The Daily Haymaker

#ncga: The money fairies of Jones Street

Posted on October 26, 2015 by Brant Clifton

Politicians using the public treasury to pay off or payback cronies back home is nothing new. But it is something different when the crowd that spent decades griping about such

#ncpol: Primaries, primaries, and primaries

Posted on October 26, 2015October 26, 2015 by Brant Clifton

On this site, and elsewhere, we spend a lot of time griping about Washington. You can’t fix the Democrats. We’ve wiped out all of them we possibly can in our

Are we being played on Boehner-McCarthy-Ryan speaker “drama”?

Posted on October 26, 2015 by Brant Clifton

El Rushbo apparently thinks so: […] Limbaugh suggested that the House Freedom Caucus members engaged in large-scale Kabuki dance in conjunction with the Republican establishment to ensure Ryan’s Speakership. After

#nc-03: A split decision on Paul Ryan

Posted on October 24, 2015October 24, 2015 by Brant Clifton

Walter Jones has clearly not had John Boehner as a part of his fan club. There’s been evidence that Boehner and sources close to him have been behind recent primary

Republican leaders STRUGGLE to find votes to up debt limit

Posted on October 24, 2015 by Brant Clifton

Good. That’s the headline we’re faced with this week: Congressional Republicans say they are short of the votes for raising the debt limit and avoiding a first-ever government default.

#NC-02: MORE on the Money Chase

Posted on October 23, 2015October 23, 2015 by Brant Clifton

We posted earlier about the latest fundraising numbers in the Second Congressional District GOP primary. Incumbent Renee Ellmers leads the pack, followed by Chatham County’s Jim Duncan. (Taking PAC and

#ncpol: TWO NEW state govt cabinet agencies! (Um, yay?)

Posted on October 22, 2015October 22, 2015 by Brant Clifton

In case you missed it, two more folks in Raleigh will now be able to flit around town and be recognized as “Mr. Secretary”: Gov. Pat McCrory on Tuesday promoted

Paul Ryan. WHY ???????????

Posted on October 22, 2015October 22, 2015 by Brant Clifton

Conservatives just helped oust a speaker who was okay with the Wall Street bailout, debt ceiling increases, and amnesty for illegals. Now, they and the rest of the House are

#ncpol: Jesus and The Tea Party

Posted on October 21, 2015 by Brant Clifton

Ace race-baiters and all-around agitators and shake-down artists Bill Barber and Tim Tyson have outdone themselves. They appear to be claiming — in an article entitled ”Jesus didn’t join the

#ncpol: Carolina Rising (IRS watching?)

Posted on October 21, 2015October 21, 2015 by Brant Clifton

It looks like Robert Pittenger might not be the only NCGOP figure facing scrutiny from the Internal Revenue Service. The IRS is being asked to take a good hard look at