SouthCarolina

South Carolina: Not Quite as Backward as It Used to Be

How nice: "People like Chip Townsend, an engineer who moved his family to Greenville from Boulder, Colo., in 2006, discovered that the state is not an insular, ultraconservative bosom of the ...

South Carolina's 'Racially Charged Past' Emerging Thanks to Gingrich Remarks

Jim Rutenberg from Charleston: "But like the historic slave plantations that draw tourists on the outskirts of town, the legacy of that past has not been totally wiped from the politics of today. ...

CBS Highlights Complaints About Voter ID Law in South Carolina

Monday's CBS Evening News ran a report bolstering complaints by Democrats that the new voter ID law in South Carolina would make it more difficult for minorities to vote.

Roger Simon of Politico Sneers at 'Dangerous' 'Blood Lust' of South Carolina Audience

Roger Simon, Politico's top columnist, smeared the audience of Monday night's GOP debate, warning of a "kind of blood lust in the air" after the crowd booed a question of Juan Williams, an African ...

Lead Story on South Carolina Debate Crammed With 'Conservatives'

Also: Remember the "early promise" of moderate Jon Huntsman Jr.'s presidential campaign? Neither do most Republicans.

CBS's Rose Throws Race Card at Gingrich Over Food Stamp Remark

On Tuesday's CBS This Morning, Charlie Rose hinted Newt Gingrich should apologize for a supposedly racially-tinged comment he recently made: "I want to give you an opportunity, because the point ...

George Stephanopoulos Ready to Crown Romney, 1099 Delegates Shy of Nomination

Ignoring the facts, Good Morning America's George Stephanopoulos on Tuesday insisted that it would be "impossible" for a non-Mitt Romney candidate to capture the nomination if the former ...

Networks Excoriate the 'Nasty,' 'Dirty,' 'Notorious' Politics of South Carolina

In the days leading up to the GOP primary in South Carolina, all three networks have aggressively attacked the state and its supposedly "dirty," "nasty," "notorious" politics. Echoing many other ...

NBC Touts Gordon Gekko Impersonator Greeting Romney in South Carolina

In a report for Thursday's NBC Today, correspondent Peter Alexander promoted attacks on Mitt Romney: "There's been no let-up in the barrage of criticism over Romney's record as the former head of ...

South Carolina, Home of Dark (Unsubstantiated) 'Undercurrents' of Politics

Welcome to South Carolina, "a place famous for surfacing the dark undercurrents of American politics," says campaign reporter Jim Rutenberg. But is there any evidence for his claims of a racially ...
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