FIFTH DISTRICT RACE HEATING UP … We don’t put much stock in straw polls. Nor should you. They basically a measure of activist engagement. And geographic...
SPECIAL CONGRESSIONAL ELECTION GETS “FLAGGED …” The special election for South Carolina’s fifth congressional district – a.k.a. the “Fightin’ Fifth” – just got flagged. Sheri...
CONGRESSIONAL CANDIDATE LAUNCHES TWO SPOTS … Former South Carolina state lawmaker Ralph Norman is on the air with not one but two television advertisements in this...
FRONTRUNNER OUT OF THE GATE WITH INTRODUCTORY TELEVISION SPOT … S.C. Speaker pro tempore Tommy Pope has launched the first ad of his front-running (for now)...
NEW EXECUTIVE ORDER FURTHER EXPANDS BUDGET DIRECTOR’S POWER … Mick Mulvaney may not be the most influential man in Washington, D.C., but it’s starting to feel that...
“FOGGY BOTTOM” IS A GOOD PLACE TO START SLASHING THE FEDERAL BEHEMOTH … As U.S. president Donald Trump and his budget director Mick Mulvaney look for...
TOM MULLIKIN REFUSES TO PARTICIPATE IN FORUM MODERATED BY WINTHROP UNIVERSITY POLLSTER … One of the candidates running for South Carolina’s recently vacated fifth congressional...
“THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT HAS NO AUTHORITY UNDER THE CONSTITUTION TO INVOLVE ITSELF WITH HEALTHCARE” The myriad flaws and failures of the House Republicans’ replacement proposal...