Many out of touch with local issues Get out your cream cheese and bagels, and get ready to play shuffleboard because we’ve got a lot more Northern retirees coming our way in South Carolina. According to the latest census, the state has seen a steady increase in old folks coming from the Northeast to the Palmetto State over the last decade.
Sen. Rand Paul most promising GOP candidate for election The door may be slowly closing on the Republican Party's opportunity to take over the White House in 2012. As we saw from the 2010 midterm elections, the party's overall political message still resonates with voters, but the GOP's list of presidential hopefuls currently only consists of a handful of unofficial and unsuccessful candidates. Mitt Romney, Mike Huckabee and Sarah Palin have all emerged as early favorites, but can they carry the spark needed to beat President Barack Obama? The answer is probably no.
History grim for nuclear world In light of the recent disaster in Japan, it seems that we may have a few things working against us in South Carolina when it comes to the possibility of a nuclear power plant leak. We have more nuclear power plants per capita than any state in the country, and we have a record-breaking history of earthquakes.
Nearly every governor in the nation made a trip to Washington, D.C. last weekend to be a part of the National Governors Association bipartisan Winter Meeting. While most governors were gathered around the capital receiving information about economic development and budgetary issues, South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley decided to huddle only with fellow Republicans to bash budget alternatives and promote more drastic and more controversial cost-cutting measures.
Things seem to stay the same in South Carolina politics. The discouraging tendencies set by former Gov. Mark Sanford have quickly been picked up by Gov. Nikki Haley. Both repeatedly pushed for more transparency and reform in the state, but it seems those ideas have been lost in translation for most Palmetto State voters.
Part of President Obama’s reelection campaign strategy became clear earlier this month with the announcement of Charlotte, N.C. as the site of the Democratic Party’s 2012 convention. St. Louis, Minneapolis and Cleveland were among the other cities vying for hosting duties, but with Charlotte getting the final push, Democrats showed they will be fight for Southern votes in next year’s election.
In his recent State of the Union address, President Barack Obama proposed several lofty policy goals for our nation to undertake. This approach to the annual address is nothing new; however, while some of our country’s issues can be substantially dealt with through the political process, our nation’s energy future seems to rest more in the hands of automobile makers and the American consumer than in the realm of public policy.
As the field for the Republican primary season becomes clearer in the upcoming months, South Carolina Sens. Jim DeMint and Lindsey Graham will likely provide ample help in determining who faces President Barack Obama in 2012. Both senators are now accustomed to rallying support for other candidates, as Graham frequently traveled with Sen. John McCain during his 2008 presidential run, and DeMint provided seemingly unrivaled support for Tea Party candidates during the 2010 midterm elections.