The Daily Haymaker

Dalton v. McCrory: The ETHICS election?

Posted on June 6, 2012June 6, 2012 by Brant Clifton

The Democrat campaign machine has been utilizing Joseph Goebbels’ ‘Big lie’ strategy — repeating something over and over until people accept it as fact — against Republican Pat

Tillis, Berger, McCrory & co. can learn A LOT from Wisconsin’s Scott Walker

Posted on June 6, 2012June 6, 2012 by Brant Clifton

Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker went toe-to-toe and nose-to-nose with the left wing’s nastiest, most ruthless elements and came away a winner. Walker got pounded in the media about his

McCrory v. Dalton: ‘Dirty campaigning’ is in the eye of the beholder

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

While the state’s economy continues to crash and burn, the Democrat and Republican campaigns for North Carolina governor are busy talking about who is the dirtiest campaigner. What exactly is

Waiting for Team Tillis to stand up and fight

Posted on June 5, 2012 by Brant Clifton

It is hard to understand the squeamishness on the part of Speaker Thom & the House leadership in today’s N&O re: voter id. Speaker Tillis and Rep. David Lewis say

Facebook: the new battleground for GOP nod in Insurance Commissioner race

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

I know it’s tough to evaluate candidates for down-ballot races. Sure, it’s pretty easy to separate the wheat from the chaff in the governor and presidential fields. But when

GOP-controlled U.S. House: more debt in 15 months than in ALL of the first 97 Congresses COMBINED

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

It took nearly 200 years for previous Congresses to do what John Boehner, Eric Cantor and the rest of the Honorables have managed to do in 15

“Let’s play CHANGE THE SUBJECT!”

Posted on June 2, 2012 by Brant Clifton

All of us have things that we REALLY don’t want to talk about. State Democrats DON’T want to talk about Barry Obama, John Edwards, David Parker, Jay Parmley,

Tea Party group issues runoff endorsements: Causey, Forest, Goodwin, Keadle & Tedesco

Posted on June 2, 2012June 5, 2012 by Brant Clifton

Moore Tea Citizens — one of North Carolina’s largest TEA Party organizations — has stepped forward with its very FIRST official campaign endorsements. ( The group includes voters

Democrat PAC smacks McCrory AGAIN

Posted on June 1, 2012June 1, 2012 by Brant Clifton

It’s the eve of the NCGOP convention, and the Democrats are carpet-bombing the guy at the top of the state Republican ticket. Another ad, questioning Pat McCrory’s ethics has

Meet Mike Causey (R), candidate for NC Insurance Commissioner