The Daily Haymaker

Happy Birthday To Us!

Posted on June 9, 2012 by Brant Clifton

Today marks the ONE YEAR anniversary of the FIRST POST on this site. We’re a year old! (I know. There are SOME of you out there who think we

Duke Energy, The Democrats & KARMA

Posted on June 9, 2012June 9, 2012 by Brant Clifton

Duke Energy has dumped a lot of money into the Democrat National Convention effort in Charlotte. Duke boss Jim Rogers has been a very good friend

Walter Dalton & Barry Obama: bureaucratic parasites, economic gurus

Posted on June 9, 2012 by Brant Clifton

I find it absolutely amazing that someone who has spent their WHOLE adult life on the government payroll could have the gall to portray themselves as an expert on what’s

Beaufort County Commissioner sounds off on Thom Tillis, Arthur Williams

Posted on June 8, 2012June 8, 2012 by Brant Clifton

Republican activists in Eastern North Carolina are continuing to fume over allegations that GOP leaders in Raleigh are meddling in local primaries. Earlier this week, a GOP activist

Editor’s Note Re: Comments on this site’s posts

Posted on June 8, 2012 by Brant Clifton

There appears to be some confusion among folks who post comments in response to stories published on this site. We purposely have established a delay in publication of reader comments.

IS Tim Lea actually the editor of The Pilot? (Inquiring minds want to know)

Posted on June 8, 2012June 8, 2012 by Brant Clifton

THAT is a question being asked by many people — who attend Moore County government meetings and then compare what they witnessed to The Pilot’s coverage. I

NCGOP convention delegate says Speaker Tillis, party vice-chair King ‘bullied’ her

Posted on June 7, 2012 by Brant Clifton

Carteret County Republican activist Jessica Hult had an eye-opening experience as a delegate to the recent NCGOP convention in Greensboro: “I’ve been a delegate to the state

NCGOP lawyering up against party activists?

Posted on June 7, 2012 by Brant Clifton

2012 is really turning out to be the Year of The Lawyer in North Carolina politics. First, we have the Pat McCrory campaign lawyering up to sue a Democrat PAC

Our very own Senator Sock Puppet keeps marching along to Chuck Schumer’s orders

Posted on June 6, 2012 by Brant Clifton

U.S. Senator Kay Hagan — also affectionately known in these parts as “Chuck Schumer’s sock puppet” — was in The Charlotte Observer groaning and moaning about “The War on

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