‘Rock Me Like A Herman Cain’: Colbert And Cain Poke Fun At … Everything
On the eve of Saturday’s South Carolina primary, NPR’s Don Gonyea reports from what he describes as the biggest campaign rally he’s seen this election season. Only this one wasn’t held by an actual political candidate. It was a satirical rally organized by Comedy Central’s Stephen Colbert. Saturday is the second anniversary of the Supreme [...]
S.C.’s Tim Scott Won’t Endorse In Primary; Thinks Gingrich Will Win
One of the Republican Party’s rising stars, Rep.Tim Scott of South Carolina, has decided he won’t endorse anyone for Saturday’s GOP presidential primary. And while he’s not endorsing, he’s making a prediction, that Newt Gingrich will win South Carolina. That’s not an endorsement, mind you, but it’s certainly the sort of statement that could prove [...]
Does Regionalism Matter Anymore, Y’all?
The race for the 2012 Republican presidential nomination is fixing to get, as we Southerners tongue-in-cheekly say, about as slippery as a greased pig in a hog wallow. Nasty as a old possum in a croaker sack. Murky as South Carolina swamp mud. The Republican primary focus is shifting to the South, where folks talk [...]
GOP Candidates Appeal To An Adversary And Lose
Federal judges have been getting hammered pretty hard in this Republican presidential campaign. Rick Santorum has joked about banishing liberal federal judges to Guam. Erstwhile candidate Rick Perry has been a longtime advocate for states’ rights, calling himself a “10th Amendment-believing governor.” And Newt Gingrich has repeatedly criticized the country’s judicial system, targeting what he [...]
It’s All Politics, Jan. 19, 2012
It’s been a week of shakeups in the GOP presidential primary race. Just days before South Carolina’s Jan. 21 primary, former Utah Gov. Jon Huntsman and Texas Gov. Rick Perry ended their campaigns. Then a bombshell dropped on Newt Gingrich’s campaign as his ex-wife aired grievances in a televised interview. And another revelation: Iowa’s GOP [...]
Texas Redistricting Plan Tossed Out By Supreme Court
A plan for how to redraw Texas’ congressional and state legislative districts that was put together by a three-judge federal court in San Antonio was rejected by the U.S. Supreme Court this morning because, the justices ruled, the lower court should not have disregarded the Texas state legislature’s wishes and should not have stepped into [...]
As Citizens United Turns 2, SuperPACs Draw Protests
Saturday is South Carolina’s Republican presidential primary. It’s also the second anniversary of the Supreme Court’s famous Citizens United decision. That’s the case that allows corporations to explicitly support or attack specific candidates. The day will be marked with attack ads — and protests. The Republican presidential race has covered just three states so far. [...]
Four Headlines From Thursday’s GOP Debate
While others analyze what Thursday’s GOP presidential debate does or doesn’t tell us about what may or may not happen Saturday when South Carolina Republicans hold their primary, here’s the top news from that four-man clash in Charleston: – Gingrich Slams Media, Calls Ex-Wife’s Allegation False: Almost lost in the attention paid to former House [...]
VIDEO: Obama Sings In Harlem; Channels A Little Al Green
Perhaps if things don’t work out the way he hopes on Nov. 6, President Obama can be a backup singer someday. Last night at a campaign fundraiser in Harlem’s Apollo Theater, he briefly broke into song with a bit of Al Green’s Let’s Stay Together. The Associated Press has the video here. Presidents from both [...]
Gingrich, Santorum Shine, Romney Doesn’t At Last Debate Before S.C. Primary
The last Republican presidential debate before Saturday’s South Carolina primary was expected to be lively. It didn’t disappoint. It was clear, even before the four remaining candidates met on the stage in Charleston, SC, that at least three of them would face some fairly high-stakes moments that could change the course of the contest. The [...]
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