The winners have been announced for all the races for Republican state party Officers. GraniteGrok has recorded the announcements and remarks and will share the video as soon at is processed. Until then, here are the new Republican State Party officers.
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Setting Up at Pinkerton Academy for the NHGOP Annual Meeting [Updated]
GraniteGrok is on the road at Pinkerton Academy for the NHGOP Annual Meeting. We are here to cover the event from beginning to end. It’s also a field test for a pile of new equipment that we’ve never deployed. If all goes well we will provide live streaming coverage from multiple cameras and “reporters” throughout the … Read more
GraniteGrok Endorses in Both the NHGOP Race for Chairman and Vice-Chairman
This may or may not come as a surprise, but GraniteGrok.com has decided to make an endorsement in both the race for NHGOP Chairman and Vice-Chairman. For those unfamiliar with our process, it works like this. We ask all of our authors to vote. There are at least twenty (most of who write infrequently). But … Read more
Keith Stern: “If you put your hopes and future on Keith Hanson as the party chair I’m afraid you will be greatly disappointed.”
By Keith Stern: As a conservative Republican living in Vermont watching the progressives make this a state to exit I am following what is happening in New Hampshire and I am worried. Time is rapidly running out for your state. It could go the way of a progressive’s paradise as well. The leadership of the … Read more
Letter: Keith Hanson’s Vicious and False Allegations
We hear things. They are not always nice things. Especially when it comes to elections. This time it relates to the race for New Hampshire GOP Chair. Keith Hanson and Steve Stepanek are vying for that position. Pam Tucker and Kate Day are each running for NH GOP Vice-Chair. Funny, that vice chair race? I’ve heard … Read more
Road Show – GraniteGrok at the NH GOP Convention
First road show event for GraniteGrok of the new year – and hoping all the new gear will help us to bring a lot of livestreaming of political yakking and coverage of what’s going on in the auditorium. We can’t guarantee sparks and fireworks like there’s been in years past but hey, who knows what … Read more
2013’s Top Post: Democrat Civility Infects NHGOP – Sharleene Hurst Loses It – TWICE!
Once again short is sweet. In this post from 2013, Mike reports on some unhappiness at the NHGOP annual meeting. Diane Bitter, running for NHGOP Secretary, was verbally accosted by Rep. Sharleene Hurst. Mike reports that the bystanders intervened. But late, when no one was looking, Sharleen reported scribbled some unkind words on Diane’s sign up board. Upon … Read more
I’m Not Here to Support Republicans I’m Here to Support Their Principles
I was at a holiday event the other day. Almost exclusively political activists, Republican party folks. And we were discussing the NHGOP. The state Republican party meeting is almost upon us. So, Republicans in New Hampshire, all snug in their beds, have visions of platform changes dancing in their heads. Rules changes. New leadership. New … Read more
Steve Stepanek Has Clear Shot at NHGOP Chairmanship – Wayne MacDonald not Interested
Acting New Hampshire Republican Party Chair Wayne MacDonald will not seek re-election. This clears a path for candidate Steve Stepanek when the party meets on January 26th. Steve announced a few weeks ago and is the only candidate still standing. Speculation that Mike Biundo might seek the post collapsed when he declined. NHGOP Vice-Chair Matt Mayberry was … Read more
Steve Stepanek Announces Bid To Lead New Hampshire GOP
Steve Stepanek has formally announced his bid to become the next Chairman of the New Hampshire Republican Party. The Union Leader quotes Stepanek as saying that, “At this juncture, the Republican Party doesn’t exist in New Hampshire as an organization,” … “It has failed in fundraising and organization; and we need to completely revamp what’s going on … Read more
What the Hell are We Doing?
by Rebecca Bailey It’s no wonder that almost 6,175 people voted in Hanover and 2,590 in Plymouth a vast majority being democrats leading to losses for County seats and executive council. (see quote below and view the link provided) Meanwhile, we the Grafton County and State Republicans, have in-fighting over ridiculous issues. We hang onto … Read more
Money Is Not the Problem for NH GOP
by Jon DiPietro Nobody asked me what the NH GOP’s biggest problem is. And few, if any, will care what I have to say. But that’s OK because I’ve been through this before in another volunteer organization and I know how change works. More on that later. In this article, I’m going to answer the … Read more
“I get we like to fight for what’s right, but I wish it were channeled against our common foe”
The NHGOP recently held scheduled an event at a venue owned by a notorious Democrat donor. Skip took them to the woodshed. They didn’t care for that. In one email exchange he forwarded to me from someone who sounds like they are inside the State Republican Party (or carry their water) we got this response.
