The Daily Haymaker

NC-03: Meadows endorses Greg Murphy, calls him “clearly the conservative pick”

Posted on May 1, 2019May 1, 2019 by Brant Clifton

This move has been a long time in the making. But it finally got here: Republican state Rep. Greg Murphy, who topped a 17-way primary Tuesday night for

NC-03: The Doctors Are IN! (Murphy, Perry top the field at the end of the night)

Posted on April 30, 2019April 30, 2019 by Brant Clifton

And THEN there were two (doctors). Voters in the Third Congressional District spoke today — whittling down the massive 17 member GOP field to two physicians: Dr. Greg

Meadows: Tillis to get a ‘legitimate’ primary opponent

Posted on April 30, 2019 by Brant Clifton

Congressman Mark Meadows told The Washington Post he’s not interested in running for the US Senate. But added THIS caveat: (Here’s video of Meadows talking recently

#ncpol: Thom Tillis trying to thwart Dan Forest’s gubernatorial bid?

Posted on April 29, 2019April 29, 2019 by Brant Clifton

That’s the skinny coming from behind several POWERFUL closed doors in DC and Raleigh. (As if we needed ANOTHER reason to HATE Thom Tilli$$$$.) Why, you ask, would

#ncga: Moore County leaders blast legislative meddling in local issues

Posted on April 29, 2019 by Brant Clifton

Since the advent of the alleged “conservative revolution” in Raleigh, we’ve gotten a lot of lip-service about “local control” and reducing Raleigh’s influence on people’s lives.

NC-03: If Allen Thomas had cooperated with audit, it could have been released prior to Walter Jones’s passing

Posted on April 27, 2019April 27, 2019 by Brant Clifton

Instead of blasting congressional candidate Allen Thomas (D) for his sloppiness, Democrats are blasting their fellow Democrat, state auditor Beth Wood, for releasing an audit critical of Thomas’s management

NC-03: Early-voting screw up in Carteret (Ready-made voter-suppression issue?)

Posted on April 27, 2019 by Brant Clifton

Election Day for the Third Congressional District is Tuesday. But a mishap in Carteret County could play a key role in an election challenge — should the results on

Erasing history. “Cleaning up” America?

Posted on April 26, 2019 by Brant Clifton

The Chinese communists, when they took power, waged a significant effort to wipe out any and every facet of Chinese culture that offended The Party. ISIS does it in

NC-03: The buck DOESN’T stop here. (Over THERE, maybe. But NOT HERE.)

Posted on April 26, 2019April 26, 2019 by Brant Clifton

I found this little gem posted on Instagram by congressional candidate Allen Thomas (D): Now let that sink in before you move on to read about

NCGOP: $4K in the bank. $800 monthly cable bills. And Dallas gets a contract.

Posted on April 25, 2019 by Brant Clifton

And, oh, yes, the NCGOP was still paying for the monthly fill-up of Robin’s airplane right up to that, um, “unpleasantness” in April with the US attorney. And —