The Daily Haymaker

NCGOP moves into damage control mode

Posted on September 5, 2012 by Brant Clifton

In the face of a “Fire Hayes and Clean House” groundswell among party activists, the folks at NCGOP are taking steps to limit damage caused by

Did Rantin’ Robin spark an intra-party rebellion?

Posted on September 5, 2012 by Brant Clifton

We are still feeling the aftershocks from NCGOP chairman Robin Hayes’s videotaped Tony Soprano-style shakedown of North Carolina delegates at the Tampa convention. I’ve personally heard from numerous activists

Grassroots Republicans protest hardball tactics at GOP national convention

Posted on September 5, 2012September 5, 2012 by Brant Clifton

It’s looking more and more like the DC Republican establishment has created for itself a MAJOR PR ISSUE that could blow up in the party’s collective face in

Republican Liberty Caucus source stands up for Ada Fisher in RNC rule change fight

Posted on September 4, 2012 by Brant Clifton

We recently reported on a video documenting a temper-tantrum / tirade by NCGOP chairman Robin Hayes at the national GOP convention in Tampa. The meeting documented on video

The DNC in NC: Whodini was wrong. (The freaks come out in the daytime, too.)

Posted on September 4, 2012September 4, 2012 by Brant Clifton

There’s been a sudden explosion of purple hair and tongue-piercings in the vicinity of Trade & Tryon. Barney Frank — a/k/a “The Banking Queen” — checked into his hotel

Working Lands Protection Plan: a backdoor implementation of UN’s Agenda 21?

Posted on September 3, 2012September 3, 2012 by Brant Clifton

I’ve learned to be wary of ANYTHING containing the word “sustainable” or any organization whose name contains the word “sustainable.” That word typically signals an intent to hamstring capitalists and

GOP vs. grassroots: Where to go from here?

Posted on September 3, 2012September 3, 2012 by Brant Clifton

I was listening to Rush discuss the flap over the rules changes at the GOP national convention. He made an excellent point: The establishment HAD everything going smooth. ALL factions

Robin Hayes, RNC errand boy, live and in living color

Posted on September 1, 2012September 2, 2012 by Brant Clifton

Some regular readers of this blog have shared a great video with me from the recently-completed national Republican Convention in Tampa. There was some controversy that arose

Another member of the Richard Morgan clique abandons ship

Posted on August 31, 2012 by Brant Clifton

Now that their fearless leader has been reduced to political impotence and irrelevance, the group of General Assembly Republicans who sided with Richard Morgan to form an alliance with Jim

Bev’s DOT chief: It’s HARD to live on a six-figure government salary