The Daily Haymaker

#ncpol: Like Elvis, John Hood is EVERYWHERE

Posted on November 30, 2015November 30, 2015 by Brant Clifton

When I look out into your eyes out there, When I look out into your faces, You know what I see? I see a little bit of Elvis In each

#ncga: A DOOZY of a GOP primary out west in HD 115

Posted on November 28, 2015 by Brant Clifton

Democrat John Ager is expected to pursue a second term in this western North Carolina mountain district. He was one of the few bright spots for Democrats in 2014 —

#nc-02: A SEVEN-WAY GOP primary?

Posted on November 27, 2015 by Brant Clifton

Well, the Second District GOP primary race for 2016 is getting to be quite a crowded affair. We’ve all known incumbent Renee Ellmers was running for reelection. We’ve known about

#ncpol: The Four T’s of 2016

Posted on November 27, 2015 by Brant Clifton

The first week of December marks the shotgun start of the 2016 campaign season in North Carolina. That’s put-up-or-shut-up time. It’s when people have to step up and file for

#ncpol: A fool and his newspaper column.

Posted on November 25, 2015November 26, 2015 by Brant Clifton

Thank goodness McClatchy continues to prop up that geriatric relic RobRielleWho Christensen. If they didn’t, where else would we find such a glaring, prominent example of lazy reporting, and contempt

#ncga: Compliance is HARD.

Posted on November 25, 2015 by Brant Clifton

We know all about senator Fletcher Hartsell. We’ve seen the video and copy detailing speaker Tim Moore’s campaign finance reporting challenges. We also saw state Rep. Kelly Hastings paying himself

#ncga: EVEN MORE on The Granges, Blumenthal, Hillary, and Benghazi

Posted on November 25, 2015 by Brant Clifton

Never before have I encountered a General Assembly matchup with a subplot that sounds so much like an episode of the Showtime series “Homeland.” Republican businesswoman Holly Grange and conservative activist

#ncga: More on Osprey, The Granges, and Sidney Blumenthal

Posted on November 24, 2015 by Brant Clifton

There has been a lot of heated back-and-forth in the nascent GOP primary for a vacant NC House seat in the Wilmington area. Conservative activist and New Hanover school board

#ncpol: Shocker! Thillis inconsistent, stands for nothing.

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

A column on the Human Events website takes our tholl-road loving weather-vane of a junior US senator to task: President Barack Obama has dramatically ramped up the Washington, D.C., giant