TweetSince some of y’all seem to like this “open thread” thing, I thought I’d post one bright and early this morning, just to get things rolling until I have time to post something else. Actually, to tell the truth, I’m not up before 6 a.m. doing this. I’m actually writing it at 2:33 on the […]
Tweet A bit late in the day, but here you go… State Ethics Commission fines Gov. Nikki Haley (thestate.com) — I had forgotten that there was still an ethics complaint against her out there pending. Senators Reach Agreement to Avert Fight Over Filibuster (NYT) — And another completely unnecessary, bogus — manufactured purely by the political […]
TweetDoes that headline sound a bit odd? Well… I was trying to capture what I tend to think, or perhaps feel, whenever I hear Vincent Sheheen speak publicly. He says a bunch of perfectly fine things that I personally agree with, but he doesn’t make you go away all charged up and ready to do […]
TweetOK, this is old news (June 14), but I missed it until a release from Vincent Sheheen celebrating it brought it to my attention today. The Fix over at The Washington Post has listed South Carolina’s as the 7th most competitive gubernatorial race in 2014: 7. South Carolina (R): Democrats are surprisingly optimistic about the […]
Tweet The story this morning about the SC Senate killing ethics legislation for the year was filled with the kind of nonsense that we’ve come to expect from this institution: COLUMBIA — The state Senate polices its members just fine, senators said Wednesday, refusing to pass an ethics bill – Gov. Nikki Haley’s top priority […]
TweetA Tweet this morning from Wes Hayes, the Republican senator from York County, brought my attention to this statement he had put out on Facebook: It has come to my attention that a press release circulated by South Carolina Democrats today makes potentially misleading claims on my position and motivations for co-authoring an Op-Ed with […]
TweetFirst, the good news is that maybe, just maybe, ethics reform did NOT die in the SC Senate yesterday. And, on the whole, that’s a good thing. Because while the bill is far from perfect, it’s better than no ethics reform at all. Vincent Sheheen and Wes Hayes made the bipartisan case for ethics reform […]
TweetLast night before the results were in, a friend shared with me this Facebook update from John Dickerson of CBS and Slate: If Mark Sanford wins tonight it will mark a real evolution for South Carolina as a state where values voters play a big role. Sanford, Gingrich’s win in the SC GOP primary. This […]
Tweet James Smith’s comments about Nikki Haley and “corruption” should also be taken within the context of the above ad from the Democratic Governor’s Association. Meanwhile, with the video below, Haley supporters show that they want to run against Barack Obama again. But at least this ad mentions Sheheen, which is something. How do the […]
TweetI thought this release I got from SC Democrats sort of interesting. After saying, As the general election begins in the First Congressional District, let’s all remember some of what Mark Sanford’s fellow Republicans had to say about the former governor: … the release then quoted what some prominent Republicans said, mostly back in 2009. […]
TweetNote: After this post was published, the Grooms campaign sent out two corrections. The first did not correct the “Medicare” mistake. The second, at 4:52 p.m., did. The original release moved at 4:18 p.m. Just got this, about 14 minutes ago, from Larry Grooms’ campaign for the GOP nomination in the 1st Congressional District: LARRY […]
TweetI say “grownups” because all the respondents were over 45. It was the first word that came to mind. I’ll allow that there may be some grownups out there younger than 45. Anyway, here’s a report from the Charleston paper on the poll: Most South Carolina adults interviewed for a new poll think the state […]
TweetSC House Republicans yesterday killed the first attempt to expand Medicaid in keeping with Obamacare, promising that today they would unveil a Plan B that addresses South Carolina’s “core problem.” Hey, I’ll tell you what South Carolina’s “core problem” is, at least with regard to this issue and ones like it: We keep trying to […]
TweetOn a previous thread, Kathryn noted that “satire” doesn’t mean what Todd Kincannon claims to think it means. That put me in mind of this joke (at right) I ran across on the interwebs a few days ago. You may have seen it before; there seem to be several versions of it out there. Still, […]
TweetSpeaking of “conservative, conservative, conservative,” repeated as a mind-numbing mantra… This came in today: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Ellen Weaver – 803-708-0673, press@palmettopolicy.org JIM DEMINT ANNOUNCES FORMATION OF NEW S C THINK TANK Palmetto Policy Forum to serve a vital role in policy research, innovation and collaboration Columbia, SC – Today, former U.S. Senator and Heritage Foundation President-elect Jim […]
TweetA quick look at the headlines: Obama Hails Bipartisan Plan to Overhaul Immigration (NYT) — For more on this, go to my previous post. Army Chief Warns of Egypt’s ‘Collapse’ as Chaos Mounts (NYT) — Not sure how much weight to give this. If it’s accurate, this should be the lede story. Activists: At least 65 found […]
Tweet OK, so maybe it’s not everything — there’s personal pettiness, and anti-intellectualism, and an appalling willingness on the parts of too many to stoop to the lowest common public impulses for advantage — but it’s something that runs through it all, and ruins everything it touches. And besides, those things are more or less […]
TweetWe discussed this briefly on a previous post, but I thought I’d call attention to it more directly. Read this blog post from Mia McLeod: Dumb and Dumber… That’s obviously what they think you are. Otherwise, the Old Guard (a.k.a. “OG”) wouldn’t be brazen enough to “demote” and “promote” incompetence in the same breath. And […]
TweetHad lunch with Vincent Sheheen yesterday, and he mentioned this. When I got back, there was a release from Phil Bailey: Sheheen Named Rodel Fellow by Aspen Institute Camden, SC – State Senator Vincent Sheheen has been nominated to be part of the Rodel Fellowship in Public Leadership Program at the Aspen Institute. The Camden […]
TweetYour first front of the year, and first on the latest blog format: Dow Notches Best Day in Over a Year (WSJ) — Note to all the self-described “conservatives” on the SC delegation who voted against the “cliff” deal: Love it or hate it, said deal was the best thing Wall Street has seen come out […]