The Daily Haymaker

NC-02: “Saving Jobs” via federal mandate

Posted on February 20, 2014February 20, 2014 by Brant Clifton

Next time you are commiserating over the high cost of medical care, be sure to think of Renee Ellmers. The 2nd district congresswoman is celebrating her efforts to help kill

NC-02: Ellmers bets it all on amnesty

Posted on February 20, 2014February 20, 2014 by Brant Clifton

We’ve got record unemployment, a tanking economy, terrorism, an out-of-control lawless southern border, and ObamaCare gutting the vibrancy and spirit of America. Renee Ellmers is running for reelection on the

#NCSEN: Pro-amnesty, pro-gay marriage national group backs Tillis

Posted on February 19, 2014 by Brant Clifton

Erick Erickson, over at RedState, has issued the clarion call: Put the American Opportunity Alliance on your radar. Conservatives need to be wary and need to follow money from this

#NCSEN: So, Greg. How was YOUR Day?

Posted on February 19, 2014February 19, 2014 by Brant Clifton

Republican US Senate candidate Greg Brannon had quite a Tuesday. He was a guest on Glenn Beck’s national radio program, and received quite a bit of flattering praise from the

#NCSEN: As Theam Tillis gloats, the speaker’s ”right hand man” wins a new trial

Posted on February 19, 2014 by Brant Clifton

Establishment Republicans giggling about Greg Brannon’s unfavorable courtroom verdict today might want to stifle it and pay close attention to what happened today in a Greenville courtroom. Former legislator Steven

Binky & The Shih-Tzu: Keepin’ it (Un) Real

Posted on February 18, 2014 by Brant Clifton

There have been some great comedic pairings throughout history — Laurel & Hardy, Abbot & Costello, The Smothers Brothers, and now John Frank & Mark Binker. There is one real

#NCSEN: ALEC ponies up for Speaker Thom

Posted on February 18, 2014February 18, 2014 by Brant Clifton

The American Legislative Exchange Council seems to be catching it from both sides in American politics. Leftists see the group as a conservative bogey-man ready to erase the big-government “gains”

NC-07: “Our girl” gets all up in somebody else’s business

Posted on February 17, 2014 by Brant Clifton

Renee Ellmers is the queen of plain ol’ dumb luck. THIS video helped her sneak by an entrenched incumbent in a Democrat district in 2010. The video was a political

The debt ceiling: We were tricked, y’all!

Posted on February 15, 2014February 15, 2014 by Brant Clifton

American Hustle is not just lighting up the movie screens. It’s playing out on Capitol Hill as well. Following last week’s disgraceful surrender by House Republicans on the debt ceiling,

#NCSEN: The sock puppet grasps for straws

Posted on February 14, 2014February 14, 2014 by Brant Clifton

Poor Kay Hagan. She’s apparently laying awake at night worrying about these Koch Brothers. Who are they? What do they have to do with all of this rampant unemployment and