The Daily Haymaker

The enigmatic Mr. Royal

Posted on November 4, 2012 by Brant Clifton

The media is dismissing Steve Royal, the GOP nominee for state treasurer, as an also-ran — an after-thought. Royal has raised very little money and has been so

What to look for on Tuesday

Posted on November 4, 2012 by Brant Clifton

Overall, it’s looking like a pretty depressing election day for the Democrat Party in-state and nationwide. I’ve pinpointed a few things that conservatives need to keep an eye on after

McCrory coattails ????

Posted on November 4, 2012November 5, 2012 by Brant Clifton

I don’t think there is anybody — outside of Walter Dalton’s immediate family — who hasn’t conceded that we will be spending the next four years talking about GOVERNOR McCrory.

Endorsements 2012: Causey, Forest, (Ed) Goodwin, Tedesco & Royal

Posted on November 2, 2012November 2, 2012 by Brant Clifton

The Council of State races tend to get overlooked by the media in favor of the more glamorous presidential and gubernatorial campaigns. It may be hard

Endorsements 2012: (SIGH) And now, a little indifference. (YAWN)

Posted on November 2, 2012November 2, 2012 by Brant Clifton

Some folks will accuse us of being blind followers of the GOP this election season. I am hoping this particular installment of our endorsement series will put that to rest.

Endorsements 2012: Mitt & Pat

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

The GOP nominees for the top two posts we’ll be voting for on November 6 can really vouch for the old theorem about “right place, right time.”

Moore County endorsements 2012: “No turn left un-stoned”

Posted on November 1, 2012 by Brant Clifton

We don’t have a whole lot of political drama here in Moore County this year. ( The race for District Court has been nasty, but I have addressed all that

Endorsements 2012: Here Come The Judges!

Posted on November 1, 2012 by Brant Clifton

Judicial elections are tough for most voters. If you tend to behave yourself, you have very little contact with these men (and women) in black. The media tends

Renee Ellmers’s Moore County problem

Posted on October 28, 2012 by Brant Clifton

The Second Congressional District’s incumbent representative seems to be doing her best to ruin the gift horse delivered to her during redistricting. The “honorables” on Jones Street handed Renee Ellmers

Barack Hussein Smithson

Posted on October 28, 2012October 28, 2012 by Brant Clifton

We’ve had to endure nearly four years of class warfare nonsense from our soon-to-be ex-president and his cronies. Now, we’re getting it on the local level from Southern