Tweet Well, it's begun. The Legislature convenes next Tuesday, and in anticipation of that, House Speaker Bobby Harrell came by to see us yesterday afternoon. On his mind were the following: Number one, the economy. Emphasizing the state's alarming unemployment rate, he said he recently met with Commerce Secretary Joe Taylor to express the speaker's […]
TweetOne day not too long ago, a business-leader type, discussing reform legislation of some sort, said within my hearing that if David Wilkins were Speaker of the S.C. House today, you’d see some action on the bill in question — implying that Bobby Harrell isn’t the Speaker his predecessor was. Well, I may not be […]
TweetJust got a post-election e-mail from the Southeastern Institute for Women in Politics, which had also hit me with releases a number of times before Tuesday. Here’s the gist: Congratulations to all of the brave female candidates running in South Carolina and their support teams. Women made progress in the South Carolina House of Representatives, […]
TweetHere are my predictions as to what I think will happen on the contested races that we dealt with in our endorsements. As always, endorsements are about who should win, not who will win. To fill that vacuum — and to help you see the difference — here are my prognostications (in which I place […]
TweetThis is an all-things-to-all-people post. Those of you who think we’re just another bunch of wild-eyed liberals who only back Democrats, just read this paragraph! I’ve done the count on this year’s endorsements (which you can go read here), and here’s the final count: We endorsed 8 Republicans (John McCain, Lindsey Graham, Joe Wilson, Nikki […]
TweetTurning away from the presidential endorsement to the endorsements that we here on the board actually spend more of our staff time on — the state legislative and county races — this may not be a good year for our endorsees. Now mind you, "not… a good year" is a relative thing. Typically, close to […]
TweetJust got this from Matt Moore, who is the new Joshua Gross at the S.C. Club for Growth (more on Joshua shortly). It includes the Club’s approved incumbents for re-election: February 21, 2008FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEContact: Matt Moore SC Club for Growth State Action PAC Endorses Seventeen Legislators for June Primaries Columbia, SC – Today, the […]
TweetRemember this post? Remember that part of Tom Davis’ explanation for mistakenly not mentioning government restructuring in the fund-raising letter for ReformSC was that he was busy getting ready to go to China? Well, I was going to link from that statement to some info about the China trip — but I couldn’t find any. […]
Tweet I actually meant to write a little bit more about it over the last couple of days, but was busy. I had to take my Mom to the emergency room Friday, and she (and I) spent the night there and she didn’t get discharged until late Saturday afternoon. She’s better now, I’m happy to […]
TweetI struggled a bit coming up with a full list for that last Open Thread. But yesterday morning, I had enough topics before I’d even gotten through The Washington Post. Unfortunately, I had zero time for blogging. Some things that have come up are worth separate posts, and I hope I get to them soon. […]
Tweet Trying to get back into the swing here, while we’re all riveted by Israel’s situation: Israel — A unity government is formed, which is a good thing, and a continuation of the positive developments I wrote about last night. Meanwhile, photos and videos are emerging documenting the Hamas invaders’ atrocities — in case you […]
Tweet A few topics you might have interest in talking about: Trump imposes tariffs on closest allies, Mexico and Europe announce retaliation — Hey, if it’s stupid, pointless, malicious and harms the country’s long-term interests, he’ll do it.. Nikki’s op-ed about the children of South Sudan — Nicholas Kristof tweeted, “Good for Ambssador @nikkihaley writing […]
Tweet Conservative Outsider and Republican Gubernatorial candidate Catherine Templeton (which I’ve come to think of as her full legal name, based on her campaign’s releases) is talking tough on guns again: “I’ll be on the Bobby Mac show on 106.3 WORD radio at 5:07 pm today to discuss tomorrow’s statewide school walkouts. They’re designed to push the liberal gun control agenda. […]
TweetHad to retype that after writing “Monday.” Such days are confusing. Some possible topics: Haley to endorse opponents of Senate veterans Leatherman and Rankin — This one’s kind of old news, but I needed something local for the mix. I don’t know about you, but even odious lawmakers can get my sympathy when governors decide to […]
TweetCindi Scoppe’s picking on my girl Nikki again, and unfortunately, she deserves it. Did you see Cindi’s column Thursday? FOR ALL THE good she has done on several issues, Gov. Haley retains two deeply troubling flaws: her disregard for the rule of law and her disinterest in the truth…. During a visit to a Columbia […]
TweetThis morning, ADCO had a table at the latest Columbia Regional Business Report’s Power Breakfast. This one was about looking ahead to the coming legislative session, and featured a panel of lawmakers — Reps. Nathan Ballentine and Joe Neal, and Sens. Joel Lourie, Katrina Shealy and Ronnie Cromer. (Bryan Caskey joined me at the ADCO […]
Tweet This passage in Cindi’s editorial yesterday gigged me to take action: Gov. Haley’s call to action was an important step, but it was a mere first step. Our legislators voted overwhelmingly on Tuesday to allow themselves to engage this issue this summer. But with every passing day, they will hear from more constituents whose […]
TweetSince most of y’all don’t follow my Twitter feed, I thought I’d share this one, which I put out while cooking out on the deck yesterday: Governor says of GOP, “Where’s MY army?” She thinks she’s the Khaleesi… “Haley’s hard line could prove costly” http://t.co/TeSOOe5A3P — Brad Warthen (@BradWarthen) May 10, 2015 How else to […]
Tweet I always feel a bit ill-at-ease at political party gatherings. While there are always plenty of people I enjoy seeing and chatting with, the thing that they all have in common, that party thing, always makes me feel like a stranger in a strange land. I spared myself the state Democratic convention a couple […]
Tweet I saw the news today, and oh, boy was I puzzled. I got the part about the lucky man who made the grade, but… Apparently, I wasn’t the only one wondering this this morning: I’m confused. Why did the GOVERNOR announce McCartney was coming? What did she have to do with it? http://t.co/UNBrfiJiK9 — […]