Wednesday, October 31, 2007

Hillary Faith Tour In Charleston Thursday

Posted by Greg Hambrick on Wed, Oct 31, 2007 at 3:45 PM

Certainly wishing for less bad press than Obama's Gospel tour last week, Sen. Hillary Clinton's campaign is launching a faith tour with the long-winded title, "When Faith Meets Opportunity: 'For Such a Time As This." The two women pastors on the tour will be discussing faith and women's issues, culminating in a South Carolina Women of Faith event in Columbia.

Pastor Suzan Johnson-Cook will be featured at the “For Such A Time As This” Charleston Ministers, Faith and Community Forum, at 10 a.m. Thursday at Central Baptist Church, 26 Radcliffe Street.

Colbert Set to Run In Dem Primary; Skipping GOP

Posted by Greg Hambrick on Wed, Oct 31, 2007 at 3:33 PM

CNN reports that Stephen Colbert will be filing to run in the Democratic primary late today or tomorrow, but he's skipping the GOP primary.

The Comedy Central funny man had announced plans to run in both primaries in South Carolina, but the price tag for the GOP race was too high.

The South Carolina native will not file papers as a Republican because the $35,000 required to get on the GOP ballot is apparently too high a threshold. "They priced us out of range," the source told CNN.

But the joke may be over Thursday night.

But whether Colbert's name will show up on the ballot remains unclear

The state party's 26-member executive council -- with representatives from each of South Carolina's six congressional districts as well as state members of the Democratic National Committee -- will meet Thursday afternoon to decide which candidates meet the criteria to appear on the ballot. To make the cut, a candidate must demonstrate two requirements: that he or she is viable nationally and has spent time campaigning in the state.

State Law Enforcement Officials Gone Wild

Posted by Greg Hambrick on Wed, Oct 31, 2007 at 3:08 PM

A man who identified himself as a South Carolina law enforcement training official was partying in Charleston a little too hard a few weeks ago. Officers found him sitting on a statue at Marion Square at about 3:30 in the morning on Wed., Oct. 24. The police report states that “the subject had various pieces of trash in his possession.” The next night, at 4:15 in the morning, one of the same officers identified the official leaning against a building at the corner of John and King streets. “The subjects eyes were closed and he was mumbling to himself,” the report states, also noting that he smelt like alcohol and he was unsteady on his feet. Though the man was cooperative on the first night, he was singing a different tune on Thursday, telling the officer, “I will have all of your certification revoked tomorrow,” and “I will be speaking with Gov. Sanford about this repeated harassment.” He then pointed a finger at the officer and said, “Call off your wolves,” according to the report. The officer escorted the man back to his hotel because he didn’t consider him a threat to himself or others — obviously not including Sanford and law enforcement officials statewide.

Topics: City Hall

Yeah, That Sums Up The Dem Debate

Posted by Greg Hambrick on Wed, Oct 31, 2007 at 2:35 PM

Most of the reports I've seen have claimed it was just the first half that had the attacks. But it looked more like the whole two hours to me.

Tuesday, October 30, 2007

Henry Brown Asks What You Want And Wonders Whether He Should Care

Posted by Greg Hambrick on Tue, Oct 30, 2007 at 4:44 PM

Rep. Henry Brown sent out a survey to coastal voters last week asking questions about reforming Congress. It in no way surprises me that Republicans are looking to reform Congress now that they've been thrown from power (and there's little to suggest their plight won't worsen next year).

He asks about Congressional earmarks ("should I continue to fight to get our fair share of funding for needed projects"), lobbying ethics reforms, and committee appointments (should "partisan control of committees be abolished" for a merit or seniority system), along with open questions about Congressional reform and the biggest single problem facing our nation.

Of course, many of these questions (particularly about earmarks and committees) will be major campaign issues, since a Democratic opponent could suggest that they could bring more back to South Carolina in a Dem-controlled Congress.

While it's nice to be asked your opinion, Brown then asks whether it matters what voters think anyway.

Some feel that it is important for representatives to stand on their convictions and their own philosophy. Others argue that the role of a member of Congress should be to accurately represent the views of their constituents, whether or not they match his or her own views on that particular issue.

He then asks if you, the voter, agree with the former, the latter, or sort-of agree with second one except when Brown really, really wants to shoot from his gut.

His question is basically, did you elect Henry Brown to represent you or did you elect Henry Brown to represent Henry Brown? Gee, tough one.

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