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More Endorsements for Hemingway: Pam Tucker and Cliff Hurst

At a ‘meet and greet’ for Andrew Hemingway on Tuesday night, attended by Andrew, his family, and more than 50 supporters (mostly NHGOP delegates), there was an upbeat atmosphere, lots of offers to help persuade a few more committee members, and several ringing endorsements, including Pam Tucker and Cliff Hurst. Here’s Pam, as she lays …

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Vote For My Girl, Or I’ll Turn Ugly

Just when you thought the skullduggery in the NHGOP couldn’t get any worse, the establishment tipped its hand spectacularly. First the history: When Jack Kimball surprised the establishment and won the chairmanship in 2011, and scored a small victory for conservatism, they couldn’t stop him getting the job, but they could certainly make it impossible …

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Looks like we’re not the only ones demanding NH GOP Chair Wayne MacDonald’s resignation – or ouster

Given what we’ve posted about this topic (here, here, here and here), this from FaceBook Sounds.Just.About.Right.: Cliff Hurst has worked tirelessly for the Republican Party for decades as a citizen-activist, Chairman of the Manchester Republican Committee, and currently serves as Vice-Chairman of the New Hampshire Republican State Committee. Looks like other folks have the same …

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Indeed: “…the TEA Party lives on in grassroots activists determined to see change.” Final thoughts on yesterday’s NH GOP Annual meeting

Indeed, indeed. Those involved in the TEA Party movement are still around.  They were lambasted three years ago for being “amateurs”, thinking that holding clever signs would change things, that they were too white, too middle class, leaderless, and if the media and Democrats were to be believed, would soon go home to their living …

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GraniteGrok Endorsement: At the NH GOP Annual Meeting, Please vote for Cliff Hurst for Vice-Chair

Along with Diane Bitter, we are also endorsing Cliff Hurst to be the next Vice-Chair.  Yes, right now he is running unopposed but one never knows what might happen at the meeting itself from the floor.  Regardless, we are asking other NH State GOP Committee members to vote for Cliff for this position.  If you …

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GrokTV Special Interview: Cliff Hurst running for NH GOP Vice-Chair (Question 8)

This is the last of the questions that Cliff Hurst that the ‘Grok asked – one near and dear to GraniteGrok and to many others that brings up the event where Jack Kimball was forced out of the Chairmanship of the NH GOP (even as technically, it was a resignation): What is your message to …

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GrokTV Special Interview: Cliff Hurst running for NH GOP Vice-Chair (Question 7)

Next to last question for Cliff Hurst who is running to fill the open slot of Vice-Chair of the NH GOP at the annual meeting April 14th.  The seventh question I asked is one similar to that which has been addressed by both NH House Speaker Bill O’Brien and Ovide Lamontagne (who is running to …

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GrokTV Special Interview: Cliff Hurst running for NH GOP Vice-Chair (Question 6)

Questions?  We have questions?  The only thing of which we have a higher quantity of than questions is opinions (go ahead, try us – I dare you!).  So, in talking with Cliff Hurst, I had a few more questions for him than I normally do ask in these kinds of “micro-interviews” (which, with this question, …

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