TweetWhere I live, I normally take a Republican primary ballot, because that’s the only way I get any choices, especially on local races. But four years ago, I broke with that pattern because of one race: I wanted to vote for Vincent Sheheen. I was so disappointed by the whole Republican field for governor (even […]
Tweet I missed this last week, but it was brought to my attention by an alert reader today. What you see above is from a Lee Bright Facebook page about a phone bank on May 2. Wow. As in, like, wow…
Tweet Had to smile at the latest release from Lee Bright. As nasty as things get in politics these days, it’s nice to see that even a Tea Party guy (and you know how angry they can be) can express himself with civility, Southern style. Yes, it’s a condescending expression, but it’s a sweet condescending […]
TweetThis is a good day to be Nancy Mace or Det Bowers. Because they are the only two of the crowd of people running against Lindsey Graham in the GOP primary who did not just sign a pledge to support the guy who called the senator “ambiguously gay.” Here’s the money quote, which caused enough […]
Tweet To reasonable people. You know, people who would think that a member of a loyal opposition would want to help the secretary of state with a difficult matter bearing on a huge international crisis. Here’s the release from Lee Bright: Offers Aid to Ultra Liberal Who Embarrassed Himself Last Week If there were any […]
TweetThis comes from Tom Davis: Statement by SC State Senator Tom Davis Earlier today, SC State Senator Tom Davis (R-Beaufort) filed S1035, a bill whose objective is to allow doctors in South Carolina to prescribe Cannabidiol (CBD) oil, a non-psychoactive chemical in cannabis, to South Carolina patients who suffer with intractable epilepsy. The following […]
TweetBill Connor is still playing it rather coy with his Facebook peeps: Friends, I have a major announcement to make on Monday, but this weekend I plan to focus on military obligations (spending time with my Citadel teaching team) and spending the other time with my family. I appreciate that many calls and texts, and […]
TweetI’m writing this as a tribute to Lee Bandy, because if he’d been there and heard this, funeral or not, he’d have jumped on it. As Aaron Sheinin related in an earlier post, Lee would wait until people like me got done with the wonkish, nerdy political stuff, and ask questions about the horse race […]
TweetThe Twitterverse is still buzzing over Lindsey Graham’s criticism of Rand Paul’s filibuster last week, as the über-libertarian wing of the GOP desperately seeks a Great Right Hope to oppose him in next year’s primary. How desperate are they? Well, they were floating Lee Bright‘s name last week. Since then, other names have emerged. Tom […]
TweetOf course, that depends on which of his many actions you choose to focus on. As I noted in my last post, our senior senator went back and forth between hugging and slapping Barack Obama yesterday. National Journal asserted yesterday that “Lindsey Graham Isn’t Acting Like a Worried Man,” citing “demographics and a tea-party fade:” […]
Tweet This morning, I saw this on Twitter from Tom Davis: Thanks, Ed Eichelberger, for this video of my speech at Tuesday’s nullification rally at the S. C. State House. http://fb.me/1eyP5zmGG “Nullification rally?” Is that what was going on when I passed by on Tuesday.? Wait, let me go check. No, I was right: This is […]
TweetWhich is not usually the kind of event I turn out for, but it was my first chance to see Ron Paul in person. This time around, anyway (and maybe ever; I’m not sure). To end the suspense — he looks just the way he does on TV, like the cranky crazy uncle who sits […]
TweetThis came in today. Seems odd that she’d be announcing organizational stuff like this so late, but campaigns are like that. They have their own timing and rhythm. I suspect that part of her reason in putting together this extensive list now is to tell everyone that she is, too, in the running for SC. […]
TweetCleaning out my IN box today, I ran across this from four days ago: Senators Say They Will return to Columbia on Tuesday COLUMBIA – South Carolina Senate Majority Leader Harvey Peeler today released a list of Senators who have requested it be made public that they will return to Columbia on Tuesday June 7th […]
TweetCatching up on my e-mail, I ran across this release from our friend Wesley over with the Senate Republicans: Senate passes bill giving DHHS budget flexibility The state Department of Health and Human Services needs to crawl out of a $228 million hole for this fiscal year, alone. Next year, deficit estimates top $500 million. […]
TweetJust to elaborate a bit on that last post, in which I wrote about how once-sensible Republicans are dancing with madness these days… I’d just like to point out to Sen. Graham where all this “hate Obamacare to the point that we’ll hurt actual South Carolinians by blowing it up” stuff leads. Continue down that […]
TweetI find myself remembering a scene in “Gettysburg,” the video adaptation of The Killer Angels, in which a couple of Confederate soldiers, asked by a Union officer why in the world they’re fighting, explain with great dignity that they’re fighting for their “rats.” Hearing a reference to rodents, the officer questions them further until it […]
TweetRoss Shealy over at Barbecue and Politics has been busy compiling some interesting facts on some of the individual races in our recent state primaries. Actually, it’s just the same fact over and over, but it’s an interesting one. Howard Rich — that star of video, thanks to Katon Dawson — funneled thousands of bucks […]