Event

We are at the Sheraton Crowne Plaza in Nashua, NH for the annual NRCC "Steak Out" event.  Stuff is set up, sound checks done, cameras on, and are ready for the shindig to start around Noonish.  Actually, it has already started with a VIP Reception with: Andrew Breitbart James O’Keefe as the special speakers.   … Read more

Along with Congressman Thaddeus McCotter speaking at the CNHT picnic this past Saturday, a number of other candidates had "surrogates" (designated people, be they volunteers or paid staffers / consultants / operatives) stand up and speak for them.  Again, this event is all about the politics and each of the candidates knew that they had … Read more

While this is an "off year", the race for the Republican nomination for President is in now in second gear and ready to shift to third.  Normally, one might have thought that there would have been a number of the actual candidates to show up but while there were surrogates to speak for several of … Read more

OK, I THOUGHT I was going to be able to live stream the Coalition for NH Taxpayers annual Picnic on Saturday.  Well…I have to apologize as right after I posted this, people started coming over to our table, sat down, and expected to yak with us.  So, we talked – and I never got the … Read more

Another speaker at CNHT’s annual picnic was NH GOP Chair, Jack Kimball: Note: he was one of the speakers that command the attention of almost all of the activists gathered at the Hillsborough VFW (down some from last year, but still a VERY respectable couple to three hundred turning out to meet, greet, gab, and … Read more

Continuing on with those that spoke at the CNHT annual picnic was Phyllis Woods.  While she is the NH GOP’s Committeewoman to the RNC, Phyllis is revered in the Conservative movement in NH for her dedication to Conservative ideals and her efforts to get more Conservative women to become candidates and to run (and win) … Read more

Another speaker was Ovide Lamontagne.  Narrowly losing to (now US Senator) Kelly Ayotte in the Republican Primary, Ovide has not left the political stage – he has continued to be present at Republican and Conservative events all over the State. And yes, as was said yesterday "Lord willing and Betty’s approval", he may well be … Read more

We are LIVE at the annual CNHT Picnic – a MUST be here for any NH Conservative or Conservative Group.  Steve is here, so we will be doing our usual gig of live streaming and interview. Speaking of LIVE – last year, there was no access.  In looking over (having JUST arrived), we have access!.  … Read more

A GrokTV Special Event: click on the live video stream below to join in the fun!  Send us an email at GrokTalk@GraniteGrok.com if you have any questions for any guest – we’ll try out best to ask! Online video chat by Ustream

As I said here, GraniteGrok is at one of the biggest Conservative conferences held during the year: RightOnline.  A response to the annual Netroots Nation (think MoveOn.org), it runs a number of educational tracks to teach conservative activits how to best be on line effectively. Click here to join in – we’ll pop up announcements … Read more

Friday nite, GraniteGrok went on board the M/S Mt. Washington that plies the waters of Lake Winnipesaukee as it was the night of the annual Belknap County Republican "First in the Nation" Cruise.  The boat was packed with political junkies, operatives, elected officials, and of course, a number of Presidential candidates on the Republican side … Read more

This is the second half of Herman Cain’s speech (first half here) at a house event at Diane Bitter’s last night:

Last night, GraniteGrok was invited to a house event held by TEA Party (and Republican) activist Diane Bitter for Herman Cain, an announced candidate for the Republican nomination for President.  Approximately 85-100 folks showed up to listen to Herman lay out his case as to why they should be supporting and voting for him in … Read more

Following the introductory ceremonies and the introduction by Jack Kimball (NH GOP Chair), Herman Cain took the stage and outlined his take on the current political events and why the assembled folks should support his candidacy: Part 1: Part 2: Coming Soon!

The majority of the evening’s event is here.  As with all events, there is a closing – this is it. We also live streamed the event; here is the recording of the Summit portion of the event: Video streaming by Ustream

The second part of the event held Friday night was AFP/NH’s Presidential Summit on Spending and Job creation.  Of COURSE, Corey had some problems in calming the crowd (having taken a break for, well, the actual dinner part of the Dinner) who, having finished their repasts, were now back to engaging in what political folks … Read more

With the preliminaries done and the introductory speakers having spoken, Ovide Lamontagne had the chance to speak on his own behalf: