Tag: convention

#NCGOP: Convention pre-game show

Posted on June 6, 2014June 6, 2014 by Brant Clifton

State Republicans are headed off to the furthest western regions of our state this weekend to hold their convention and plot a course for the next year. Observers are worried

When things get HOT, Tholl Road Thom takes his marbles and goes home

Posted on June 9, 2013June 10, 2013 by Brant Clifton

This was supposed to be a great weekend for Thom Tillis. He’s presiding over the state House at a historic time for the NCGOP. The state GOP convention was in

NCGOP Convention Scuttlebutt …

Posted on June 9, 2013June 9, 2013 by Brant Clifton

Well, it looks like the NCGOP will be led for the next two years by by Chairman Claude Pope of Brunswick County (formerly of Wake) and Vice-chairman Joyce Krawiec of

Brannon: Keep government in check, stand by The Constitution

Posted on June 8, 2013 by Brant Clifton

That’s the gist of the thesis Cary physician Greg Brannon, one of two announced GOP candidates for the 2014 US Senate primary, had for his audience at the NCGOP state

Did Rantin’ Robin spark an intra-party rebellion?

Posted on September 5, 2012 by Brant Clifton

We are still feeling the aftershocks from NCGOP chairman Robin Hayes’s videotaped Tony Soprano-style shakedown of North Carolina delegates at the Tampa convention. I’ve personally heard from numerous activists

NC Campaign 2012: A Tale of TWO videos

Posted on August 31, 2012 by Brant Clifton

Like many conservatives, I’ve been disappointed with A LOT of the cards we’ve been dealt this election season. Many of my Tea Party friends are trying HARD to rationalize

GOP establishment vs. Tea Party: Smokescreen in Tampa?

Posted on August 28, 2012 by Brant Clifton

Tea Partiers and other grassroots activists are cautioning that we should not buy into the report of a deal reportedly dousing a smouldering fight over GOP national

Peace, Love & Granola at the NC Democrat convention

Posted on June 18, 2012 by Brant Clifton

Rob Christensen has been SO concerned lately about a “hard right” turn in the NCGOP. There were no public reports of crotch-punching at the

NCGOP flier hubbub won’t die: Beaufort GOP leader criticizes state party leaders, demands apology

Posted on June 18, 2012 by Brant Clifton

In comments posted to the Beaufort County Now web site, Beaufort County GOP chairman Charles Hickman is criticizing state GOP leaders and demanding they apologize to activists from

NCGOP convention delegate says Speaker Tillis, party vice-chair King ‘bullied’ her

Posted on June 7, 2012 by Brant Clifton

Carteret County Republican activist Jessica Hult had an eye-opening experience as a delegate to the recent NCGOP convention in Greensboro: “I’ve been a delegate to the state