a resolution to the federal government's budget impasse in the United States Senate.
Published: Saturday, August 31st, 2013 @ 12:34 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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It's getting pretty clear that Tea Party-affiliated groups and voters are warming up to Cary physician Greg Brannon and his campaign for the GOP nomination for US Senate.
Published: Monday, August 19th, 2013 @ 11:49 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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What about state House Speaker Thom Tillis - the establishment favorite currently running slightly behind Brannon in polling matchups with Hagan?
Published: Tuesday, August 13th, 2013 @ 7:59 am
By: Brant Clifton
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Tea Partiers in The Carolinas have an opportunity to make a forceful statement in the 2014 GOP primaries for US Senate.
Published: Saturday, August 3rd, 2013 @ 11:19 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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A poll by the left-wing Public Policy Polling firm of Durham suggests that a grassroots, Tea Party-backed amateur candidate and the president pro tem of the State Senate would perform the strongest against incumbent US Senator Kay Hagan (D).
Published: Tuesday, June 18th, 2013 @ 9:29 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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NCGOP activists have poured into Charlotte this weekend for their state convention. They'll hear from some of the US Senate hopefuls looking to replace Kay Hagan.
Published: Sunday, June 9th, 2013 @ 10:32 am
By: Brant Clifton
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Some of you outside the Charlotte area may have missed THIS INTERVIEW with state Rep. Bob Brawley on WBT radio.
Published: Monday, June 3rd, 2013 @ 4:24 am
By: Brant Clifton
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Well, the worst kept secret in North Carolina politics got "let out of the bag" today - state House speaker Thom Tillis is jumping into the 2014 US Senate GOP primary.
Published: Sunday, June 2nd, 2013 @ 10:19 am
By: Brant Clifton
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In Washington, pols from both major parties are trampling each other to make it to a microphone and /or camera to denounce the Internal Revenue Service.
Published: Sunday, May 19th, 2013 @ 12:16 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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"If you want to be represented by a Ted Cruz, Rand Paul, Mike Lee or Jim DeMint type, send me to the US Senate."
Published: Sunday, March 31st, 2013 @ 5:49 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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Instead of DOING their constitutionally-mandated job of passing a budget, the GOP-dominated House has decided to play along with the Ruling Class's never-ending cycle of continuing resolutions -- guaranteeing another "crisis" at the end of September.
Published: Sunday, March 10th, 2013 @ 4:02 am
By: Brant Clifton
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Janet Cowell's primary responsibility as State Treasurer is to oversee the pension fund for retired North Carolina teachers and state employees. So why does her campaign receive so many contributions from far-away states like New York, Pennsylvania and California?
Published: Saturday, October 6th, 2012 @ 1:30 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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The Pentagon budget is a popular target of leftists when the whole concept of cutting spending gets raised. Stories from the 80s about alleged $2000 toilet seats are recycled.
Published: Wednesday, August 1st, 2012 @ 2:10 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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Republicans positioned themselves to make substantial gains in North Carolina's congressional delegation following Tuesday's primary.
Published: Friday, May 11th, 2012 @ 8:56 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The loss was huge, his effort was great: And just what will President Barack Obama do now to regain the essential momentum to retake the campaign trail and secure his re-election?
Published: Thursday, October 13th, 2011 @ 11:13 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Supporters gather at Down on Main Street to watch the numbers come in
Published: Wednesday, May 5th, 2010 @ 12:05 pm
By: BCN
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Beaufort County seeks justice in regards to eqitable governing in respect to the legislation associated with the Health Care Reform Bill.
Published: Wednesday, January 13th, 2010 @ 2:19 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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