The Crew | McCain rolls out 40 State House endorsements

Here they are folks:
Speaker Bobby Harrell
Speaker Pro-Tempore Doug Smith
Majority Leader Jim Merrill
Bruce Bannister

The Crew – McCain hires Jenny Sanford’s Assistant

According to an email obtained by The Shot, Katherine Haltiwanger, one of Jenny Sanford’s assistants is leaving the First Lady to become State Finance Director for McCain’s Exploratory Committee.
From: “Katherine Haltiwanger”
To: “Katherine Haltiwanger”
Sent: Monday, January 29, 2007 12:17 PM
Subject: Upcoming Change

After several wonderful years with the Sanford administration, I have accepted a job with [...]

The new straight talker….

 
Too bad he is going to be run out of town as a racist.
The New York Observer has a great interview with Senator Joe Biden.  This guy just calls it like he sees it, which we thought was refreshing even though we disagree with him politically.  But that never flys in the land of PC-ville.
Biden’s problem now is that [...]

The Crew | McCain grabs most GOP House members

The State is reporting that House Majority Leader Jim Merrill will roll out over two dozen State House endorsements today for John McCain. Jim Merrill was McCain’s 2000 state director.
We can only guess that you will see Shirley Hinson, Annette Young, Converse Chellis, Bill Cotty, Doc Dantzler, Adam Taylor, Kris Crawford, Jim Harrison, Bill [...]

Some morning musings

 
We have been hammering here and there on the “Presidential Primary Boogie” going on around the country where FL, NJ, IL, and CA are all trying to get a piece of the early primary love.  To make matters worse for South Carolina; we found out that SD now wants in as well.  Apparently they have [...]

The Crew | Romney picks up Cromer

John McCain has been wrapping up state legislators for months, but The State is reporting that one got away from him.  State Senator Ronnie Cromer has formally endorsed Mitt Romney.  Cromer is a popular State Senator from the extremely important Lexington County. 
http://thestatecom.typepad.com/ygatoday/2007/01/romney_campaign.html
Romney campaigns at Columbia Lizard’s Thicket
A standing room only crowd greeted presidential candidate Mitt Romney this [...]

McCain hit hard on YouTube

Flip-flops gone viral
Further proof of the impact of new media on today’s political campaign.  This clip is spreading like wildfire across the net.  We saw what happened when Mitt Romney was hit on YouTube.  How will McCain respond to this strong hit?

On Union and Restructuring, II

“The cords of Union have been ripped asunder.”  -John C. Calhoun.
Not to be overly dramatic by dragging up the spirit of Calhoun himself, but we started the theme with the first title, and now that our Legislature has refused to even consider giving in to the will of the people, the quote above felt quite appropriate. 
It [...]

Senator Kerry at it again…

 Either he really does hate America, or he just really loves the taste of his own foot.  Any which way, I guess it is good he dropped out of the race for President before taking the stage with the former President of Iran to attack his country.

Mitt Romney picks up big names in Charleston

Putting two and two together: Romney gets Edwards and Hartnett
Last week we received an advisory for a press conference today where Mitt Romney will announce “key endorsements of Charleston area leaders.”  This weekend we received a copy of an invitation to an event after the press conference. 
Putting two and two together, we can only imagine [...]

State College Republican Officers asked to Resign

Dear Fellow College Republicans,
It has been my pleasure to serve as the Co-Chairman of the University of South Carolina College Republicans over the past year. We have had an historic election, winning all but one election and taking back the Treasurer’s Office, an office that has been dominated by a Democrat for most of [...]

A little Friday fun

Perhaps Lisa Simpson should be Governor Sanford’s new advocate for education reform in this state?

Yesterday’s NFIB press conference

We thought we would give our good friend Jay W. Ragley some props for a good press conference. Sorry the sound quality is so bad. Those legislators can get a little rowdy at times.

Zogby from NH

Zogby International poll. Jan. 15-17, 2007. Primary voters statewide.
“If the Republican primary for president were held today, for whom would you vote?” N=503 likely Republican primary voters, MoE ± 4.5

 
% 
 
 

John McCain
26

Rudy Giuliani
20

Mitt Romney
13

Condoleezza Rice
7

Newt Gingrich
6

Chuck Hagel
3

Tom Tancredo
2

Duncan Hunter
1

George Pataki
1

Ron Paul
1

Mike Huckabee
1

Haley Barbour
-

Sam Brownback
-

Someone else
5

Unsure
15 

 ”If the Democratic primary for president were held today, for whom would [...]