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Seen in the New York Times, in a story discussing how Mainers and South Carolinians may have to get passports soon if the feds don’t blink on Real ID: “There is no wiggle room in South Carolina law in terms of asking for an extension,” Joel Sawyer, the spokesman, said. “If Washington wants a more secure [...] 
Seen at CNN, the South Carolina Dem primary results: With 86% of the precincts in: Obama — 229,775 (54%) So, presumably, this is it for Edwards?
Seen at Bloomberg News: “Politics in South Carolina has been, from the very beginning, since colonial times, kind of a blood sport,” said Trey Walker, who served as the state’s Republican Party executive director from 1993 to 1999 and is now a consultant for McCain. That comes from an article reporting on recent “dirty tricks” that are [...]
A few thoughts: Conventional wisdom is that Thompson won the debate. I’m not sure that I’d go quite that far, and I’d have to wonder how much of that assessment is Fox-generated hype. Notwithstanding my reservations, however, he did come across as a straight-talking, good ol’ boy who should be doing far better than his recent [...] 
Seen in the Myrtle Beach Sun News: Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani, former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee, U.S. Sen. John McCain of Arizona, U.S. Rep. Ron Paul of Texas, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney and former U.S. Sen. Fred Thompson of Tennessee have all accepted their invitations, said Rob Godfrey, spokesman for the [...]
Well, my wished-for moratorium on polling data releases isn’t in effect, so in case you’re wondering (as I was) what the polls show for the next states, here’s what I see in Real Clear Politics averages: GOP Michigan (primary date 15 January, polling data 30 November through 19 December): Romney: 19.8% Dems Michigan [...]
Seen at CNN: Two prominent supporters of Sen. Barack Obama’s presidential campaign in South Carolina called state Democratic Party officials urging them to oppose putting comedian Stephen Colbert’s name on the primary ballot, according to party officials and Obama supporters with knowledge of the calls. The Obama campaign folks involved say that they were just trying to [...]
Well, the entertainment level of the upcoming primary season just dropped a couple of notches. From Reuters, via the New York Times: Colbert, who has admitted he does not want to be president but just wanted to run for it in his native state of South Carolina, had filed for the Democratic ticket earlier on Thursday [...] |
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