The Daily Haymaker

Analyzing the Civitas polling for NC GOV

Posted on July 26, 2012July 26, 2012 by Brant Clifton

The right-leaning Civitas Insitute dropped a poll this week showing Pat McCrory (R) leading Walter Dalton (D) by 47% to 37%, with Libertarian Barbara Howe polling at

Is THIS what we’re going with? Really?

Posted on July 25, 2012 by Brant Clifton

It seems the NCGOP and the McCrory campaign are going after Walter Dalton on the tax issue. The GOP campaign is taking the Lt. Governor to task for his

retired teacher: no vote for felons, making people show ID at polls = GOP tiptoeing toward fascism

Posted on July 25, 2012 by Brant Clifton

If you’ve ever wondered why your kids come home from school spouting leftist nonsense that runs afoul of your family’s values and teachings, a letter from a

Pundits misread runoff results

Posted on July 24, 2012July 24, 2012 by Brant Clifton

I never cease to be amazed at how little understanding the Raleigh political establishment has about life outside of The Raleigh beltline. I was watching the pundits on NC Spin

Army court-martial proceedings @ Ft. Bragg attracting Race Pimps

Posted on July 22, 2012 by Brant Clifton

The suicide of Private Danny Chen is a real tragedy. He was reportedly harrassed to the point of killing himself by eight of his fellow unit

The Pilot’s op-ed page keeps up the scare tactics

Posted on July 22, 2012 by Brant Clifton

Our thrice weekly local paper — whose first edition was reportedly brought down the mountain on stone tablets by Moses — does a nice job of scaring its readers

Lazy media STILL beating that dead horse re: runoffs

Posted on July 22, 2012July 22, 2012 by Brant Clifton

I swear. Listening to mainstream media types whine about the poor participation in last week’s runoffs is a lot like asking asking a bartender for a beer,

Campaign 2012: The cost of doing business in North Carolina

Posted on July 22, 2012July 22, 2012 by Brant Clifton

The N&O’s senior stenographer, Rob Christensen, has a piece in today’s paper about how North Carolina’s business climate is playing a role in this year’s governor’s

Movies don’t kill people. Troubled people kill people.

Posted on July 21, 2012 by Brant Clifton

In the wake of that horrible, horrible, horrible event at the midnight screening of the new Batman movie, we have ALL kinds of politicos stepping forward to use

Liberal media bias: Where it ALL begins

Posted on July 21, 2012July 21, 2012 by Brant Clifton

If you want to explore the roots of leftist bias in North Carolina’s mainstream media, look no further than The UNC School of Journalism — which has trained a great