The Daily Haymaker

The Man with the Flexible Bio

Posted on October 30, 2023 by Brant Clifton

How well do we really know the man NCGOPe types are giving us the hard-sell on for the 2024 governor’s race? It’s a rarity – some might call it

The Pinehurst Hot Mess: A voter guide

Posted on October 29, 2023 by Brant Clifton

The big question for local voters right now is: “Do I appreciate hot messes?” If the answer is ‘Yes, I do,” there is a slate of candidates awaiting your

Two lawyers walk into a campaign . (Stop me if you’ve heard this before.)

Posted on October 29, 2023October 29, 2023 by Brant Clifton

So, it now looks like we have a race for Attorney General in November. (Someone else COULD pop up to file for the March primary. But it’s not looking likely.)

Timmy & Phil act quickly on appointment power recently snatched-from-Roy

Posted on October 28, 2023October 28, 2023 by Brant Clifton

OH, there’s surely a lot of smugness and giggling over on Raleigh’s Jones Street. *”Yeah. We’re really screwing Roy. We’re taking all of his stuff from him. We’ll have him

Speaker ‘Pee Wee’ continues to thumb his nose at ACTUAL conservatives

Posted on October 28, 2023 by Brant Clifton

*Oh, there is soooooo muuuuuuch butthurt in this little, bow-tied one.* It took Kevin McCarthy FIFTEEN tries to get elected speaker of the US House in January. It took a

Mark Walker’s name surfaces in wake of failed Meadows smear attempt

Posted on October 27, 2023October 27, 2023 by Brant Clifton

That’s what’s out there. It all started the other day with this item on Twitter from conservative journalist Ryan Fournier: We were immediately

Team Berger ratchets up its war on Mike Causey

Posted on October 26, 2023 by Brant Clifton

Every day we’re hearing about power being snatched from this state entity or that one and being placed in the hands of the General Assembly. Speaker Timmy is leaving after

Matt Gaetz snitches on Pat McHenry

Posted on October 26, 2023 by Brant Clifton

While the political establishment in Raleigh and the drive-by media have been fawning over temporary speaker Patrick “Pee Wee” McHenry, congressman Matt Gaetz has been telling on our very own

Mark Walker walks away from governor’s race

Posted on October 25, 2023 by Brant Clifton

And then there were FIVE. Team Robinson – the operatives running that scandal-on-two-legs – wants you to think they have the only Republican choice in the race. But Andy

Tim Moore foe launches a NC state Senate run

Posted on October 25, 2023October 25, 2023 by Brant Clifton

NC House Speaker Tim Moore had a guest-starring role in his recent divorce proceedings. Now, Scott Lassiter is looking to go to work in the building Moore is abandoning for