The Daily Haymaker

#NCSEN: race already starting to look like one for #NCGA

Posted on May 8, 2014 by Brant Clifton

We had all hoped for this campaign to be about punishing Kay Hagan for her cooperation with Barry Obama and Harry Reid in the enactment of ObamaCare and the accompanying

#NCPOL: Playing Wednesday Morning QB

Posted on May 7, 2014May 9, 2014 by Brant Clifton

Overall, we saw Tuesday’s result as a mixed bag. Moore County. All of our local endorsements had good days on Tuesday. We are blessed with a pretty good team of

#NCPOL: What Tea Party?

Posted on May 7, 2014May 7, 2014 by Brant Clifton

I participated in the big 9/12/09 march on Washington that is credited with being the coming-out party for The Tea Party movement. As my friends and I walked amid the

#NCGA: Did state senator hit-and-run?

Posted on May 6, 2014 by Brant Clifton

Wow. Talk about bad timing. Two days before the primary elections, a state senator from coastal southeastern North Carolina is drawing scrutiny that could end up in a courtroom. WWAY-TV out

#NCGA: Sen. Bingham doubles down, says NCGOP definitely gave him dirt to use on primary opponent

Posted on May 5, 2014 by Brant Clifton

We’ve got quite a kerfluffle going down in one Davidson County legislative race. State Senator Stan Bingham is locked in a primary fight for renomination. The senator recently earned statewide

#NCSEN: Gov. Pat is on the phone. He likes Thom.

Posted on May 5, 2014 by Brant Clifton

I am hearing from quite a few folks who heard from Pat McCrory on their home telephones Sunday evening. The governor was telling them how important it was to vote

#ABT: THE rule for Tuesday

Posted on May 4, 2014 by Brant Clifton

That’s it: A-B-T. Anybody But Tillis. It’s an election year. Ruling class politicians — and their drive by media lapdogs — are trying to tell us everything is FINE.

NCGOP: Meddling in primaries? Who? Us?

Posted on May 3, 2014 by Brant Clifton

Under the previous regime at NCGOP, we got complaints galore about meddling in Republican primaries by party staff. The accusations even touched the then-party vice chairman. We were promised things

#NCSEN: Not behaving like a runaway winner

Posted on May 2, 2014 by Brant Clifton

The chattering classes in Raleigh and DC are already talking up a general election race between Thom Tillis and Kay Hagan. Never mind that all signs point to a GOP

#NCSEN: Rob’s (myopic) World

Posted on May 2, 2014May 2, 2014 by Brant Clifton

National political pundit Taegan Goddard devoted some column inches recently to “the dean of North Carolina politics” Rob Christensen. Being called “the dean” isn’t necessarily suggesting excellence in your