Yesterday, it was Rep. Kit Spires, Richland County Sheriff Leon Lott and Senate challenger Katrina Shealy.
Today, it’s House candidate Tony Lamm, Richland County Council candidate Don Purcell and Richland County Clerk of Court Barbara Scott.
But before that ….aieeee, Cindi’s coming to get me for the first one! Gotta go…
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I wonder how this story will affect the SC races? All across the country people are seeing the GOP for the diabolical “benefit the rich” club that it has become. Maybe, just maybe a bit of this common sense can creep into SC politics. Please ask the local GOP candidates why we should support a party that has led our nation and state down the path of ruin? Of course do it diplomatically.
Childers victory gives Dems a third straight takeover
By Aaron Blake
Posted: 05/13/08 10:19 PM [ET]
Democrat Travis Childers won Tuesday’s Mississippi special election runoff for Sen. Roger Wicker’s (R) former House seat, handing Democrats the biggest of their three special election takeovers this cycle and sending a listless GOP further into a state of disarray.
Childers led GOP candidate Greg Davis 53-47 with more than 90 percent of precincts reporting. Turnout increased substantially over the 67,000 voters who cast ballots in the April 22 open special election, with more than 100,000 voting in the runoff.
It won’t. These things are overblown by the parties and by the 24/7 TV people who have to have something to talk about.
But there’s a bigger reason why what you’re talking about has little to do with what happens in S.C.: Gerrymandering. It’s so utterly thorough that it’s highly unlikely that a seat will change hands from one party to the other. And while there might indeed be a positive "Obama Effect" for Democrats in some of the more pivotal districts, such as House District 79, there is unlikely to be the backlash AGAINST a party, such as bud wishes for.
It’s become a bit of a cliche, but as this worthwhile piece in the WSJ over the weekend noted, "Instead of voters choosing their lawmakers… lawmakers are choosing their voters."
That, of course, is one of the things that has led to the hyperpartisanship that is the great sickness of modern politics — people are elected from either overwhelmingly Democratic or overwhelmingly Republican districts, and therefore need only speak to people who already agree with them.
The thrust of the story is the GOOD news, which is that the country is rejecting that, which is what is producing the nominations of John McCain and Barack Obama. The headline of the piece was "America’s Race to the Middle."
And even though it’s pretty much decided already whether Democrats or Republicans will win these seats, we’re seeing a pretty positive thing among these candidates — few of them resort to ideological cant. Few seem to be competing to be the "most pure" of their party.
Don’t know if you can believe it, but every once in a while a Democrat gets caught up in a scandal. Partisanship aside, the sage of Ohio Attorney General Marc Dann is amazing; Beavis’s partner even makes an appearance. In a mere sixteen months he’s set quite the record for sex, sexual harassment, abuse of office, and whatever else would prompt seven ongoing investigations.
This one post has links to nine others, with quotes and links from the local press, and gems like this:
He was supposed to announce his resignation during a press conference at noon today, but that’s been called off and the Highway Patrol has been called in to make sure no files are removed or destroyed.
So, Brad, interviewed anybody like this lately?
The Childers victory in Mississippi was in one of those supposedly very safe GOP districts. Bush carried it with about 60% of the vote in 2004. GOP bigwigs must be shaking in their boots.
Mike, you’re kidding, right? Surely you understand, whether bud does or not, that today I was interviewing Tony Lamm, Don Purcell and Barbara Scott (and was SUPPOSED to interview somebody running against Leon Lott, but he didn’t show), and NOT this Dann guy, or that Childers person, or anyone related to any of that.
Surely you know that whether this scandal you referred to involved a Democrat or a Republican is utterly irrelevant to anything I’m doing, right?
Reassure me, here.
Brad –
I guess I was lamenting the fact that your interview subjects were rather, er, bland compared to what the Rust Belt was offering.
While the South in general and Carolina — the Palmetto State, not the other one — in particular have had their share of colorful politicians who in years past have been the butt of countless jokes nationwide, the Buckeye State’s chief legal counsel and law enforcement officer, having been elected sixteen months ago based in large measure on his commitment to the highest ethical standards, immediately established an Animal House that would make even Bluto blush. Well, maybe not.
But his behavior did manage to upset a lot of folks over a short period of time. Members of his own party, including the governor and legislators, were calling for his resignation. Okay, so the same could be said about our governor, but in Ohio there are charges of sex, sexual harassment, and the trifecta: abuse of state credit cards, computers, and vehicles! He resigned late today, just hours after the state’s inspector general’s office launched a raid on his office. I have this vision of guys in helmets with clipboards and crowbars at hand prying open elevator doors…
So this has nothing to do with what you are doing except that it’s probably more fun covering an embattled official holed up in his office, and any connection with partisanship was merely to remind bud that there are jerks on both sides of the aisle. Also, I have fond memories of Ohio, having spent a couple of years going to a really challenging school there, but I am of course a South Carolinian by choice.