The Daily Haymaker

Pinehurst: The end of a Tradition?

Posted on March 14, 2012 by Brant Clifton

The Tradition of Old Town, a proposed townhome development at the corner of McCaskill and Magnolia, was a sore subject for many Pinehurst voters during the November village elections. The

Race Pimps target Fayetteville Police Department

Posted on March 13, 2012March 13, 2012 by Brant Clifton

Race pimps are people who — instead of dealing honestly with problems — holler racism, blame whitey, and put together protest marches. (Think William Barber, The Fayetteville Observer’s Myron Pitts,

A Peek Inside George Holding, Inc. : Mostly smoke and mirrors

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

George Holding’s background is a campaign consultant’s dream come true. He’s the scion of the First Citizen’s Bank empire, a former aide to U.S. Senator Jesse Helms, and a former

Whipping up fears about Amendment One (a/k/a “Be afraid of those simple church people”)

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

I see the new editor of our local Pulitzer prize-winning, Nobel-nominated thrice weekly newspaper has already been trained by the Democrat politicos who own and operate

Renee Ellmers: live and in living color

Posted on March 11, 2012March 12, 2012 by Brant Clifton

One of the first people I bumped into at Saturday’s Moore GOP event was our new Member of Congress, Renee Ellmers of Dunn. Ellmers won a close race

John Marcum now a Fiorillo Fan

Posted on March 11, 2012 by Brant Clifton

I ran into John Marcum, two-time Pinehurst mayoral candidate and 2012 GOP candidate for NC Senate, at Saturday’s Moore County GOP candidate meet-and-greet in Southern

The (REAL?) story on the NCGA gas tax relief #FAIL: ‘The Emperor Has No Clothes’

Posted on March 11, 2012 by Brant Clifton

We’ve vented our frustrations repeatedly on this site about North Carolina’s obscenely high gas tax. With gas prices skyrocketing, the economy tanking, and the unemployment rate

Walter Dalton’s daughter is a registered lobbyist

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

Elizabeth Robinson HAS to be one of the best-connected lobbyists in Raleigh. Mrs. Robinson is the Director of Governmental Relations for The North Carolina Retail Merchants Association. She’s ALSO

Campaign 2012: Richard Morgan, those photo shoots, “the picture girl” and those not-so-subtle threats

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

“He’s a mental case. He does things no sane person would do.” — Former State Rep. Frank Mitchell (R-Iredell) , in 2006, on fellow Republican legislator Richard Morgan

Renee Ellmers getting back to her Tea Party roots