The Daily Haymaker

Racial Justice Act opens the floodgates …

Posted on April 20, 2012 by Brant Clifton

Thank Bev Perdue and her comrades on the left in the NC General Assembly for this. They rammed The Racial Justice Act through the assembly in 2009 over

Retiring NC Senator Blake says Tillman best choice to represent Moore County in Raleigh

Posted on April 20, 2012April 20, 2012 by Brant Clifton

Senator Harris Blake has won a lot of friends and supporters during his long tenure representing Moore County in the state Senate. Retiring this year,

When leftist editorialists attack ..

Posted on April 20, 2012 by Brant Clifton

Our local paper here in Moore County still won’t print the full text of the constitutional amendment we’re voting on in May. And why would they? It makes it so

The marriage amendment and political whiplash

Posted on April 20, 2012 by Brant Clifton

It’s unfortunately not all that unusual to see political leaders stop on a dime and change directions on political issues — just to score points with the

GOP candidate for NC Senate in Guilford picks up the tab for strapped drivers

Posted on April 19, 2012 by Brant Clifton

Trudy Wade, a Republican member of the Greensboro City Council, is running to represent the Greensboro area in the NCGA’s upper chamber. She and her volunteers sponsored and manned

Once you open the tax dollar spigot, it’s doggone tough to turn it off

Posted on April 19, 2012 by Brant Clifton

A story in today’s edition of The Wall Street Journal illustrates this point beautifully: When the University of Wyoming needed an extra $10 million

N&O launching a political campaign fact check blog. (No, seriously.)

Posted on April 19, 2012April 19, 2012 by Brant Clifton

The announcement by The Ol’ Reliable that they are getting into the fact-check business is being met with some dismay, derision, and suspicion, as you can infer from the comments

Woman behaving badly too at NC Dem HQ?

Posted on April 19, 2012 by Brant Clifton

The N&O’s political ace John Frank is reporting via Twitter that the state Democrat Party 1st vice-chairman, who would succeed chairman David Parker if he is forced out, has