#ncga: Somebody call a plumber.
Some folks were seething inside a House GOP caucus meeting today. What were the accelerants for all that burning — that fire? I’m told there were two things: (1) the fact
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#ncga: Changing their tune on primary date. (Hearing footsteps? Smelling the smoke of the mob’s torches?)
At first, legislative leaders — led by Rep. David Lewis — were cheerleading hard for moving North Carolina’s presidential primary from May to March. The move, he and his allies
Continue reading#ncgop: Like Hall & Oates sang — ‘She’s Gone.’
She’s gone, she’s gone Oh, why Oh, why I better learn how to face it She’s gone, she’s gone Oh, why Oh, why I’d pay the devil to replace her
Continue reading#ncgop: search committee formed for ED post. (crickets re: Laster)
Last month, we had quite a hubbub in a closed NCGOP central committee meeting about the decision to hire solar industry lobbyist Kristen Laster as the party’s new finance director.
Continue readingNC-02: She’s Lyyyyyyyyying. (Her lips are moving.)
Renee Ellmers is running to and fro trying to convince low-information voters across the Second District that she has been a valiant warrior princess against ObamaCare. This week, she was
Continue reading#ncga: Fear and loathing in the caucus meeting
There were a lot of headlines celebrating an alleged agreement between House and Senate leaders on a new state budget. The magic number? $21.735 billion. This number has both
Continue readingEducation spending: Surrendering on the Mo’ Money meme?
Liberals preach the gospel of spending more money to save the world and take care of EVERYONE. The alleged conservative party in this country has a platform that suggests it
Continue readingA McCrory power play? (Gov.’s team pushing Ricky Diaz for top NCGOP staff post.)
Young Ricky Diaz of New Jersey has certainly caught the fancy of North Carolina’s Republican governor. He was Pat McCrory’s campaign spokesman in 2012. Diaz was the governor’s spokesman for
Continue readingHeritage Action: Jones is US House’s most conservative NCGOPer
Walter Jones’s primary foes are working hard to paint him as a liberal and a “Pelosi Republican.” The latest scorecard from Heritage Action ranks Jones as the most conservative House
Continue reading#ncgop: Poole OUT (Who’s IN?)
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
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