The Daily Haymaker

GOPe keeping ObamaCare taxes, too.

Posted on July 14, 2017 by Brant Clifton

We heard earlier from Rand Paul about his disgust over his colleagues’s ObamaCare hijinks. Now comes word, via The Wall Street Journal, that Senate Republicans are A-OKAY with the taxes

#nc-03: “Outsider” Dacey hits up DC lobbyist pals for cash (Oh, yeah. We’ve got mail!)

Posted on July 13, 2017 by Brant Clifton

Congressman Walter Jones’s challenger in the 3rd district, Scott Dacey, is making a big deal out of Jones’s lengthy tenure in DC and playing up his own service to the

Rand Paul: GOPe KEEPING ObamaCare!

Posted on July 12, 2017 by Brant Clifton

That’s what the gentleman from Kentucky says today: I miss the old days, when Republicans stood for repealing Obamacare. Republicans across the country and every member of my caucus campaigned

Carolina Ri$ing: PAC went dark, but kept paying Dallas (for doing very little)

Posted on July 12, 2017July 12, 2017 by Brant Clifton

I don’t know HOW I missed this gem from December: When it comes to politically active nonprofits, there are those that bend the rules, and there are those that seem to

#ncga: N&O joins WRAL’s crusade to tar Rep. Millis as a BIGOT

Posted on July 11, 2017July 11, 2017 by Brant Clifton

It’s one thing to disagree with someone’s stands on the issues. It’s another altogether to smear someone with falsehoods and half-truths while pretending to be an objective observer and

Thilli$$$$$: We need MORE foreign workers!

Posted on July 11, 2017 by Brant Clifton

Yep. Our junior senator is carrying water for his patrons in The Chamber AND causing trouble for President Trump all in one fell swoop: The White House complained Monday about

#ncga: “Taking Care” of Brock

Posted on July 10, 2017July 10, 2017 by Brant Clifton

Some eyebrows got raised with the appointment of senator Andrew Brock (R-Davie) to the Board of Review at the Employment Security Commission. (The job comes with a six-figure salary.)

#ncga: Moore County losing Jerry Tillman?

Posted on July 10, 2017 by Brant Clifton

Randolph County’s Jerry Tillman (R) has been representing Moore County in the North Carolina Senate since the retirement and passing of Moore County native Harris Blake. Multiple sources tell us

#ncpol: Thom WHO ???

Posted on July 10, 2017July 11, 2017 by Brant Clifton

That’s right. According to a major national survey, a whopping 30 percent of North Carolina voters say they either Don’t Know who Thom Tillis is, or have No Opinion of

#nc-03: Dacey client sent $100K to RNC while seeking Bush White House meeting

Posted on July 9, 2017July 9, 2017 by Brant Clifton

A $100K check is bound to get SOMEBODY’S attention. Here’s The Arizona Daily Sun: Just months after President Bush took office, the Republican Party accepted a $100,000 check from an