TweetYesterday I was so busy running from one candidate event to another that I didn’t have time to write about any of them. I left the last one while Rick Santorum was still talking, and grabbed a late dinner and packed and hit the sack for about five hours sleep. So here are some brief […]
TweetI was shocked, shocked, to see that Governing magazine named Sen. Vincent Sheheen one of its 12 legislators to watch in 2012: Sen. Vincent Sheheen exceeded all expectations in his 2010 race for governor. Running in a strongly Republican state in a strongly Republican year, he lost to Nikki Haley — who attracted considerable national […]
TweetI have always, according to everyone else, underestimated the role of money in politics. It bores me, so I don’t attach the importance to it that everyone says I should. But for all you folks who are so much more world-wise than I, here’s a tidbit to gnaw on: Romney’s Free and Strong America PAC […]
Tweet How’s that for hedging, Yogi Berra style? Hey, I’m not going to get caught out on a limb again like I did with my prediction, the day he announced, that Rick Perry was going to win it all (all, that is, except the presidency). Hey, how was I to know he suffered from chronic […]
Tweet I told you that last post wasn’t about Nikki Haley. Well, this one is. Or rather, about the national media and Nikki. I was almost done with the previous post before I clicked on the link from HuffPost to the Marie Claire piece to which it refers… … and found myself confronted by what […]
TweetDoug and Steven, if you’re counting, this post is not really about Nikki Haley. It’s about women. It’s about me having trouble figuring them out. Or having trouble figuring out how the world reacts to them. Or something… HuffPost calls our attention to the following: South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley (R), in an interview in Marie Claire […]
TweetHang on a sec while I whip together a page here…. Obama plans a leaner, cheaper military (WashPost) — I’m hearing the voice of Johnny Dangerously here: Because if we don’t do it, there’s a Chinese gang out there that’ll do it cheaper, and leaner… Bombs targeting Iraqi Shiites kill 72 (WashPost) — Later in […]
Tweet Speaking of releases from the SC Democrats, they just put out the above video, with this comment from Dick Harpootlian: Instead of rolling up her sleeves and getting to work on South Carolina’s problems with jobs, education, and taxes, Nikki Haley is jetting to New Hampshire to play politics and mingle with the national […]
TweetThis just in from the SC Democratic Party: Columbia, SC — This morning, the South Carolina Democratic Party announced that State Representative Boyd Brown of Winnsboro will deliver the Democratic response to Nikki Haley’s 2012 State of the State address. Wonder why someone this young (he turned 25 right after I took the picture above) and […]
TweetApparently — and surprisingly — the Occupy Columbia folks haven’t been getting enough attention from our governor. This came in an hour ago: ACTION ALERT! Tent March to the Governor’s Mansion at 4pm Tomorrow ACTION ALERT: We are calling on all Occupiers and supporters to join us tomorrow for a march with our tents from […]
TweetNot brother David, the ex-speaker and ambassador, but Billy Wilkins, the former head of the 4th Circuit: After Gov. Nikki Haley endorsed Mitt Romney for president this morning, S.C. frontrunner Newt Gingrich responded by announcing the endorsements of Billy and Debra Wilkins. Billy Wilkins is a partner at the Nexsen Pruet law firm and a […]
TweetPerhaps I’ve been remiss by not commenting on hearings the Senate Medical Affairs Committee has been having regarding the recent DHEC decision to allow the state of Georgia to dredge. It’s just that I haven’t been sure what to say about it. The panel itself has absolved the governor and her staff of having exerted undue […]
Tweet No matter how many times it happens, I always have this odd feeling of disconnection, of unreality, when I see how SC politics looks from the outside. For instance, this game, which invites you to drag important endorsers down to the presidential candidates you think they’ll endorse… and then look back in the coming […]
TweetI went down to the demonstration, to get my fair share of … … ennui? Not sure I can fairly characterize it all in a word, but that comes close. Briefly, here’s what happened: A couple of people gathered around the State House steps at 6 p.m. this evening, and many of them for an […]
TweetI neglected to take note of this a couple of days back: Amazon opens Cayce distribution center Staff Report Published Nov. 18, 2011 Amazon.com’s new 1-million-square-foot distribution center near Cayce has opened in time for the holiday shopping season. “There will be products going out of there in time for the holiday,” a company spokesman […]
TweetFolks, I have to do Health and Happiness again at Rotary on Monday. And of course, I have again left it until the last minute to think about what I am going to say. So give me some good, clean, tasteful, topical jokes to use. And this time, I promise to put them in a […]
TweetStroll around the grounds until you feel at home… — “Mrs. Robinson“ Old habits die hard. As I posted today’s Virtual Front Page, featuring a blurb about the Occupy Columbia situation at the State House, I glanced at the time. It was just past 6 p.m. So how did I know there weren’t new arrests […]
TweetThere were about 100 apparent protesters milling about in the dark as the 6 p.m. deadline arrived. People in pools of harsh TV lights being interviewed, others talking on cellphones, others just waiting. Walid Hakim was, as he has been, a center of attention. He told me — and maybe if I can get it […]
TweetSee update to this post in this comment below. The buzz has been out there for a couple of hours. When I got wind of it, I walked down to the State House to see what was up. The first person I ran into was Wesley Donehue, on his way back to his office at […]
TweetI said a moment ago that I didn’t have anything to say about Joe Riley’ latest victory except congratulations again, but apparently I lied. It just hit me what else I wanted to say… Aside from my happiness for Joe, it occurs to my what it does my heart so much good to turn toward […]