Tag: NCGOP

#ncga: Fletch Rents

Posted on June 19, 2015 by Brant Clifton

Political consultant do a lot of things for their clients. Not many play landlord for them. We’ve been following the unusual case of state senator Fletcher Hartsell (RINO-Cabarrus) —

#ncgop: Todd Poole, the establishment’s last stand?

Posted on June 19, 2015 by Brant Clifton

There’s a new player in the state politics blogosphere. It’s run by former McCrory administration employees. It’s financed by folks close to the governor. It puts out the GOPe(stablishment) spin.

#ncga [ Heard the one about the RINO and the prosecutor? (Stop US if you have …) ]

Posted on June 17, 2015June 17, 2015 by Brant Clifton

It took two-and-a-half years, but state Senator Fletcher Hartsell’s (RINO-Cabarrus) campaign finance / ethics case is going to get some attention from an actual bona fide prosecutor: More than $600

On the air with Hasan Harnett

Posted on June 16, 2015 by Brant Clifton

The newly-minted chairman of the NCGOP took to the airwaves this morning on Greenville-based WTIB’s “Talk of the Town.” Guest host Doug Raymond spent about 20 minutes picking the brain

#ncga [Dem consulting / lobbying group shares address with Jeter’s business]

Posted on June 14, 2015June 14, 2015 by Brant Clifton

Boy things are getting curiouser and curiouser. (And the moles sure are working hard, aren’t they?) We posted earlier about State Rep. Charles Jeter’s campaign and a lobbying / consulting

#ncgop [Hatin’ on A.J. and Hasan]

Posted on June 8, 2015June 8, 2015 by Brant Clifton

A lot of folks sit around scratching their heads wondering why MORE quality people don’t step forward to offer themselves up for public service. Well, after looking at some of

#ncgop [Fear of a five-letter word]

Posted on June 7, 2015 by Brant Clifton

We wrote earlier about discussions by insiders of possibly transferring a bunch of money out of NCGOP coffers right under the nose of new NCGOP chairman Hasan Harnett. The big

#ncgop (Hasan, like Ringo Starr, needs a little help from his friends)

Posted on June 7, 2015 by Brant Clifton

Hasan Harnett certainly shocked the political world this weekend. It’s also become clear that the establishment is not going to play nice with the new NCGOP chairman. (Lt. Governor Dan

#NCGOP Long knives already out for Nix, Harnett

Posted on June 6, 2015June 6, 2015 by Brant Clifton

I am really starting to look like a psychic. In a previous post about Hasan Harnett’s upset win in the NCGOP chairman’s race, I talked about the possibility of sore

#NCGOP (Damn! Was that an Earthquake ????)