The Daily Haymaker

ANOTHER sensible idea emanating from Raleigh …

Posted on July 16, 2011July 20, 2011 by Brant Clifton

This is getting kinda scary. Some in the GOP legislative majority are proposing merging several small community colleges in order to save the state some money. Florence and Darlington

Moore County’s “Casey” trial …

Posted on July 15, 2011July 20, 2011 by Brant Clifton

The nation has been captivated recently by the sensational trial in Florida of a young mother accused of killing her two year old daughter. The tabloids, newspapers, and TV shows

Redistricting revisited …

Posted on July 15, 2011July 18, 2011 by Brant Clifton

Reports are that the congressional redistricting map produced by the state legislature in Raleigh has been challenged by The U.S. Justice Department over concerns about compliance with the Voting

A lesson on reading polls …

Posted on July 14, 2011July 18, 2011 by Brant Clifton

Over the past couple of days, there have been a few misleading stories in the N&O regarding political poll numbers. I am going to assume the best — that Rob

Fact: The N&O LOVES liberals

Posted on July 14, 2011July 14, 2011 by Brant Clifton

I often harken back to the eight year period (1984-1992) when we last had a GOP governor in Raleigh. That is also the last occasion when The Raleigh News &

One more from the “It Needed to be Said” division of North Carolina state government …

Posted on July 14, 2011July 14, 2011 by Brant Clifton

“He spent the last 20 years predicting we were going to lose and when we did declared victory … He was right 1 of 20 times. A broken clock is

State senate redistricting brings change for Moore

Posted on July 13, 2011July 20, 2011 by Brant Clifton

The new redistricting map released by the state legislature Tuesday puts Moore County in a new state senate district and confronts our longtime incumbent, Senator Harris Blake (R), with possibly

Another headline that NEEDS to be finished ….

Posted on July 13, 2011July 20, 2011 by Brant Clifton

“Congressional redistricting plan unpopular” screams the headline in today’s edition of The News & Observer. If you read into the story, you see that the following phrase needs to be

Some Thoughtful advice trickling out of Raleigh

Posted on July 12, 2011July 20, 2011 by Brant Clifton

The Raleigh-based John Locke Foundation has released a study that details and makes recommendations on the economic and financial conditions of North Carolina’s local governments. This study, available for download

NC congressional redistricting clarified …

Posted on July 11, 2011July 18, 2011 by Brant Clifton

The Charlotte Observer’s Jim Morrill has an excellent piece in today’s paper about congressional redistricting. Opponents of the plan, drafted by the conservative majority in the legislature, say it unfairly