The Daily Haymaker

Tea Party dumping Ellmers?

Posted on April 12, 2012 by Brant Clifton

The fallout from a rather heated meeting in Pinehurst between local Tea Party leaders and Congresswoman Renee Ellmers has local activists ready to organize a district-wide revolt against Ellmers in the

#FAIL: Renee’s day in Pinehurst

Posted on April 12, 2012April 12, 2012 by Brant Clifton

Congresswoman Renee Ellmers (R-Dunn) had her debut before The Moore Republican Men’s Club at lunch today. Moore County was just added to her district, and Ellmers is

The NCGA GOP spending machine keeps rolling on ….

Posted on April 12, 2012 by Brant Clifton

We’re being told that those mean ol’ legislative Republicans on Jones Street are trying to bleed public education dry. Au Contraire, mes amis. Check out this

Hey! All you guys in line @ the unemployment office! Let’s talk about education!

Posted on April 11, 2012 by Brant Clifton

Bobby “BOOM BOOM” Etheridge says we need to dump MORE money into public education. We’re getting THIS from the state Democrat Party and its house propaganda organ, The

State senate candidate cuffed, detained by Moore deputies

Posted on April 11, 2012 by Brant Clifton

Tommy Davis has been a long-standing fixture on our local paper’s web site message boards. Today, he moves to the front pages of the paper. (I’m not so sure that

Vinroot, Gantt team up for May

Posted on April 10, 2012April 10, 2012 by Brant Clifton

The 2000 GOP nominee for North Carolina governor and the 1990 & ’96 Democrat nominee for U.S. Senate are teaming up for an assault on May’s

Moore County: STILL not in 2nd Congressional District ???

Posted on April 10, 2012 by Brant Clifton

The primary for U.S. House is one month away. The local and state boards of elections tell us that Moore County is NOW in the Second Congressional District. But U.S.

Tea Party, Ellmers headed for a divorce?

Posted on April 10, 2012 by Brant Clifton

I attended a Tea Party gathering of about 500 people tonight in Moore County. It was a meet the candidates dinner that included leaders and activists from Moore, Lee and

ANOTHER GREAT EXAMPLE of why we need voter ID @ the polls

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

James O’Keefe of Project Veritas has DONE IT again. The guy who pulled off the hooker-pimp scheme that brought down ACORN has now provided us with great

Even MORE on Renee’s campaign money

Posted on April 8, 2012 by Brant Clifton

My friend Al Lytton inspired me to keep rooting around on this subject. We’ve got a report on a BB&T account with NO ACTIVITY for 2011 being reported to