TweetOK, well, this message, received moments ago, through me for a bit of a loop: The Haley E-Newsletter – On The Record Voting passes the House Dear Friends, We Did It! On-the-Record Voting just passed on the floor of the South CarolinaHouse of Representatives by a vote of 115-0! Click here to read my blog which […]
TweetNikki Haley sent me a copy this morning of a letter she sent out to her fellow lawmakers Wednesday. You remember what happened to Nikki on Wednesday, right? Here it is: December 3, 2008 Dear Colleagues: I feel compelled to share with you some events that occurred earlier today. This morning, I […]
Tweet First, I apologize for the length of this video clip, but I think it gives a pretty fair glimpse of what our interviews were like with the two candidates in S.C. House District 87. You have newcomer Democrat Edgar Gomez challenging Rep. Nikki Haley. Four years ago, Nikki was the longshot going up against […]
TweetThe Op-Ed Page By Paul V. DeMarco Guest Columnist Nikki Haley faces stiff head winds as she tries to become the Republican nominee for president. If only the Republican base participates in state Republican primaries, Trump wins going away. Her only path to the nomination is for independents and centrist Democrats to back her. The […]
Tweet Last week while I was at the beach, I got a call from an old friend who is among the few who are still employed at one of South Carolina’s metropolitan newspapers. He was working on a piece about Nikki Haley’s Civil War gaffe, and had a technical question about how she and the […]
Tweet I failed yet again to watch the GOP debate last night, but never fear — I found the above video clip from it. At least, it sounds like it, based on the debate clips I heard on the radio today. What if you actually had to vote for one of these people? What if […]
TweetHey, remember this mailer I wrote about back in August? It was the one from the Koch organization Americans for Prosperity Action, urging Republicans to dump Trump. Now, they’ve taken a more substantive step: They’ve made an endorsement: A conservative-leaning political action committee backed by the influential Koch network is endorsing Nikki Haley for the […]
TweetThe day that I posted that item about Joe Biden, I had meant also to post a good word about Nikki Haley. Or to be more specific, a good word about an even better word she used. Having anyone use such a word, especially in such a context, is a rare thing, and one that deserves to […]
Tweet First, I offer my apologies to you, dear readers, for not posting for 10 days. I’ve been busy. And of course, once I go several days, I feel like I need to post something big, and I don’t have time for big, and more time passes. Stupid, really. There’s no reason I can’t post […]
Tweet I was attracted to reading this by the grammatical error in the headline: “The Media Tries to Divide Republicans.” My plan was to mock it on Twitter. Of course, it should have said, “the media try,” what with “media” being the plural of “medium.” Duh. The author continued the error in the piece, with […]
TweetMy response this morning to a headline about Nikki Haley may have come across as mocking, or at least facetious: Me too, Nikki. I have trouble keeping the players straight: Cohen, Colson, Manafort, Magruder, Flynn, Stans… the names all run together… “Haley on the investigation into President Trump: ‘I’ve tuned it out’”https://t.co/CWs11Crdib — Brad Warthen […]
Tweet First, Nikki Haley was doing pretty well as a backbench S.C. House member, to the extent that we endorsed her twice. She had a lot to learn, but she seemed fairly bright and we felt her intentions were good. Then, she ran for governor, for which she was shockingly unprepared. All I could say […]
Tweet I call your attention to Jennifer Rubin’s column praising Nikki Haley for showing the correct way to address anti-Semitism, a lesson her boss would do well to learn. Of course, you might say Nikki evidently had help from people who know more about the Mideast and global antipathy toward Israel than she does, to […]
TweetCAVEAT: When I wrote this post I had missed something important in the governor’s speech, something that had come during the part I missed. It has bearing on the points I make in the post, and here it is. I had a Community Relations Council meeting last night, so I only heard the very last […]
TweetRead this so early today, I forgot to mention it before… How about Nikki Haley taking decisive action on the Richland County Recreation Board? Gov. Nikki Haley is moving to fire all seven members of the Richland County Recreation Board. The rare action by Haley comes after months of lawsuits alleging sexual harassment by recreation […]
TweetI just received a copy of a letter the responsible majority of the Richland County Legislative Delegation just sent to Gov. Nikki Haley. It’s to follow up on what the lawmakers asked the governor to do in a meeting last week, before the hurricane. It begins: To read the entire 31-page document, click here. Obviously, […]
TweetFirst, she went after Hugh Leatherman and Luke Rankin, and I did nothing. Or nothing beyond a mention in an open thread. Now, she’s gone far too far: Gov. Nikki Haley is backing another opponent of a longtime S.C. senator. Haley is expected to endorse Republican Wes Climer, a Rock Hill financial adviser running to […]
TweetWhat the governor is saying about the Bathroom Wars is a bit oblique, and probably deliberately so: S.C. Gov. Nikki Haley said Thursday that a bill that would limit what bathrooms transgender people can choose is unnecessary because South Carolinians already are respectful to people from different backgrounds. “When we look at our situation, we’re […]
TweetNikki Haley got off the fence today and backed Marco Rubio (and not poor ol’ Jeb!) in Saturday’s primary, which goes to show how weird and volatile the Republican Party is in South Carolina these days. Let’s step back a bit… In 2010, Henry McMaster was the perfect Establishment candidate for governor: A Reagan man […]
Tweet Y’all, I’ve really been backed up today and having technical problems and just haven’t been able to stop with day job stuff to reflect on last night’s State of the Union, or Nikki Haley’s response. But what did y’all think? I’ll jump in there with you as I can… How nice. The networks that […]