TweetI’ve written here before about how such GOP legislative leaders as Speaker Bobby Harrell keep putting out the word, sotto voce, that the things that Nikki Haley and her allies say about them are untrue. But he and the other top elected officials who know what a mistake it would be for South Carolina to […]
TweetWhile walking me back to the studio to tape the Friday radio show at ETV yesterday, the engineer asked me whether I was “as ready for next Wednesday as we are.” Rather than giving the usual sort of “You bet!” that such a remark generally prompts, I thought for a second and said No, actually […]
Tweet I got a link to this new Sheheen ad, along with a reminder to watch the debate tonight: The third and final debate will be held tonight at 7:00PM in Florence. The debate, sponsored by Francis Marion University, Coastal Carolina University, WBTW-TV and the Morning News, will be broadcast live on WBTW News 13, C-SPAN […]
TweetWell, I’ve set the DVR for the second debate between Nikki Haley and Vincent Sheheen, as I have a conflict. I’ll be moderating the debate between the lieutenant governor candidates at 7:30 p.m., as reported by The State: AARP is holding a candidate forum tonight for the candidates for lieutenant governor tonight. Republican Ken Ard […]
Tweet That’s what Sheheen’s campaign claimed this morning. At the same time, they released the results of a new Crantford poll showing Vincent well within the 3.8 percent margin of error, right on Nikki Haley’s heels: If you were able to watch the debate that just ended, it’s clear on who should be your next […]
TweetThe last couple of days have been busy, too busy for me to report adequately on Nikki Haley’s appearance before the Columbia Rotary Club Monday. Of course, there’s not much to report. She basically gave the same speech I’ve heard all year — the same one I heard at that Sarah Palin rally, which frankly […]
TweetThe first thing I saw on this topic was that Dick Harpootlian was apoplectic about it: wexler Nu Wexler God bless Harpo. RT @jmartpolitico: Harpootlian sounds off on $ sc dems are getting for gov race: “I’m pissed.” http://bit.ly/atJd10 Well, Dick gets worked up. For my part, I’m glad Vincent Sheheen isn’t getting any real help […]
Tweet How do y’all like the recent header photo that was on my main page (until I replaced it with the Fair one)? I call it “Kathryn and the White Guys.” The “Kathryn” is our own Kathryn Fenner, and the White Guys are several who were sitting with Vincent Sheheen at Rotary last week, including Crawford […]
TweetThis was brought to my attention via a release from the SC Democrats yesterday, as follows: Haley Makes Time’s 40 Under 40, But Why? COLUMBIA- Republican gubernatorial candidate Nikki Haley made national headlines again today for being named one of Time magazine’s 40 Under 40. The scandal-plagued candidate was named alongside young civic leaders who […]
TweetIt says a good deal about Nikki Haley that even one of Mark Sanford’s closest allies is joining, however tentatively, the Greek chorus of Republicans concerned about her candidacy. I thought it was remarkable enough that Chip Campsen’s sister would lead a dissident group of mainstream Republicans in challenging the Haley insurgency. Republicans don’t do […]
Tweet My plan was to keep pressing until I got a commitment for a time that Vincent Sheheen would sit still long enough for us to shoot an installment of “The Brad Show” with him, and then to turn and press Nikki Haley for an interview as well — having heard she was reluctant to […]
TweetAs an old-time newspaperman, I still don’t know what to do with junk like this. In the old days it wouldn’t have been out there. But now it is. I mean, The Associated Press? It doesn’t any more MSM than that. So what do we make of it? I leave that to y’all: By SEANNA […]
TweetThis morning as I parked on Assembly preparing to go in for breakfast, I ran into my good friend Samuel Tenenbaum, who was just leaving. He was agitated, as he often is. He and Patrick Cobb from AARP had just been commiserating about the general decline of our society, what Daniel Patrick Moynihan termed “defining […]
Tweet You can tell a lot about a candidate by the way he delivers a joke. And what I can tell from this is that we really need to elect this guy governor, to distract him from any plans he may have to pursue a standup career. But seriously, folks… You do see some of […]
TweetI was on Keven Cohen’s radio show again yesterday. Sorry I forgot to tell y’all in advance (or did I? I can’t remember; maybe I said something on Twitter…). But the phone lines lit up anyway, and we had a nice, lively discussion. He wants me on the show again before the election; I’ll try […]
TweetI’ve been remiss the last couple of days, but here’s one more front before the week ends: Dow Climbs Above 11000 (WSJ) — Yay, economy! For once. Meanwhile, the dollar continues to plummet — just as I’m planning a trip to England. Again, my sense of market timing is impeccable. Largest U.S. Bank Halts Foreclosures […]
TweetStill catching up with my e-mail… I got this message from Holly Gatling in response to this post: Dear Brad, Do you have a marriage license? A piece of paper you were willing to sign your name to as a statement of commitment? That’s the difference between Sheheen and Haley. Haley put her name on […]
TweetYesterday at the Summit Club, Tucker Eskew spoke to a luncheon meeting of the local chapter of the International Association of Business Communicators. (And OMG, I just committed one of the cardinal sins of Newswriting 101. I just wrote what is termed a “The Ladies Auxiliary met on Wednesday” lede! Which is to say, a […]
Tweet… another problem from Nikki Haley’s past crawls out. This time, it has to do with the House member leaning on the Employment Security Commission to suspend an audit of her family business: Republican gubernatorial candidate Nikki Haley called a commissioner at the state’s workforce agency while she was a sitting lawmaker to ask that an audit […]
TweetPat pointed out back here the fact that my old friend Holly Gatling (formerly of The State‘s Pee Dee bureau) and her compatriots at South Carolina Citizens for Life endorsed Nikki Haley for the thinnest, most procedural of reasons. That is indeed true: Citizens for Life director Holly Gatling says Haley scored a 100 on […]