Archive for February, 2007

The Upstate folks are pissed off

February 28, 2007

 
Good ‘ole Dan Hoover has a piece on his blog about the possibility that Andre Bauer might be drafted to run against Congressman Bob Inglis.  It almost reads as if he was cheering him on as well. 
This is interesting to us.  We always knew that Andre had little ideas of running for Congress dancing in [...]

Mr. Wilson gets his blog on

February 28, 2007

 
We always like to point out examples of blogging and new media becoming more mainstream and this would certainly be one of them.  It came to our attention that The Hill newspaper hosts a blog specifically for Members of Congress.  What’s suprising, is that Congressman Joe Wilson has a pretty good piece up there.
We could [...]

SCGOP picks up David Hill

February 28, 2007

 
The SCGOP has finally replaced Jay W. Ragley with an experienced operative needed during the first in the South presidential primary and what is now looking like the first serious GOP presidential debate.  David Hill will join Katon’s staff this week as political director.
David Hill is a former Bush operative, working on both the 2000 [...]

The Crew| Hunter inks the Bonnie Blue

February 28, 2007

 
Bonnie Blue Public Relations has signed on to be the General Consultant in South Carolina for Congressman Duncan Hunter’s Presidential bid.  BBPR is run by Robert Cahaly, a well known political consultant from the Upstate. 
 We know these guys probably think we have been tough on Hunter recently, but we are hoping to see BBPR clean up [...]

McCain condemns bigoted attacks by Haskins and Mosteller

February 28, 2007

John McCain has condemned attacks against Mitt Romney’s Mormon faith.  As you can see from the article below, those condemnations include bigoted comments made by Representative Gloria Haskins and Charleston County GOP Chairwoman Cyndi Mosteller.
Thomas Burr points out that Haskins “is not a paid staffer or spokesperson for the campaign.”  Maybe not, but that guy [...]

McCain goes YouTube

February 28, 2007

You will probably remember that our biggest complaint about JohnMcCain.com was the inability to share and embed his videos. Well they fixed that today with the launch of a new YouTube site. Check it out.

Fear the Faux Bloggers

February 27, 2007

 
A buddy passed along an interesting article from the Boston Globe today about faux bloggers posing as part of the genuine netroots community, only to be found out as paid operatives.  Okay, not a whole lot of suprises, but our buddy got a big kick out of it because of the recent paranoid-psychotic comments from the McCain campain about us being [...]

The Crew| McCain hires Bowers as Chief Counsel

February 27, 2007

 
Karl “Butch” Bowers of Nelson, Mullens, Riley, and Scarborough has been hired as Chief Legal Council to McCain’s Exploritory Committee in South Carolina.   
Bowers has previously served as the Chairman of the South Carolina Election Commission under Governor Mark Sanford and as counsel to the South Carolina Republican Party.  Bowers recently represented South Carolinians for Responsible [...]

Romney up on TV in SC

February 26, 2007

http://mittromney.permissiontv.com/?showid=41121
The presidential airwars have begun in South Carolina.  That’s right…with just under a year until South Carolina’s first in the south presidential primary, Mitt Romney has become the first candidate to hit the airwaves.
The State newspaper reports that the spot is running on broadcast stations around the state.
Romney is by far the least known of the three [...]

The Crew | Romney picks up a few important names

February 26, 2007

Mitt Romney announced his South Carolina County chairmen last week with little fanfare.  We want to take a minute to look back because there were some important names within the list of 79 worth mentioning.
There’s no doubt that McCain has a lock on the majority of the State House, but Romney has slowly been picking [...]

The Crew| Richardson picks up McIntosh

February 26, 2007

 
We realize this isn’t the real McIntosh, but this is General Lachlan McIntosh, a Scottsman who helped found the Georgia militia.  We figured it would do for now.
In case you missed it, South Carolina Democratic Party Executive Director, Lachlan McIntosh, will be leaving to head up New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson’s South Carolina campaign for [...]

Look at me being serious!

February 26, 2007

Please take the time out of your day to go and vote for South Carolina’s very own Ryan Holt, a true fiscal conservative.

Rudy spending cash to win straw poll

February 26, 2007

If you listened to Rick Beltram, Chairman of the Spartanburg GOP, and Jason Spencer, writer for the SHJ, you would think that the presidential primary was on March 1st.  That’s when South Carolina will hold its first big presidential straw poll.
How much do these straw poll matter? Well, the winners will tell you that they [...]

Sam Brownback Joins Al Gore in Fight Against Manbearpig

February 25, 2007

http://www.comedycentral.com/sitewide/media_player/play.jhtml?itemId=62979
Last week as we where attending the spectacular Spartanburg County Republican Party’s President’s Day Dinner, we noticed on a palm card promoting Sen. Brownback’s Presidential Campaign that said he too wants to join the fight to stop Manbearbig. I’m serious.
For those of you who don’t know about Manbearpig, he is a human-animal hybrid, who is [...]