#ncpol: When Indian casino lobbyists attack
Pete Benton probably thought his Saturday morning was going to be simple. He had been asked to be a surrogate for congressman Walter Jones at the Craven County GOP convention.
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#ncga: Kelly Hastings and his campaign finances. (*SIGH*)
We’ve reported at length on state Rep. Kelly Hastings and the, um, adventurous style with which he manages his campaign finances. His year-end 2017 report is living up to the
Continue readingAmid congressional spending orgy, Thilli$$$ gets his cheap labor
Pelosi and Schumer are doing back-flips celebrating the massive spending that just made its way through the “Republican” Congress. The Chamber and the GOPe are dancing a jig because, once
Continue reading#ncga: The NC Republican Senatorial Committee and the SD-25 GOP primary
Remember those “affiliated party committees”? They got rammed through Jones Street in response to the election of Hasan Harnett to the NCGOP chairmanship. *Can’t have the unwashed Tea Party hordes
Continue reading#ncpol: Haywood County. (Here we go again.)
It appears NCGOP attorney Tom Stark is taking a break from his Herculean — some might say quixotic — campaign to unseat Durham’s senator Floyd McKissick to resume beating up
Continue reading#ncga: Tide pods? (*Yummy!*)
The N&O’s AndyPaul Speck (*Spock? Spoke? Specht?*) — heir apparent to Colon “Toilet Boy” Campbell and John “The Shih Tzu” Frank — does a bang-up job transcribing and publishing crib
Continue reading#ncga: In 2018, Byrd just MIGHT be THE WORD
Moore County’s Jamie Boles has had it relatively easy in his decade in Raleigh. The Republican, representing state House district 52, easily knocked off a troubled incumbent in a crowded
Continue reading#ncpol: Wheels falling off of Shumaker’s ‘Trump-hug’ strategy?
Uber-consultant Paul Shumaker is advising candidates in two of the state’s most-watched congressional primaries: the GOP races in the 3rd and the 9th. Indian casino lobbyist (and Shumaker client) Scott
Continue readingReadin’, ‘Ritin, and RE-EDUCATIN’ …
It was, um, *inspiring* to see all of the woke leftists and their driveby media comrades fawning over all those little darlings walking out of class this week to protest
Continue readingNC-03: Dacey’s own #’s show a loss to Jones AND somebody named UNDECIDED.
There is an interesting strategy being put forth by NCGOPe types this cycle. Put a lot of bad news out there, and demand MO’ MONEY. We saw Matt Bales with
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