TweetI continue to find myself baffled by the way rigid ideologues look at the world, particularly those who are chasing the Tea Party vote. A little while ago I got this release from Nikki Haley’s campaign manager: “The Fight for the Right” February 26th, 2010Friends, Hope all is well. Things are going great on the […]
TweetThe brains of the Sanford outfit has sent out a letter endorsing Nikki Haley, which is of a whole lot more value than if the gov himself were to do so. Of course, in terms of substance, it’s the same. Which is to say, an endorsement of Nikki is an endorsement of more of the […]
TweetSomehow I had missed this. I got a tweet from Nikki Haley today, and it linked to her Web site, which I was finally able to call up (I could never get if before, for some reason). Anyway, I saw that she had posted something on May 15 quoting Mark Sanford as follows: Nikki Haley […]
Tweet I wish she hadn’t — she’s a good House member, but isn’t ready for this (and the last thing the campaign needs is someone dubbed the “Mark Sanford candidate,” since this election needs to be about moving beyond Mark Sanford) — but she did it: Nikki Haley Announces Bid for Governor May 14, 2009 […]
Tweet Someone just brought this to my attention: In the latest bombshell to drop in the 2010 race for the GOP nomination for governor, Rep. Nikki Haley is running, according to multiple sources close to WR. Haley, who would be the “Sanford candidate” that S.C. political observers have been waiting for, has allegedly been telling […]
TweetWe’ve heard from different sides of the divide — or one of the divides — that split S.C. Republicans on the subject of Speaker Harrell’s heavy-handed treatment of Nikki Haley and Nathan Ballentine. Now I see that Tim Kelly, who is no kind of Republican, has also weighed in on Nikki’s behalf: There are probably […]
TweetOne day last week (I’m thinking it was Monday the 10th), Nikki Haley called to say she wanted urgently to talk with me. She came by later that same day. With her approval (she had initially asked just to speak with me), Cindi Scoppe sat in with us. (I TRY not to meet with sources […]
TweetStill catching up on the e-mail, and just now saw this one from yesterday: For Immediate Release Contact: State Rep. Nikki Haley Tuesday, April 15, 2008REPRESENTATIVE NIKKI HALEY INTRODUCES THE 2008 SPENDING ACCOUNTABILITY ACT COLUMBIA, S.C. – State Representative Nikki Haley today announced that she has introduced legislation that requires a roll call vote on […]
TweetThis gets more and more interesting. A moment ago, our good friend Nikki Haley was up speaking for the execrable notion of school "choice" via individual tax credits. On the one hand, big deal. Nikki hasn’t been so publicly opposed to such proposals in the past as Mr. Bingham has. But I do hate to […]
TweetThat was the only part of the song I could work into what I wanted to say. So here I go working it in… My answer to the question is both “yes” and “no.” “No” in the sense that I’ve found yard signs a bit puzzling in this election year. First, in my relatively moderate […]
Tweet OK, here’s another point I’ve made many times before, but the reporting on the Michigan Democratic primary offered another illustration of it. There is one predominant “bias” in news reporting, and it’s very harmful to the country. It’s journalists’ addiction to conflict. This is very harmful to the country. (Another one that may be […]
TweetI haven’t had time for blogging lately, but I thought I’d better share this before tomorrow… Y’all know my friend Clare Folio Morris, right? She’s contributed some op-ed stuff here before. Well, she wrote a piece for the Post and Courier promoting Nikki Haley in tomorrow’s primary, but from a different perspective from Paul DeMarco. […]
TweetThe Op-Ed Page By Paul V. DeMarco Guest Columnist Rarely does a state have an opportunity to make history the way we do on Feb. 24 in the Republican presidential primary election. South Carolina may be Nikki Haley’s last chance to derail Donald Trump’s path to the nomination. It will be hard for Haley to […]
TweetAll that said, let me tell you about something weird that came up just a little while ago… Another smart friend, not one of those I had called earlier in the day, texted me this evening to say: “_____ is writing an op Ed urging women to go out and vote for Nikki. She is […]
TweetOK, that’s a slight exaggeration. It just sort of feels like that, after the conversations I’ve been having in recent days. Especially today. In response to Paul’s announcement that he’s going to skip Saturday’s Democratic primary and vote for Nikki Haley three weeks later, I said that Paul makes very valuable points, but “I’m not […]
TweetOr at least, that’s what I hope, being a hopeful kind of guy. Eight days ago, I tweeted this: Just a few more hours, and then it will be over, and no one — no human, no headline, no tweet, no podcast — will ever again mention the accursed Iowa caucuses! Right? I say, RIGHT? […]
TweetI’ve made this point a bunch of times, but having been reminded of it the last two or three days, I thought I’d share it again once or twice. Over the weekend, my friend Steve Millies in Chicago tweeted this: Not a picture I ever imagined taking of my TV screen. I have simply no […]
Tweet This afternoon, the Post & Courier held one of its Pints & Politics events at J’s Corner Restaurant & Bar (where Jaco’s used to be). It was sponsored by AARP. It was the first one of these I’ve attended. I went because the guest was Asa Hutchinson, and I’d been wanting to hear him […]
Tweet Actually, the first thing I’d like to know is how many of you watched it. I didn’t. Well, I tried — about a half-hour into it — and I couldn’t. I mean, technically couldn’t get it on my TV. You see, this wasn’t an event for the American people; it was an event for […]
TweetThe Op-Ed Page EDITOR’S NOTE: Paul sent me this with an apology, calling it “a somewhat dated column.” And it was when he send it, on June 11. So I now offer my own apology, since I’ve hardly touched the blog since then, and now it is a REALLY dated column. I’ve been really, really […]