Veteran outside-the-beltline GOP leader expresses concern over NCGOP's election tactics | Eastern North Carolina Now

   Publisher's note: This article is an enlightening read from a "bare knuckles" Conservative online publication known as The Daily Haymaker. Furthermore, while this brief article is short on quantity, it is quite long on substance.

   To that same extent, I, Stan Deatherage, have long held the opinion that the party's top down approach to winning elections, rather than the bottom up approach to developing a grass roots infrastructure, is a losing proposition. My shared (think the Tea Party now in operation) purpose of a grass roots coalition, of like-minded believers in principled governing, is a much better approach, and consequently, my shared vision has proven to be right while the North Carolina Republican Party has proven to be wrong.

   As is well inferred in this post by our friend, Brant Clifton, DO NOT give your money, or any other resources for that matter, to any ancillary political group, and certainly not the NC GOP. It will probably be wasted compared to the better approach of getting involved to the point that you know who the good "political eggs" are, and thus allocate your money to that candidate or that "grass roots" group - i.e. the Tea Party. Your scarce resources will be more appreciated, and abundantly better applied to winning the better fight for the better argument. This is something that I am very sure of, and well defended on almost every level.

   I'm done for now. Here below is Brant's post.


    I had an interesting talk today with an individual who is (1) a well-known name in North Carolina Republican circles and (2) a battle-tested veteran of decades of political combat:

    "Pat McCrory is looking very good right now. It looks like he is going to be our next governor. It looks like we are going to keep our majorities in the legislature. The battlefield is really on the council of state races. That is where a lot of the big decisions on policy and expenditures happen. If Pat wants to be successful as governor, he is going to need all the help he can get. A Republican majority on the council of state would be a big help to a Governor McCrory. But Pat and his team are running around the state sucking up all of the money.

    We've got a great Republican ticket running for the council of state seats. They are all polling well against their Democrat opponents. Unfortunately, they are short on funds and name ID. Pat, with all of his money and name ID, could be a BIG help toward pushing these folks over the finish line and into the victory circle on election day. But Pat's team, and the folks at state party headquarters, are not doing a thing about it.
They are leaving these council of state candidates hanging out to dry."

    Recent news reports show that McCrory and the state party have outraised Democrat Walter Dalton and the state Democrat Party by FIVE TO ONE. My source tells me that the GOP candidates for lieutenant governor, treasurer, auditor, secretary of state, labor commissioner, insurance commissioner and agriculture commissioner have been meeting to try and form an alliance to pool their resources and help each other to victory in November:

    "This is so hard to understand. Why are these council of state candidates struggling for resources when the party is out-raising the Democrats by such a great margin? People give money to the state party believing that it will be used to build the Republican Party in this state and get as many Republicans as possible elected. Unfortunately, most of that money goes toward the grossly-inflated salaries of a small clique of consultants and politicos within the state party organization. We've got a great political climate for the GOP this year. It would be a shame to come up short in some of these races because we've got some selfish, greedy people holding the purse strings at state party headquarters."

    My source wanted me to encourage readers to avoid giving money directly to the state Republican Party. My source says people interested in actually getting Republicans elected to major offices in the state should donate DIRECTLY to individual campaigns.
Go Back


Leave a Guest Comment

Your Name or Alias
Your Email Address ( your email address will not be published)
Enter Your Comment ( no code or urls allowed, text only please )




Here come the Food Police The Daily Haymaker Guest Editorial, Editorials, Op-Ed & Politics The trouble with the Food Police


HbAD0

Latest Op-Ed & Politics

President Joe Biden took direct aim at Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas during a recent interview, referring to him simply as “the guy who likes to spend a lot of time on yachts.”
The best way the county and city can help hold down inflation is to resist all tax increases
Pope Francis lambasted leftist gender ideology during an address this week, warning that it presented an extreme danger to mankind.
amnesty would just encourage more illegal aliens to storm our borders
The Christmas candy was barely off the shelves when the Valentine’s candy appeared. Red and pink hearts with caramel and nut-filled chocolate goodness caught our eye. We are reminded of how we love love. Young love, especially.
far left sugar daddy has also funded anti-Israel groups and politicians in US
Be careful what you wish for, you may get it
America needs to wake up and get its priorities right

HbAD1

Former President Donald Trump suggested this week that if he becomes president again, he might allow Prince Harry to be deported.
It's a New Year, which means it's time to make resolutions — even for prominent evangelical leaders. The Babylon Bee asked the following well-known figures in the faith what they hope to accomplish in 2024:
Vice President Kamala Harris will visit a Minnesota Planned Parenthood clinic, reportedly the first time a president or vice president has visited an abortion facility.
An eight-mile stretch of the Blue Ridge Parkway near Asheville has been temporarily closed due to a string of “human and bear interactions,” the National Parks Service announced.
University of Wisconsin tried to punish conservatives for the fact that liberals regularly commit crimes to silence opposition
most voters think EU officials not doing a good job on illegal immigration
Come from behind by GOP candidate is a blueprint to 2024
Biden spending and energy policies to blame

HbAD2

 
Back to Top