TweetI refer, of course, to this quote regarding the unaccompanied Central American children, part of the flood that has precipitated a crisis on our southern border, who have been placed with relatives in South Carolina: “You want me to educate them, right? And you want me to pay their health care, right? It does cost […]
Tweet I don’t have time today to go into great depth on this, but I thought I’d share several scattered thoughts I had about the governor’s speech and reactions to it, each of which could be developed into an extensive post on its own: I was pleased that she was willing to share credit on […]
TweetHaving trouble finding anything substantive not to like in Nikki Haley’s education and other proposals, some critics are saying she’s just playing election-year politics. Well, if that’s the case, that’s good news, too. In fact, unless you’re a Democrat trying to unseat her, it’s hard to see where the downside is for you here. That […]
TweetSpeaking of subjects on which Nikki Haley is right, even laudable, while her political opponents have it wrong… Until the Democrats put out a release today scoffing at her about it, I didn’t know she had stuck up for embattled NJ Gov. Chris Christie on Facebook yesterday. Here’s what she said: I’ve watched my friend […]
TweetUPDATE: Spoke briefly today with Ted Pitts, who said the governor’s proposal was attached to the relevant press release on the governor’s website. Which seems rather obvious, now that he points it out… Someone complained, sort of, that I didn’t comment on Nikki Haley’s education proposal yesterday. Sorry. I wasn’t sure I knew enough about […]
TweetKristin Sosanie over at the SC Democratic Party brings up something I hadn’t thought about for awhile, but which we’re likely to hear more about as Nikki Haley tries to get re-elected: Vice President Biden will be in South Carolina’s lowcountry today to talk about the importance of the Port of Charleston for the state […]
Tweet The SC Democratic Party sent out this release a few minutes ago: Nikki Haley’s Terrible, No-Good, Very-Bad Week After three days of condemnation, Haley finally drops white supremacist co-chair It’s been a rough week for Governor Nikki Haley and her reelection campaign. But that’s what happens when you appoint, and then spend three […]
TweetFrom Rep. James Smith’s Facebook page: If SC had seen genuine ethics reform previously and had an ethics committee with any teeth, Nikki Haley would likely have been forced out of the House and never would have made it to the Governor’s office. Her actions and the culture of corruption continue to bring shame on […]
TweetApparently tired of excoriating Lillian McBride and all who sail in her, Mia McLeod has now turned her verbal artillery upon Nikki Haley: For all of you who had the misfortune of watching the Governor’s State of the State address last night, I’m gonna do what she should’ve done…apologize. If the state of our state […]
TweetCindi Scoppe first raised the question in her column yesterday headlined, “Is SC computer breach transforming Gov. Nikki Haley?” The column was made possible by one of the first signs of new maturity in our governor — a phone conversation with editorial writers (as opposed to her usual pep rally with her admirers on her […]
TweetAt first it appeared that planet Earth had gone to great trouble to prevent Nikki Haley from addressing the nation. But the GOP convention planners, not ones to take a hint, have rescheduled her: TAMPA, Fla. — Gov. Nikki Haley will address the Republican National Convention at nearly 10 p.m. Tuesday under the new, storm-altered […]
TweetHere’s one of the things that puzzles me about Nikki Haley. To hear her talk sometimes, you’d get the idea that unions are a bad thing. And yet she keeps pushing and pushing and pushing to unionize the drivers who operate public school buses in South Carolina. Oh, you didn’t know that? Well, she calls […]
TweetAll of a sudden, everywhere I go, people are speculating that Nikki Haley will not be governor much longer. But I haven’t run into anyone who can really back that up. It’s difficult to pinpoint the source of this increasingly ubiquitous meme. It’s tempting to say that the fall of Glenn McConnell to the post […]
TweetWith regard to this: South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley today has vetoed a measure aimed at retroactively stripping the state’s Department of Health and Environmental Control of the authority to approve a permit needed by Georgia to dredge the Savannah River. The controversial permit is needed for the Port of Savannah’s plan to deepen the […]
TweetI don’t know what Vincent Sheheen knows, or thinks he knows, but he comes on pretty strong in this release I got from Phil Bailey a few moments ago: Sheheen Calls DHEC Port Decision a Costly Blunder Calls for DHEC Board’s Resignation Columbia, SC – State Senator Vincent Sheheen of Camden today called the state’s Department […]
TweetBecause I can’t. An excerpt from a release that just came in from Occupy Columbia: On Thursday, Governor Nikki Haley said that unions are behind the Occupy Wall Street movement. We contest that accusation. This is a leaderless movement that welcomes participation from all groups, but neither bows down nor endorses any. We’ve publicly invited […]
TweetI was surprised that, on my previous post, nobody had anything to say about Nikki Haley’s directive to state employees to answer the phone by saying, “‘It’s a great day in South Carolina!” Wait… the news stories didn’t say anything about an exclamation point. But how else could you say that? The content demands such […]
TweetA friend — a woman friend — passed on to me this item from The Post and Courier. She told me it might not appeal to me because it was “chick stuff” — that she nearly passed on it for the same reason (you’d have to know this woman, who in some ways thinks more […]
TweetJust thought I’d ask because of stuff like this: No thanks: Haley to reject fed health exchange funds By GINA SMITH – gnsmith@thestate.com Gov. Nikki Haley said she will let federal deadlines slip by and not accept millions in federal funds to help South Carolina set up its own health insurance exchange. Health insurance exchanges, […]
Tweet OK, so Lee Bandy wasn’t the only person visiting Columbia Rotary today. He was just the one I enjoyed seeing the most. Nikki Haley made her first appearance at the club since back during the election. As I said on Twitter, she gave a good speech, centered around her usual themes. She just gets […]