TweetThe same pollster who reported Nikki Haley leading the Republicans now has Vincent Sheheen out front for the first time in his bid for the Democratic nomination for governor: State Senator Vincent Sheheen has now opened a modest lead over two other hopefuls in the Democratic Primary contest for governor of South Carolina with less […]
Tweet Yesterday, I praised Henry McMaster for his latest campaign ad. Yeah, the praise was pretty damned faint, and I disagreed strongly with a great deal of what he was saying, but at least it was done with a tone and attitude that made you feel good about South Carolina — or at least got […]
Tweet Right after the Palin/Haley event Friday, I rushed home because my youngest granddaughter was spending the night at our house. So, with Jim Clyburn droning on on the TV in the background, I tuned him out and forgot Nikki Haley as well. I thought what this little candidate had to say was far more […]
TweetJust now saw this e-mail from Rob Godfrey with the McMaster campaign: Brad, I realize you may not be in the loop, on top of the news or very well informed about the gubernatorial race these days, and that’s why I always hesitate to respond to anything that shows up on your blog. But I […]
TweetNo sooner does Nikki Haley announce that she’s sewn up the backing of the goddess of the Tea Party movement than Henry McMaster has to weigh in with a “Me, too!”… McMaster earns Upstate Tea Party endorsement May 13th, 2010 Conservative group says attorney general is candidate Tea Party can trust COLUMBIA, S.C. – One […]
TweetLast night after I posted the thing about Sarah Palin and Nikki Haley, I did what I usually do, which is post the headline and link on Twitter. But as I also usually do, I said a little more in the headline than I do here, as a way of drawing readers in and letting […]
TweetDang, I wish I hadn’t posted that Sheheen video earlier, because now that I have a good comment from him on Sanford’s veto of the cigarette tax increase (the increase that only goes half as far as 70 percent of South Carolinians want it to go, but at least is better than the 30-cent we […]
TweetHaving Wesley Donehue pipe up about Nikki Haley on roll call voting reminded me of something. Wesley’s the guy who arranged for the Blogger’s Row table at the Silver Elephant banquet a couple of weeks back. And there was something that happened that night that I failed to mention. The bloggers’ table had all modern […]
TweetCorey Hutchins calls my attention to his profile of some South Carolina Tea Partiers in the Free Times. An excerpt: When Allen Olson isn’t molding a movement, he makes his living as a carpenter. He’s a wiry, self-employed 48-year-old who can’t keep still. A pack of smokes juts from the pocket of a faded blue […]
TweetLast week, we lost one of our regulars here on the blog: Greg Flowers, a man who personified the kind of civility and thoughtfulness that has always been the goal of this community. I don’t know if you saw his obituary over the weekend, but here’s what ran on thestate.com: William Flowers COLUMBIA – William […]
TweetMaybe it’s not exactly the Thrilla in Manila, but Jim Rex is touting an upcoming match-up with Henry McMaster with all the hype of a fight announcer saying, “And in THIS coah-nah…“. Today, the superintendent reTweeted the following Tweet from The State‘s John O’Connor: That @HenryMcMaster-@JimRex cig tax debate? Round 1 will be Friday at […]
TweetI missed the televised GOP gubernatorial “debate” last night, but I was much gratified to read about one of the questions that was asked of the candidates. It’s one that, going forward, should be asked of all Republican candidates in our state, namely: Are you a Lindsey Graham Republican, or a Jim DeMint Republican? I […]
TweetJust a few hours after I saw Nikki Haley’s Tweet that said “Help Scott Brown stop the government takeover of Health Care,” which had so many things wrong with it that they couldn’t possibly be addressed in that medium, and which caused me to think, That’s it; I’ve completely lost all my patience with Nikki, […]
TweetDoug Ross is mystified as to how he got the following message from Steve Morrison (and similar ones from Dwight Drake). As he said, “I don’t post anywhere but your blog. My facebook is under my work email. I donated to the Nikki Haley campaign but I would doubt they share the emails.” Well, I […]
TweetGreg Flowers is getting me into trouble, and I’m helping him do it. Back on a previous post, Greg issued this challenge: Brad, you obviously don’t think Bauer is a sharp guy (neither do I). This leads to an interesting question. You have had (I believe) the opportunity to interact with all ten of the […]
Tweet This morning Andre Bauer stopped by my table at breakfast, and while chatting picked up the Metro section of The State and glanced at the story about Jenny Sanford endorsing Nikki Haley. “What do you think about that?” I asked. What he thought, he said, was that it would really mean something if Jenny […]
Tweet This morning I had a very pleasant breakfast at the usual place with Philippe Boulet-Gercourt, the U.S. Bureau Chief for Le Nouvel Observateur, France’s largest weekly newsmagazine. I forgot to take a picture of him, but I found the video above from 2008 (I think), in which I think he’s telling the folks back […]
TweetBy BRAD WARTHENEditorial Page EditorLast week’s column chronicled my rapid descent into a state of fuming impatience over the things that we simply refuse to do in South Carolina even though they would obviously, irrefutably make us healthier, wealthier and wiser. The proximate object of my frustration was our steadfast refusal to save young people’s […]
TweetNikki Haley isn't the only previous critic pleased by the House action today. The S.C. Policy Council, her ally on the roll-call voting issue since last session, has also praised the latest move: For Immediate Release Contact: Bryan Cox January 14, 2009 HOUSE EMBRACES TRANSPARENCY, REQUIRES VOTING ON THE RECORD The South Carolina House […]
Tweet Have you noticed that it’s been awhile since I posted video? Like, since the election? Well, there’s a simple explanation: As I told you at the time, my laptop was stolen from my truck on election night. That meant I lost both all of my raw video from those last weeks before the election, […]