The Daily Haymaker

#nc-02: Nee-Nee sticks us with the bill

Posted on November 10, 2015November 10, 2015 by Brant Clifton

What’s bad for brawlin’ Bobby E. is apparently A-Okay for Nee-Nee. (Gosh, we’re poetic this morning.) We’ve written extensively about stuff that show up in our mailboxes here in the Second

#ncga: When all else fails, throw your campaign treasurer under the bus

Posted on November 10, 2015 by Brant Clifton

We reported yesterday on the heat House speaker Tim Moore is getting from a driveby TV station in his home turf. We saw video from said driveby TV program which

I-77 tholl foes turn their focus onto State Rep. Charles Jeter

Posted on November 9, 2015 by Brant Clifton

He’s lil’ Tricia’s faaaaaaaaaavorite Republican. He’s the Republican most likely to take a walk when a vote on something actually in line with the GOP platform comes up. He’s also

#ncga: A Speaker and his Money

Posted on November 9, 2015November 9, 2015 by Brant Clifton

It’s always been said that –when you make it to the top — you become a more appealing target. House speaker Tim Moore is apparently learning that the hard way

#ncga: Senator Berger PREACHES IT.

Posted on November 6, 2015November 6, 2015 by Brant Clifton

The state Senate’s big kahuna went in front of the biggest, most-prominent Common Core-loving, spend-more-and-more-and-more money crowd and told them a few things I am SURE they didn’t want to

Those CHURCH people

Posted on November 6, 2015November 6, 2015 by Brant Clifton

It’s pretty obvious the Left thinks people who spend their Sundays in church are kooks. (*Never mind Rosa DeLauro or Bernie Sanders. Watch out for THAT guy over THERE! He

Arrivederci, Rucho!

Posted on November 5, 2015November 5, 2015 by Brant Clifton

State senator Bob Rucho (R-Mecklenburg), his body’s Finance Committee chairman, threw everyone a curve ball by announcing his decision to not seek reelection. He’s been quite a force on Jones

#ncgop: Circling the wagons around Lewis?

Posted on November 4, 2015November 4, 2015 by Brant Clifton

We wrote earlier about petitions being circulated to demand a vote on removing state Rep. David Lewis (R-Harnett) as one of North Carolina’s two representatives to the Republican National Committee.

LGBTQ 101

Posted on November 4, 2015 by Brant Clifton

Nope, sorry. THAT is NOT a course offering in the UNC-Chapel Hill curriculum catalog. It’s actually one of the latest continuing legal education offerings from the Mecklenburg County Bar Association.

I-77 tholl spat causes some pro-tholl pols to lose their seats