The Daily Haymaker

#NCSEN: Tillis slams Cruz

Posted on July 27, 2015 by Brant Clifton

Well, all of you folks who held your nose in the 2014 US Senate race — look at what you got: […] Afterward, in a fiery floor speech Friday, Cruz

#CHANGETHATNAME : Movement to give Locke’s Hood more ‘sensitive’ name catches fire

Posted on July 27, 2015 by Brant Clifton

We’ve received an awful lot of comments — online and offline — regarding the comments by John Hood this weekend on NC Spin. (Granted, a lot of people were interested

John Hood. (Just WRONG.)

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

This weekend — like a handful of other North Carolinians — I tuned in to NC Spin to see what the Inside-The-Beltline crowd was babbling about. John Hood —

Ted Cruz preaches. (We say ‘AMEN!’)

Posted on July 25, 2015July 25, 2015 by Brant Clifton

I’ve been missing Jesse Helms. I got to watch the man up close for nearly two years in DC. The guy didn’t play the Washington game. He called a spade

#NC-02: 77 percent of Ellmers 2015 $$$ from PACs

Posted on July 25, 2015July 25, 2015 by Brant Clifton

That’s right. According to congresswoman Renee Ellmers’s filings with the FEC, roughly 77 percent of her 2015 fundraising came from PACs and other assorted special interest groups. From January 1

The economy: So, how we (really) doin’ ?

Posted on July 25, 2015 by Brant Clifton

“How’m I doin’?” — campaign slogan for former NYC mayor Ed Koch _____________ It’s always good to stop, take a deep breath and assess things. If you believe the NCGOP,

#NC-02: BIG pro-abortion GOPer a BIG Renee Ellmers fan

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

The shocking videos of Planned Parenthood officials bartering for baby parts has shocked America. North Carolinians and folks from across the country were mortified when Renee Ellmers took the lead

Good riddance to “Howdy”

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

The N&O issued a tearful goodbye this morning to the “education judge.” SCREEEEEEEEEEEEEECH! (The what?) : Superior Court Judge Howard E. Manning Jr., best known for his oversight of state

#ncpol: Pumping up Pat

Posted on July 23, 2015 by Brant Clifton

Being governor is HARD. Legislators are not very nice to you sometimes. People on the Internet get a little rough. Sometimes you need a little encouragement — a little

#ncga: Giving school boards judicial powers ???

Posted on July 22, 2015 by Brant Clifton

That’s what it appears House Bill 561 does: […] Power to Subpoena and to Punish for Contempt. – Local boards of education shall have power to issue subpoenas for the