TIME FOR SELF-STYLED “REAGAN REPUBLICANS” TO WALK THE WALK Earlier this week S.C. Treasurer Curtis Loftis reiterated his support for expanded school choice in the Palmetto Sate. A Tea Party favorite, Loftis received the most votes of any candidate on the ballot in 2010 and along with U.S. Sen. Jim DeMint is viewed as one [...]Similar News >>

… AND THAT’S GOOD FOR NIKKI HALEY S.C. Senate Democratic Caucus executive director Phil Bailey is catching heat for referring to S.C. Gov. Nikki Haley as a “Sikh Jesus” following her efforts to get one of her political cronies restored to the 2012 GOP primary ballot. Bailey made the comment after Haley was successful in [...]Similar News >>

HERE WE GO AGAIN …. Last August, “Republicans” and Democrats in Washington D.C. reached what we referred to as the “debt dereliction deal.” This agreement resulted in a $2.4 trillion increase in the nation’s debt ceiling – which was supposed to tide the federal government over until early 2013. In exchange, Congress agreed to cut [...]Similar News >>

HERE WE GO AGAIN …. Last August, “Republicans” and Democrats in Washington D.C. reached what we referred to as the “debt dereliction deal.” This agreement resulted in a $2.4 trillion increase in the nation’s debt ceiling – which was supposed to tide the federal government over until early 2013. In exchange, Congress agreed to cut [...]Similar News >>

It’s called the Commission on Presidential Debates, and for the past quarter century it has conducted … you guessed it … presidential debates. (Yup … we credit our time spent in South Carolina’s public schools for being able to make that deductive leap). Created by the Republican and Democratic parties in 1987, it should come [...]Similar News >>

A “well-known and credible candidate” will announce their intention to run against a “high profile incumbent” in the S.C. General Assembly at a press conference in North Charleston, S.C. on Monday. Neither the candidate nor the incumbent’s name were released, although the incumbent was described as a “very big fish.” The North Charleston event is [...]Similar News >>

Groups Responding to Disenfranchisement of Voters Columbia, SC – Press conferences are scheduled to be held in the following areas throughout South Carolina on Monday May 14: Horry County, Charleston, Columbia, Spartanburg and York County to announce the launch of Operation Lost Vote. The Myrtle Beach press conference is scheduled for 12:15 pm, at Rotelli’s Pizza [...]Similar News >>

While the U.S. unemployment rate has gone down in recent months, there is general agreement that this decline is due to a shrinking labor force – not sustained job growth (and certainly not job growth that’s sufficient to keep up with our nation’s expanding population). Look no further than April’s disappointing data  … or this [...]Similar News >>

While the U.S. unemployment rate has gone down in recent months, there is general agreement that this decline is due to a shrinking labor force – not sustained job growth (and certainly not job growth that’s sufficient to keep up with our nation’s expanding population). Look no further than April’s disappointing data  … or this [...]Similar News >>

Confederate General … errr, South Carolina lieutenant governor Glenn McConnell would receive a four-person security detail if lawmakers sign off on a budget recommendation that passed the S.C. Senate Finance Committee this week. The lieutenant gubernatorial detail would cost taxpayers an estimated $441,000 a year. In 2008, lawmakers gave former Lt. Gov. Andre Bauer $180,000 [...]Similar News >>

IT’S ALL ABOUT THE BENJAMINS After dancing around the issue for several years, U.S. President Barack Obama now says he supports gay marriage because it’s part of a natural progression of this country’s individual liberty. “At a certain point, I’ve just concluded, that for me, personally, it is important for me to go ahead and [...]Similar News >>

SENATE FINANCE PLAN WOULD SUBSIDIZE VOORHEES, CLINTON JUNIOR COLLEGE For years, South Carolina’s “Republican-controlled” legislature (particularly the S.C. Senate) has refused to provide parents with tax credits so that they can choose a better academic environment for their children – instead forcing these parents to subsidize record spending increases on the worst system of public [...]Similar News >>

… BY PALMETTO STATE DEMOCRATS, ANYWAY We’re not usually in the business of doing S.C. Gov. Nikki Haley’s dirty laundry, but in this case we’ll make an exception … Why? Because fair’s fair. Haley’s Medicaid agency – the S.C. Department of Health and Human Services (SCDHHS) – recently landed in hot water when one of [...]Similar News >>

U.S. President Barack Obama raised $15 million at a Hollywood fundraiser hosted by actor/ activist George Clooney this week. That’s more money than presumptive Republican nominee Mitt Romney raises in a month. At the event Obama touted his recent support for gay marriage, calling it a “logical extension of what America is supposed to be.” [...]Similar News >>

GOP FUNDRAISER REQUESTS FORMAL INVESTIGATION INTO ALLEGATIONS AGAINST THE GOVERNOR A recent decision by the S.C. House of Representatives Ethics Committee to dismiss a wide range of serious charges against S.C. Gov. Nikki Haley (after she threatened to expose other politicians’ dirty laundry) has been appealed. John Rainey – a Republican fundraiser and former chairman [...]Similar News >>

While the U.S. unemployment rate has gone down in recent months, there is general agreement that this decline is due to a shrinking labor force – not sustained job growth (and certainly not job growth that’s sufficient to keep up with our nation’s expanding population). Look no further than April’s disappointing data  … or this [...]Similar News >>

If S.C. Gov. Nikki Haley has a hankering for shrimp and grits, she’ll have to pay for it herself – unless of course her favorite State Senator can get a particular appropriation plugged back into the state budget. You know … the same way he got Haley’s S.C. Department of Transportation (SCDOT) to conduct taxpayer-funded [...]Similar News >>

If S.C. Gov. Nikki Haley has a hankering for shrimp and grits, she’ll have to pay for it herself – unless of course her favorite State Senator can get a particular appropriation plugged back into the state budget. You know … the same way he got Haley’s S.C. Department of Transportation (SCDOT) to conduct taxpayer-funded [...]Similar News >>