The Daily Haymaker

#ncga: 2019 legislator ratings. (Yay!)

Posted on January 4, 2020January 4, 2020 by Brant Clifton

Art Pope, Inc. has released its 2019 conservatism ratings of our state legislators. Seventeen votes were hand-picked for the House study. (There were 15 in the Senate.) Of course,

Showing ID at the polls STILL “racist”

Posted on January 4, 2020January 4, 2020 by Brant Clifton

Apparently, the OK sign is racist. (But the Democrat governor of Virginia wearing blackface is NOT.) In the 1950s and 60s, liberals got all bent out of shape

The coming Republican crack-up?

Posted on January 1, 2020 by Brant Clifton

Three (R)s became (U)s out in Transylvania County, thereby costing the GOP a majority on the county’s board of commissioners: Transylvania County Commissioners David Guice, Mike Hawkins and

Crocodile tears over judges

Posted on December 30, 2019 by Brant Clifton

It’s interesting to see and hear all of these Republican bigwigs bemoan “legislating from the bench”: Thom Tillis and Richard Burr have voted for MANY of these

#ncga: Yoga Pants, adult beverages, and DAVID LEWIS.

Posted on December 30, 2019 by Brant Clifton

Oh, the things politicians will attach their names to: Depending on who is wearing them, Yoga pants can be the most wonderful things. Yet, David

NC11: Meadows, family BACKING Lynda Bennett ?

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

Ah, the plot thickens. Just as it looked like Mark Meadows was setting Wayne King up for a congressional seat, the drive-bys in DC come up with a

Hey, Pinehurst: Here comes the John Strickland Tax Increase!

Posted on December 28, 2019December 30, 2019 by Brant Clifton

I For years, he’s huddled in the back of the village council meeting room organizing his minions. John Strickland couldn’t win his last election, so he was going

#ncga: Is primary challenge to Boles being powered by the Po-Po?

Posted on December 28, 2019December 28, 2019 by Brant Clifton

It’s not clear whether we’re talking about a small minority of Moore County law enforcement officers or a significant chunk. But it is pretty clear that some active

State incentives meant to aid poorer, rural counties go mostly to Wake, Meck

Posted on December 28, 2019December 28, 2019 by Brant Clifton

Um, SURPRISE ???? Plant closures and job losses have hit rural parts of our state the hardest. Raleigh politicians talk a great game about helping

More on 2020 filing

Posted on December 22, 2019December 22, 2019 by Brant Clifton

Here’s the final list. The Libertarian Party actually has a candidate named “Vermin Supreme” who has qualified for North Carolina’s March presidential primary ballot. While