Tag: NCGOP

#ncgop: Poole OUT (Who’s IN?)

Posted on August 10, 2015August 10, 2015 by Brant Clifton

The soap opera at NCGOP HQ took another crazy turn today as executive director Todd Poole, surprisingly, bid adieu: Todd Poole, who has been executive director of the state’s Republican

#ncgop: Kristen Laster, on the job.

Posted on August 9, 2015 by Brant Clifton

The 2015 NCGOP platform calls for repealing the state’s renewable energy mandates. (Those mandates have led to some serious cronyism and costly subsidies between politicians, solar companies and other alternative

#ncga: Jason NEEDS money. (Send money.)

Posted on August 7, 2015 by Brant Clifton

The Tom James Company’s top customer in the General Assembly has an urgent plea for his colleagues: Time for Fundraising Dear Colleagues: As we hopefully approach the end to this

#NCGOP — Gambling, govt child care, and solar subsidies: Welcome to Kristen’s World

Posted on August 2, 2015 by Brant Clifton

It’s astounding. The Central Committee of the North Carolina GOP actually struggled with the idea of whether or not to hire someone as chief fundraiser who is IN BED with

A Republican Rumble

Posted on August 1, 2015 by Brant Clifton

*Gosh. I can’t think of a better way to spend a Saturday afternoon than sitting through a NCGOP Central Committee meeting.* (Wait. Did I just say that out loud?) Actually,

in the Money: Solar subsidy lobbyist lands BIG job at NCGOP

Posted on July 31, 2015July 31, 2015 by Brant Clifton

Those of us who were hoping for big things following the stunning results of the NCGOP state convention are not exactly doing cartwheels in response to the announced staff changes

#ncpol: Meet the chairman of the House Committee on BIG Cojones

Posted on July 29, 2015July 29, 2015 by Brant Clifton

There he goes again, showing his colleagues how to behave like a conservative. One has to wonder how long it will take for Patrick McHenry (R-NC-10) to run whining to

Is Team McCrory issuing political ‘hits’ on Senate leaders?

Posted on July 27, 2015 by Brant Clifton

It sounds like something out of one of The Godfather movies, or the final days of Nixon. But the reports we’re getting make that headline look like a real possibility.

#ncpol: Pumping up Pat

Posted on July 23, 2015 by Brant Clifton

Being governor is HARD. Legislators are not very nice to you sometimes. People on the Internet get a little rough. Sometimes you need a little encouragement — a little

Shumaker has a dog in NCGOP’s AG primary fight

Posted on July 20, 2015 by Brant Clifton

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