The Daily Haymaker

Happy New Year!

Posted on January 1, 2012February 23, 2018 by Brant Clifton

NC Dems lose lots of 18-25 year olds since 2008

Posted on December 31, 2011 by Brant Clifton

North Carolina Democrats have lost nearly 40,000 registered voters, between the ages of 18-25, since 2008. It’s been universally accepted that demographic voted overwhelming for BarryO, and was they key

Waiting on Howard

Posted on December 31, 2011December 31, 2011 by Brant Clifton

Howard Coble, the Republican congressman representing North Carolina’s Sixth District, appears to be playing the part of Hamlet here at the end of 2011. Fresh off of hospital stays

SC Primary: Um, THANKS ?????

Posted on December 31, 2011 by Brant Clifton

A former South Carolina state official convicted on drug charges has endorsed Ron Paul for President: South Carolina’s former treasurer who spent 10

Miss Nancy is BUSTED! (Livin’ la vida 1%)

Posted on December 31, 2011December 31, 2011 by Brant Clifton

(I bet Pinehurst mayor — and faithful Haymaker reader Nancy Fiorillo — had a conniption and spit out her coffee when she saw that headline. ) Our friends at

Recipe for 2012 GOP gubernatorial victory missing key ingredients

Posted on December 31, 2011December 31, 2011 by Brant Clifton

The three modern day successes for the NCGOP in governor’s races came in 1972, 1984, an 1988. What do those three years have in common? A Republican presidential candidate cruising

Tea Party needs to refocus its eyes on THE TRUE PRIZE

Posted on December 30, 2011 by Brant Clifton

In a slow news cycle, just in front of the South Carolina primary, a couple of loudmouth local yokels calling themselves “Tea Party leaders” are

GOP: Get On the bandwagon — or else …

Posted on December 30, 2011 by Brant Clifton

Rush had the theory some time back that the DC Republican Ruling Class is putting out the following message to Republican activists and officials around the country: Get