The Daily Haymaker

NC-03: A GOP threeway

Posted on July 10, 2015 by Brant Clifton

Lately, it seems that all of Walter Jones’s campaigns are raucous affairs. DC-based groups dumped millions into his primary race in 2014. Well, it looks like his 2014 opponent is

NC-02: Money is talking in GOP US House primary race

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

And it is not saying very nice things about Frank Roche. Judging from what we found on the FEC web site, the Cary Republican appears to be repeating his

Thommy The Greek?

Posted on July 8, 2015July 8, 2015 by Brant Clifton

We know about our junior senator’s history with embellishing details about his personal life. We might have stumbled across another similar episode: As the lone U.S. senator of Greek heritage,

Lady Parts 2016: Playing the left’s identity politics game

Posted on July 7, 2015 by Brant Clifton

Apparently, the GOPe has anointed our very own Renee Ellmers with the responsibility of getting more girls elected. Not necessarily conservatives, mind you. Just folks with lady parts: The effort

SCV returns fire in flag fight

Posted on July 7, 2015 by Brant Clifton

The Sons of Confederate Veterans don’t appear to be ready to reprise Appamattox in response to the attacks on “The Stars & Bars” by the far left, spineless Republican pols, and

Drive-by media: ‘The South’ dragging America down

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

I usually try not to call attention to a lot of the stupidity that oozes through the drive-by media. (There’s so frickin’ much of it.) But this, um, “gem” ,

A potential monkey wrench in the Draft Meadows effort?

Posted on July 5, 2015 by Brant Clifton

Congressman Mark Meadows collected a lot of new fans with his recent tussle with John Boehner and crew. An effort has arisen to encourage Meadows to forego election to the

Of roaches and statist mooches

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

A friend of mine in the pest control business told me once about the importance of spraying a whole building evenly at one time. Spraying one section, leaving, and then

It’s Christmas in July. And Mel Watt is freakin’ Santa Claus.

Posted on July 1, 2015 by Brant Clifton

The guys who aided and abetted the 2008 mortgage crisis are getting an early Christmas present — paid for by US — courtesy of Charlotte’s favorite big-spending, race-agitating former congressman: […]

That giant sucking sound? Gov. Pat’s rump being SMOOCHED.

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

I’ve got to hand it to Team McCrory. Their PR shop has failed miserably in dealing with the drivebys. It appears that someone in that camp has decided that —