The Daily Haymaker

#NC-02: The Money Chase

Posted on October 16, 2015 by Brant Clifton

The numbers are in through September 30. (Keep in mind, these totals are from a period prior to the outbreak of all this McCarthy-ism.) Renee Ellmers is reporting $145,276 in

#ncga: ”Um, this is YOUR monster, Drs. Berger & Moore.”

Posted on October 16, 2015October 16, 2015 by Brant Clifton

Politicians never cease to amaze me. A few sessions back, I was treated to a barrage of b*tching from various Republican legislators about Skip Stam and Thom Tillis. From all

Pinehurst 2015: If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.

Posted on October 16, 2015 by Brant Clifton

We’ve got elections locally on Tuesday, Nov. 3. At least that’s what the board of elections web site tells us. Mayors and city council members across the state are standing

A (WHO?) professor of (WHAT ?)

Posted on October 15, 2015October 15, 2015 by Brant Clifton

Well, I guess it’s time to eat a little crow. I gave UNC some grief for (1) hiring Gene Nichol and (2) giving him a “distinguished professor”-ship named after a

#ncga: Let’s Get Reaaaaaaaady to Rummmmmmmmmble !!!

Posted on October 15, 2015 by Brant Clifton

Are y’all ready for this? It appears — according to some email that got sent out today — that Tim and Phil are concerned about how the search for

#ncpol: Back to making a DOLLAR?

Posted on October 15, 2015 by Brant Clifton

Now that Nelson is THE bread-winner in the Dollar family, the effort is being stepped up to find Miss Lorrie some work. The hottest word going around Jones and Blount

#NC-02: Tim D’Annunzio testing the waters?

Posted on October 15, 2015October 15, 2015 by Brant Clifton

Or at least someone appears to be doing it for him. Phone polling was conducted yesterday throughout the Second Congressional District with a lot of questions mentioning the wealthy Hoke

#ncga: Great BIG ONES. (Yessirree.)

Posted on October 14, 2015October 14, 2015 by Brant Clifton

THAT is exactly what it takes to to go toe-to-toe or nose-to-nose with an appropriations chairman when you are an agency head. THAT is apparently what has happened this week

#ncga: Dropping like flies (picking up primary opponents?)

Posted on October 14, 2015October 14, 2015 by Brant Clifton

Brian Brown. Jacqueline Schaeffer. Rayne Brown. Leo Daughtry. Paul Tine. Skip Stam. That’s an awful lot of folks bailing out of Jones Street’s lower chamber majority. Could some folks be

#nc-02: ‘Mean Girls’ comes to town

Posted on October 14, 2015 by Brant Clifton

SNL’s Tina Fey came out with a movie a few years back that amazingly documented those high school girls we all knew and hated when we were in high school.