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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 … Read more
The annual meeting of the New Hampshire Republican State Committee (NH GOP) is this coming Saturday. During that time, official NH State Committee Party Members will be voting on a number of positions, and Diane Bitter is running to fill the position of Assistant Secretary. We at GraniteGrok have been blessed to have now known … Read more
Even though the last question was the last formal question, Pam and I kept on talking after I had turned off the camera. Here, you will see that I picked it up and turned it on again as what we were discussing I thought were important. So, just call this “The Questions after the Last Question” edition. We talked about the concept of Freedom, the value of the 10th Amendment, and the importance of the Party Platform:
Previous Questions: (on the jump)
Project Veritas strikes again. This time, in Attorney General Eric Holders own Precinct.
Since this series of questions was done, most towns have had their local elections (be they SB2 based or the traditional formats). This season, a number of conservatives and libertarians who are Republicans lost their bid for local offices and were replaced by rather hard-left leaning folks (e.g., Carla Horn, a real self-avowed Leftist that would fit in well with the Democrat Socialists of American won over a really good conservative, Colette Worseman up in Meredith; I and a few others lost in Gilford). Many politically active folks on the Right have been watching the ‘staff up’ being done by the Dems, ostensibly for the Presidential election – it is now evident that they had active hands in organizing in these elections too (as well as the Unions).
Thus, this question, a future-now-past, proves that there is a problem: Can you, as Committeewoman, help nudge the NH GOP to better assist local elections “below the NH House races (think: farm team)?
Previous Questions: (on the jump)
Smart Girl Politics Action launches “They Don’t Speak for Us” asking women to put the conversation back on real issues important to women. Women are forced everyday to make sacrifices and its time that we put pressure on Congress and this Administration to stop playing games and get back to work for the American people. … Read more
Next to last question and again to the grassroots organization. As with the other interviews, the idea is to get a sense of what people in leadership within the NH GOP (as she is the Deputy Speaker) are thinking about the Liberty and Freedom groups that have a stand off view of the NH GOP. Can and will these pitches be believed – and should the L & F groups once again think there is a place for them other than as shock troops:
Your message to the TEA Party and 9/12 Project members?
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From California: …The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals rejected a legal challenge filed against Proposition 209, the 1996 initiative approved by California voters, which argued that the law discriminates against minority students in admissions to California universities. The three-judge panel said that the court was bound by a 1997 9th Circuit ruling that upheld … Read more
OK, getting near the end of the questions. This one was dear to me, coming out of the Conservative grassroots here in NH where many believe that the “Established” (sometimes called “The Five Families” right now) have some lip service but little regard for what “the little people” believe and work for in the trenches. The common complaint is “Why won’t you stand up for what I believe in?”. Sure, the Established makes the right syllables vocal during the campaigns, does the requisite backslapping to urge the boots on the ground onward, the election happens, everyone does the “Happy Dance” – and then don’t bother with syllables again. Bills come up that would implement (or get closer to) what the regular folk worked for, and took arrows for from family, friends, and neighbors – and then watch Republicans take a walk. Much more in the NH Senate but also happened in the NH House. So why should the grassroots support the Party as this happens over, and over, and over again?
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Continuing on the same theme as our sixth question (“How verbose will you be in defending Republican ideals as Committeewoman during the election season?”)to Pam Tucker as she is striving to be the next RNC Committeewoman from NH is still oriented to the upcoming election season as we know that the Democrats are now cranking … Read more
In addition to seeking to be the next RNC Committeewoman, Pam Tucker has something that her opponent cannot claim to have: experience as the current Deputy Speaker of the NH House where she has been intimately involved with policy and the legislation. One of the claims this session is that the Republicans have been concentrating on fiscal matters and making NH more biz friendly even as the media is hyping the social issues (to which my retort is “there is ALWAYS a fiscal cost to every social issue!”). So, I challenged Pam: “show me the list!”
A couple days later, she sent the list – take a look after the jump!
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Here is the conclusion of my interview with Amherst Republican Town Committee Chairman, Mark Vincent. Mark is running for the position of NHGOP Area 3 Vice Chair. We talk about New Hampshire Citizen’s perception of the NH-GOP, State party enrollment, Fundraising, and Mark’s closing remarks. (Questions 7 and 8 here) (Questions 5 and 6) (Questions … Read more
In Part three of my interview with Gary Krupp, candidate for the Merrimack School Board, we talk about working with unions and bargaining units, technology, people asking him about creationism, and even “Everyday Math” (You can see Part 1 here) (Part 2 here)
Here is part two of my interview with Gary Krupp, candidate for the Merrimack School Board. We continued to talk about his qualifications, experience, with an emphasis on finding efficiencies, working with unions and bargaining units, and some other facets of his candidacy. Note: Thanks to my video editor this is now in three parts … Read more
Given that my opinion is that the current NH GOP Chair is not being all that vocal concerning Republican ideals and stances into the public square, this was a natural question for me to ask – heck, all Republicans ought to be asking their NH GOP organizational “higher ups” (like Chairs, Secretaries, Treasurers, and the … Read more
More questions, and more answers. I picked up on something that Pam had said earlier and bluntly asked – what needs to be protected in the NH GOP platform? And here was her response: Note: Also, we have been getting some observations and questions in the previous posts’ comments, mostly from Commenter “C. dog e. … Read more
Gary Krupp is a candidate for the School Board in the town of Merrimack, New Hampshire. As a Major in the US Air Force, Gary has had extensive experience with contracts, budgets, and negotiations with contractors and unions. He has also served on the Merrimack School board Budget Committee. I sat down with Gary to … Read more
Ah yes, the second point – the pitch. The first point is that every politician has to know why they are running. The latter can be simple (“somebody asked me to, and I said ‘why not?’”) involved (i.e., a whole series of either interlocked or random issues that finally, in toto, reached a tipping point), … Read more
Continuing on with our interview with Pam Tucker who is running to be the next RNC (Republican National Committee) Committeewoman from the NH Republican Party, we switched our emphasis to that of the Party platform. This document represents the approved (by the State Committee in toto) philosophy and political stances of the NH GOP. As … Read more
Continuing on with GraniteGrok’s interview with Pam Tucker (currently the Deputy Speaker of the NH House of Representatives) who is running to be the next RNC (Republican National Committee) Committeewoman from NH. We have a series of questions that we asked; here is Question 2: Why should the ordinary Republican care who their RNC Committeewoman … Read more