The Daily Haymaker

Pants on Fire: The N&O keeps the hits (against GOP candidates) coming

Posted on October 19, 2012 by Brant Clifton

South Carolina congressman Joe Wilson wants to have a word with N&O staff writer Austin Baird. It’s pretty typical for the media to wait until the weeks before a big

Source: McSwain dodged a bullet Tuesday night

Posted on October 18, 2012 by Brant Clifton

Moore County commissioners showed up at their Tuesday night meeting expecting to discuss and vote on a resolution calling for a formal investigation into county manager Cary McSwain’s

Lumbee Tribe political machine splitting its ticket this year?

Posted on October 18, 2012 by Brant Clifton

Robeson County is about as yellow-dog Democrat as you can get. In 1972, while George McGovern was getting destroyed nationwide by Richard Nixon – he was winning comfortably in Robeson

Debate Night Follies

Posted on October 17, 2012 by Brant Clifton

Once again, we got treated to a double-header of televised political brilliance. The opener featured major party gubernatorial nominees Walter Dalton and Pat McCrory. (Of

Union Thugs Trying to Rough Up Dan Forest

Posted on October 17, 2012October 17, 2012 by Brant Clifton

You can get a really good sense of where things stand during the last month of an election cycle. In a close race, the candidate feeling the most endangered tends

Moore County manager mumbles his way through some serious CYA

Posted on October 17, 2012 by Brant Clifton

One of my county government moles encouraged me to attend the October 16 meeting of the board of commissioners — promising that it would be worth my while. Intrigued, I

Lindsey Graham BEGGING for a primary challenge

Posted on October 16, 2012 by Brant Clifton

South Carolina, what are we going to do about the little guy? Y’all have done so well with your House delegation (Clyburn notwithstanding) and with Senator DeMint.You can’t do much

NC SPIN props up our mummified state schools superintendent

Posted on October 15, 2012October 15, 2012 by Brant Clifton

Today’s episode of NC Spin needs to appear on DPI superintendent June Atkinson’s campaign report as an in-kind contribution. The show that bills itself as “Balanced Debate

Campaign 2012: “No Turn Left Un-Stoned” @ Moore County LWV candidate forum

Posted on October 13, 2012 by Brant Clifton

Listening to politicians making campaign speeches is tough — especially for two hours straight. But THAT is what your fearless blogger did for you Thursday night in Pinehurst at the

Google, your bias is showing. (How old are we? Four?)

Posted on October 12, 2012 by Brant Clifton

North Carolina Supreme Court Justice Paul Martin Newby— a conservative — is locked in a reelection dogfight with Sam Ervin IV — namesake and ancestor of the legendary Democrat U.S.