South Carolina Democrats met this afternoon in Columbia to hear the election protest from Vic Rawl, the man who lost the Senate primary to Alvin Greene. Rawl made the case for a new primary with three arguments, according to The State. 1. The voting machines are susceptible to accidental or intentional modification or tampering and, [...]
After his “misconstruction” apology apology and his “retraction” apology apology, Joe Barton is still in the doghouse with House GOP leadership. Reps. Boehner, Cantor and Pence just sent out a stern reprimand stating unequivocally that “Congressman Barton’s statements this morning were wrong.” But that might not be the end of it. The Daily Caller’s Jon [...]
A new Pew Center survey on global attitudes was the subject of this morning’s Christian Science Monitor breakfast, where D.C. pundits and reporters periodically converge over coffee and sausage links. Summoned to comment were former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright, former Senator John Danforth and Pew President Andy Kohut. Though perhaps the most fun observation [...]
A few weeks Dale Peterson, a candidate for agriculture commissioner in Alabama, set a new bar in the race for 2010′s best campaign spot. To a score of patriotic music, the candidate–astride his horse–cradled a rifle, railed against “illegals” and called his opponent a “dummy.” Peterson’s bid was thwarted, but now he’s back with a [...]
A couple of weeks ago I looked back on Barack Obama’s heralded address to the Muslim world in Cairo last June, and found little evidence that the president’s “new beginning” had done much to improve America’s standing in those nations. Now comes more downbeat data from the Pew Global Attitudes Project. While opinions of Obama [...]
Time.com just posted my story about the latest drama in South Carolina, the election of Alvin Greene as the Democratic nominee to challenge Sen. Jim DeMint. I spent the day Monday with Greene and his challenger, Vic Rawl, who will go before the state Democratic Party to protest the election results this afternoon. An excerpt: [...]
