Ted Cruz preaches. (We say ‘AMEN!’)
I’ve been missing Jesse Helms. I got to watch the man up close for nearly two years in DC. The guy didn’t play the Washington game. He called a spade
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#NC-02: 77 percent of Ellmers 2015 $$$ from PACs
That’s right. According to congresswoman Renee Ellmers’s filings with the FEC, roughly 77 percent of her 2015 fundraising came from PACs and other assorted special interest groups. From January 1
Continue readingShumaker has a dog in NCGOP’s AG primary fight
He was the top political adviser to renegade Republican legislator Richard Morgan. He ran Thom Tillis’s US Senate campaign. He’s reportedly the force behind the push for solar energy subsidies
Continue readingDC Dems: Burr can be gotten in 2016
They’re having a hard time finding someone to step up to the plate and challenge North Carolina’s senior US senator, but that hasn’t affected national Democrats’ attitude about North Carolina
Continue reading#NCSEN: Draft Mark Meadows for, um, SENATE ????
That’s what the website says. The 11th district congressman has become a hero in Tea Party circles for his resistance to House leadership efforts to abandon conservatism. He had his
Continue readingSC 2016: Again, with THIS ????
Well, the run-up to South Carolina’s presidential primary is already underway. It’s an every-four-years ritual. And with that ritual comes another ritual — moaning and hand-wringing about the Confederate flag
Continue reading#ncgop: A pile-on for leadership races
What started out as a runaway by SOMEBODY named Craig Collins and a re-anointing of Carolyn Justice as vice-chairman has evolved into a crowded circus atmosphere featuring vile rumors, physical threats, draft
Continue readingNC-02: A shot across Raleigh’s bow from district GOPers
They’re getting rowdy in North Carolina’s Second District. At last weekend’s district GOP convention, the delegates gave a rousing welcome to Jim Duncan, Renee Ellmers’s Tea Party challenger. They passed
Continue readingWant Change in 2016? Start NOW.
Are you frustrated with the current state of the NCGOP? Start organizing your like-minded friends to take over — or at least build a sizeable contingent within — your precinct
Continue reading#NCSEN: Senate Conservatives Fund targeting Burr for 2016?
Former South Carolina senator Jim DeMint caught a lot of grief while in office for actually believing that Republicans should vote in line with the party platform. He put together
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