The Daily Haymaker

Forest upstaging McCrory on Common Core

Posted on June 5, 2013June 6, 2013 by Brant Clifton

Usually, the media and the public look to the governor on state government policy questions. Lt. Governor Dan Forest is turning that equation on its head

INCOMING !!!! : ‘Lt. Dan’ opens fire on Common Core

Posted on June 4, 2013June 4, 2013 by Brant Clifton

Now THIS is what I’m talking about. The Dan Forest we grew to love on the campaign trail appears to be BACK. ln a recently released YouTube video, North Carolina’s

NC sits on sidelines while OTHER FOLKS in OTHER STATES take ObamaCare to court

Posted on June 4, 2013 by Brant Clifton

The Competitive Enterprise Institute — an excellent organization based in DC that fights the good fight for the free market — is suing on behalf of some small businesses and

NCICL: Banning incompetents from voting is unconstitutional

Posted on June 2, 2013June 3, 2013 by Brant Clifton

That’s right. An analyst with The North Carolina Institute for Constitional Law — an outfit founded by former state Supreme Court Justice and GOP gubernatorial candidate Bob Orr

Craven-Tillis tiff dominates 3rd CD GOP meeting

Posted on June 2, 2013June 4, 2013 by Brant Clifton

You knew things were going to get interesting in New Bern this weekend when all non-members of the 3rd congressional district GOP executive committee were kicked out of

Slash & Burn: NCGA sources say speaker’s team seeking censure of Brawley, encouraging negative rumors

Posted on June 2, 2013 by Brant Clifton

Some of you outside the Charlotte area may have missed THIS INTERVIEW with state Rep. Bob Brawley on WBT radio. [Fast forward to the last three minutes, and

Getting filthy rich off of Uncle Sam

Posted on June 2, 2013 by Brant Clifton

I realize the economy stinks. But The Wall Street Journal lets us know that NOT EVERYONE is suffering: On a bright spring morning, Debbie Driesman and

The congressional farm bill: growing the welfare state, passing around Pork, spreading more fertilizer

Posted on June 1, 2013June 2, 2013 by Brant Clifton

North Carolina’s senators, Kay Hagan (D) and Richard Burr (R), are teaming up to fend off purported cuts to federal subsidies for tobacco insurance.

E-Mail: Craven GOP chair thought Tillis censure, letter, and meeting were A-OK from the start

Posted on June 1, 2013June 1, 2013 by Brant Clifton

We’ve been getting disturbing reports from on-the-ground in Craven County about how county GOP chairman Paul Hill has changed course on — and is now opposing — the Tillis censure

Thom Tillis? FOR SENATE ? (Ya Don’t Say.)