We beg to differ, Mr. Chairman …
We’re just rolling back in to Haymaker HQ after a long relaxing, enjoyable Independence Day weekend. Over the weekend, we noticed that NCGOP chairman Claude Pope commented on our post
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Craven Co. GOP – Thom Tillis spat MAY cost Craven GOP chairman HIS JOB
You may recall our previous coverage of efforts by Craven County Republicans to censure state House Speaker Thom Tillis. What is behind all of this? Well, local activists have long
Continue readingThe state budget impasse: It’s ALL Pat’s fault !!!
It’s amazing. Bill Barber, Chris Fitzsimon, and their echo chambers at McClatchy and WRAL have been trying to sell us that a hard-right revolution is sweeping through Raleigh — making
Continue readingNCGOP releases 2013 party platform. (Will elected GOPers notice?)
The platform document approved at the recent NCGOP state convention has been released to the public. If you’ll recall, there was a bit of a hubbub at the
Continue readingThe “Hamlet” of Harnett STILL publicly playing footsie with the media over #NCSEN race
Will she, or won’t she? (WHO CARES ????) McClatchy and WRAL — and the political chattering classes — apparently are concerned about whether US Rep. Renee Ellmers, conqueror of Bobby
Continue readingSome needed corrections for The NC Department of Corrections
State Senator Thom Goolsby (R-Wilmington) has pointed out something that should have all Tar Heel State residents concerned: There are 149 convicted criminals who are supposed to be serving their
Continue reading#NCSEN 2014: GOP field about to become a threesome?
It is looking more and more like Charlotte pastor Mark Harris is about to join Cary physician Greg Brannon and state House Speaker Thom Tillis in the May 2014 GOP
Continue readingAfter Supreme Court rulings, all eyes are on Roy Cooper and Amendment One
Well, the US Supreme Court has stripped key provisions out of the federal Defense of Marriage Act — which kept the feds from paying benefits to “married” gay couples. The
Continue readingContinuing Resolution: Leadership #FAIL for GOP in Raleigh
The NCGOP has supermajorities in both chambers of the General Assembly. The Democrats can’t stop a thing. (They’re all out in the lobby getting ziptied with Bill Barber.) The NCGOP
Continue readingAn Identity Crisis: NC House GOP & Speaker Thom
Rob “Mr. Politics” Christensen tells us that “tax reform” is dead and buried. Never mind that a proposal to abolish the corporate income tax is very much alive and well
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