I really try to wrap my head around the circular firing squad we so often engage. I get we like to fight for what’s right, but instead of just fighting for fighting’s sake, I wish it were channeled against our common foe.
Help me out here? Who exactly is this common foe? How do we recognize them?
Jeanie Forrester Has Resigned as NHGOP Chair [Update 2]
That’s all I got. More when we have it.
[Updated] Well, now we’ve got this tweet.
[Update 2]
“I have been offered an opportunity to work with local government and, effective June 30, I will no longer serve as chairman of the Republican State Committee,” Forrester wrote.
NHGOP -Military & Veterans Appreciation BBQ TONIGHT!
REMINDER: We have our Military & Veterans Appreciation BBQ TONIGHT! Details are below: Who: Veterans and their families are invited from across New Hampshire – numerous veteran leaders and elected officials What: Military & Veteran Appreciation Event and BBQ! Where: Derry VFW, 18 Railroad Ave, Derry, NH 03038 When: Tonight, May 24, 2018; 6PM-8PM Why: Celebrate May as Military Appreciation Month with members … Read more
Maybe Chris Sununu Can Get Re-Elected if He Signs HB1319, But What About Everyone Else?
I don’t get out a lot these days, but Thursday night (at the invitation of another) I ventured over to the Atkinson Country Club for the Rockingham County Republican Committee Washington – Lincoln – Reagan (Founders) dinner. It was good to see and be seen. The food was delicious and the keynote speaker, Carly Fiorina, … Read more
So, Dave Solomon from the Union Leader, who was your little snitch that ran right to you?
Not that I would expect him to tell us but it is clear that somebody thought they could puff up their chests for some dufus reason. At least he quoted my printed word correctly:
And they wonder why the base is starting to snarl.
(It’s hard to miss when it is in black and white). And what I’ve said before, is that Concord often follows Washington DC in Republican voting, has been repeated once again. Major bills that should have passed, after we gave the GOP the House, the Senate, and the Corner Office, have failed. Important ones to the conservative base. Ones that should have breezed through – if the NH GOP patrolled itself a bit better. We do the heavy lifting come vote time – like any investor, we expect an ROI on that investment of time, effort, and sometimes, real money. At the end of the season, why shouldn’t we, like investors at quarterly/end year, look back and say “were they worth it”? What you’re hearing is “er, nope” (stronger terms should be imagined).
JHo Plot To Wreck NHGOP Platform Get’s Stuffed
Long story short, because you’ll get the long story soon enough, Jennifer Horn is trying to strip traditional marriage out of the Republican state party platform. (Read Carolyn’s brilliant rebuttal to that here.) But someone challenged Jho’s credentials as a delegate.
Kathy Dunton did play-by-play on her facebook page as the events unfolded.
https://www.facebook.com/kathy.dunton.7/posts/10156443278329697
Marriage and the NHGOP
By Carolyn McKinney – (Reposted)
To advocates for removing “traditional” from marriage in the NHGOP platform.
First, you are guilty of using the most frustrating and pernicious leftist debate tactic.
To try to make your case, you use examples outside the norm – such as families who adopt, grandparents raising their grandchildren, single parents due to the death of a spouse – in an attempt to undermine the norm. It’s no different than those who are pro-abortion trying to undermine opposition to abortion by raising rare cases of rape and incest, or more recently, using the existence of intersex persons to try to undermine natural sex/gender.
Many of us have friends or family whose situation is exactly one of those examples, but their efforts are a compassionate response to a crisis, not something that we should set as a legal standard.
Second, articulating an ideal is not exclusionary.
Watching for Thursday’s House Numbers
I’m an indie voter with some passionately Republican friends who held forth this morning about the need to back the GOP in November, etc. etc. etc. I just let them talk. Good people, strong convictions, lots of enthusiasm. But you wanna sell some voters on the GOP? Let’s see a few numbers after this week’s … Read more