Campaign $$$$ shenanigans: A Woodhouse family affair?
The revelations from James O’Keefe’s videos about Brad Woodhouse and his group inspired one of my associates to make a comparison to the Carolina Rising affair of 2014 and 2015.
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Heritage Action: Burr most liberal NCGOPer in DC; Holding, Meadows MOST conservative
Heritage Action’s scorecard is looking a lot like what Conservative Review found. Heritage finds that congressmen George Holding and Mark Meadows (tied at 90%) are leading the pack in North
Continue reading#ncga: Allen McNeill and a report card full of Cs, Ds, and Fs
State Rep. Allen McNeill (R), who represents Randolph County and parts of Moore County, has an opponent on the November ballot. He’s gladly running under the GOP banner, but has
Continue readingThings to think about before going to the polls
Here we go: HB2. Gov. McCrory explained this beautifully in the second debate. Too bad the drive bys didn’t give a crap about relaying that information to their dwindling audiences.
Continue readingNo NRA love for Lt. Dan?
Here’s one more thing to add to the list of strange things about Campaign 2016. The National Rifle Association’s Political Victory Fund sent out orange “Election Alert” postcards this week.
Continue readingOur choices for the 2016 vote
Here in yellow-dog Republican Moore County, people are flooding our ONE early voting station. Record turnout not seen since 2008, say local elections officials. Here at Haymaker HQ, we
Continue readingVote Buck Newton for Attorney General. (It’s important.)
Over the last four years, we’ve seen how important it is to have state-level leaders ready to fight for us against the federal leviathan. Roy Cooper has stood around, picking
Continue readingAnother $7.5 million HIT. (Is The N&O headed the way of Gawker?)
Wrestler Hulk Hogan took the lefty muckraking site Gawker to court over the posting of a sex tape. He got MORE money than he asked for, and Gawker ended
Continue reading#ncpol: It’s ALL about the top of the ticket
I’ve had some recent conversations with some behind the scenes heavy-hitters in North Carolina politics. Their common message, from both sides of the aisle? : Pay no attention to
Continue reading“The dozens” meet #ncgovdebate
Roy Cooper and Pat McCrory and Jim Stockdale Lon Cecil got together for a debate last night. Believe it or not, HB2 got mentioned. (I know — SHOCKING.) *Can
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