Mark Harris, back in the political pulpit
A familiar name to many long-time NC politics watchers resurfaced in the filing for the June special primaries. Charlotte pastor Mark Harris — a surprise last minute entry into the
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ONE US House seat. 17 GOP candidates. (Welcome to campaign 2016.)
Well, filing for the special June primary ended yesterday. And we here at Haymaker HQ are not envying the Republican voters of the new 13th congressional district. Apparently, every Tom,
Continue reading#ncpol: A chat with Hasan
I had the chance, for the first time ever, to communicate directly with the chairman of the NCGOP. I have to say I was pleasantly surprised at how calm and
Continue reading#ncpol: The chairman strikes back (with pictures!)
Yes, Hasan Harnett has returned fire in the very public political spat that has the chattering classes chattering and his continued chairmanship of the NCGOP on the line. He sent
Continue readingONE MORE piece of dishonesty uncovered in ConnectNC scam
Hey, what’s ONE MORE LIE between friends suckers fellow human beings um, whatever? Nick Ochsner of Charlotte’s WBTV — the last driveby even pretending to DO HIS JOB — has
Continue readingTexts: NCGOP’s Woodhouse, Steward appear to be driving anti-Harnett effort
It appears that several members of the NCGOP Central Committee and various other muckety-mucks got together for a group text session: The content of the text screenshots we received indicate
Continue readingBrannon IN, Roche OUT in NC-02 (Vernon Robinson IN for NC-13?)
Fresh off of losing his second straight US Senate primary race, Cary physician Greg Brannon is NOW setting his sights on the new 2nd congressional district US House seat currently held
Continue readingTHEY’RE BACK !!! (Filing for June starts …)
Just when you thought you were going to get a break from the signs, ads, robo-calls, polls and other zaniness, it’s BACK. Yes, the filing period for the June special
Continue readingLazy, shiftless driveby media STILL beating that DEAD racism horse
If we’re going to hold every performer / politician / public figure / writer / speaker / etc. responsible for the actions of their supporters, let’s at least be evenhanded
Continue readingThe Art Pope myth
t’s funny. I hear all of this whining and gnashing-of-the-teeth from the left about “conservative bogeyman” Art Pope. He gets portrayed as some kind of crusading right-winger with deep pockets
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