The Daily Haymaker

Gov. Pat & the DOT budget: ‘Bev did it, too’ is NOT an excuse

Posted on June 18, 2014 by Brant Clifton

Republicans took over in Raleigh promising to change the culture — No More Business As Usual. Now we have our Republican governor defending a questionable practice by claiming he’s only doing

#NCGA: A Common Core food fight?

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

Want to send blood pressure readings through the roof? Mention those two magical C-words among a crowd of people and stand back to watch the ensuing fireworks. Common Core is

#NCSEN: ObamaCare is BAD because — um, (WHA…????)

Posted on June 17, 2014 by Brant Clifton

Uncle Karl and American Crossroads GPS have gone to bat for Speaker Thom again. They’re plastering the state’s airwaves with an ad blasting Kay Hagan’s support of ObamaCare. The ad

#NCSEN: Pulling out the race card

Posted on June 17, 2014June 17, 2014 by Brant Clifton

We’ve had that rotund, jheri-curled oaf Bill Barber out there for months hollering about the white Republicans on Jones Street. Kay Hagan took Cory Booker — the New Jersey Democrat

NC-08: Despite losing his patron, Hudson looking to MOVE UP in House

Posted on June 16, 2014 by Brant Clifton

PACs associated with House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-VA) spent big to get Richard Hudson through the 2012 GOP primary and general elections. (Cantor, as you know, got upended last week

NC-06’s Berger: Being Effective = Backing Boehner?

Posted on June 16, 2014June 16, 2014 by Brant Clifton

It’s really frustrating when Republican candidates say really dumb things that allow Democrats to come out sounding down-right sensible. Case in point: Rockingham County prosecutor Phil Berger, Jr., who is

NC-02: Ellmers THE ONLY NCGOPer to back welfare for illegal immigrants

Posted on June 13, 2014June 13, 2014 by Brant Clifton

Renee Ellmers is the luckiest broad in the Milky Way galaxy. She would be little more than a political footnote if not for this video. In 2012, redistricting lagged for so

GOP hasn’t learned ONE THING from Cantor primary loss

Posted on June 13, 2014 by Brant Clifton

House Majority leader Eric Cantor spent years running around the country meddling in other people’s primaries. He cheerleaded for more spending and more debt, poo-pooed the repeal of ObamaCare, and promoted amnesty

Coming Soon To A Theater Near You: THE BIG ‘DOUBLE-CROSS’

Posted on June 12, 2014June 12, 2014 by Brant Clifton

Wilmington-area legislators and movie industry types are pretty mad. It looks like incentives for the film industry are not going to survive the state House. These folks REALLY thought they

#NCGA: The tug-of-war over the SBI

Posted on June 12, 2014 by Brant Clifton

A move is afoot on Jones Street to consolidate state law enforcement in the executive branch. In many states, you have one centralized state police force. In North Carolina, it