#ncga: Hager? Hager? Hager? Anyone?
Mike Hager came into office as majority leader with such promise. He spent the last session as majority whip. Hager was the architect of sweeping legislation that would have wiped
Continue readingNCGOP: The return of Wayne King?
Raleigh-based sources familiar with the inner workings of the NCGOP tell me that a group of leaders — including state House majority leader Mike Hager — are lobbying former party
Continue reading#NCGA: Jones Street mafia targeting Civitas, Locke & US ????
Apparently, General Maximus has unleashed hell upon the powers-that-be within the North Carolina General Assembly. From what I hear, the common folks beyond the beltline DID NOT vote in a Republican
Continue readingClub For Growth: Foxx, Meadows, Jones MOST conservative NCGOPers in House for 2014
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
Continue reading#ncgop: Pope OUT, MCHenry ally IN?
Sources tell me that members of the NCGOP Executive Committee were informed via email this morning that current state party chairman Claude Pope will not be seeking another term in
Continue reading#ncga: Some common sense on the gas tax, NC Competes
House speaker Tim Moore and the rest of the GOP leadership in Raleigh are crowing about how much better off we’ll be now that they’ve approved an increase in the
Continue reading#ncga: GOP leaders passing stuff with Democrat votes
In Washington, House speaker John Boehner has shown he has no issue with pushing legislation that flies in the face of the GOP platform and needs Democrat votes in order
Continue readingNCGOP once again meddling in local politics?
Are Republican power-brokers in the state trying to manipulate party organizations at the local level? It’s starting to look that way. We reported on US Rep. Renee Ellmers issuing an
Continue reading#NCGA: Speaker’s team issues talking points to help spin NC Competes Act & gas tax hike
Our cadre of spies on Jones Street has struck pay-dirt once again. We have in our clutches a March 6 email authored by Mollie Young, House Speaker Tim Moore’s director of communications. The
Continue readingNC-02: Ellmers wades into contested county GOP chairman election
Only a small sliver of Cumberland County sits in the Second Congressional District, but incumbent US Rep. Renee Ellmers is extracting her dark brown nose from leadership rectums on Capitol Hill
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