Tom Campbell’s campaign has reached a point of being embarrassing. As you’re probably already aware, State Senator Kelly Armstrong beat Campbell for the NDGOP endorsement at last week’s State Convention. The numbers weren’t even close. Armstrong came away with 847 [read more…]
The NDGOP State Convention kicked off in Grand Forks today. While there was no official call to order or endorsing of candidates, according to an agenda we were able to obtain, the days activities consisted of: Resolutions Committee Meetings State [read more…]
Despite their dominance in North Dakota politics, the NDGOP baffles me at times. This is especially true with how they’ve handled their choice of a keynote speaker to the State Convention this weekend. Late last month, Vice President Mike Pence [read more…]
We have too many awful Republicans in Washington. Can we just admit it? I know it’s uncomfortable. I don’t like saying it. But those in the party who categorize themselves as conservatives, constitutionalists, or libertarian need to accept this– if [read more…]
America is in the midst of a heated debate about guns in school, arming teachers, and gun control. The debate was triggered last month when a 19-year old lunatic entered a school in Parkland, Florida and killed 17 people. Since [read more…]
Long before Congressman Kevin Cramer decided to jump into the U.S. Senate race, I expressed my opinion that he was the NDGOP’s best hope of unseating Democratic incumbent Heidi Heitkamp. While we’re a long way from November’s general election, all [read more…]
Last October, in the aftermath of the horrific shooting in Las Vegas, we published an article in which I suggested that the goal of the anti-gun lobby is much deeper than banning silencers or bump stocks. Prior to the Vegas [read more…]
Today it was reported that former Vice President Joe Biden is scheduled to be the keynote speaker at next month’s 2018 Democratic-NPL State Convention in Grand Forks. According to the report, the move is intended in hopes of garnering support [read more…]
This morning the Washington Examiner ran a story that top Republicans in the GOP were pressuring Congressman Kevin Cramer to get into the U.S. Senate race against Democratic incumbent Heidi Heitkamp. Well, Washington got to him. According to a very [read more…]
You probably didn’t know it (I didn’t), but January 21st – 27th was School Choice Week in North Dakota. Governor Doug Burgum declared it such via proclamation. It paralleled National School Choice Week as set via proclamation by President Donald [read more…]
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