south-carolina

pimg src=”http://www.dailykos.com/i/user/59419/Daily_Kos_Elections_Polling_Wrap.jpg” //p pThis morning, Chuck Todd and the rest of the gang at MSNBC’s a href=”http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/01/18/10181450-first-thoughts-newt-mentum-returns”First Read/a sounded a very interesting alarm:/p blockquoteThere are some increasing signs — though all of it anecdotal for now — that Newt Gingrich is gaining some momentum three days before the South Carolina primary.

pimg src=”http://www.dailykos.com/i/user/59419/Daily_Kos_Elections_Polling_Wrap.jpg” //p pThis morning, Chuck Todd and the rest of the gang at MSNBC’s a href=”http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/01/18/10181450-first-thoughts-newt-mentum-returns”First Read/a sounded a very interesting alarm:/p blockquoteThere are some increasing signs — though all of it anecdotal for now — that Newt Gingrich is gaining some momentum three days before the South Carolina primary.

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div class=”dkimg-r”img src=”http://images2.dailykos.com/i/user/30549/starbursts.jpg” alt=”starbursts” height=”249″ width=”275″ //div On Monday, it was Rich Lowry at the emNational Review/em a href=”http://www.nationalreview.com/corner/286653/we-dont-have-our-team-field-rich-lowry”whining/a because the Republicans haven’t fielded their “A-team” for the 2012 presidential contest.

div class=”dkimg-r”img src=”http://images2.dailykos.com/i/user/30549/starbursts.jpg” alt=”starbursts” height=”249″ width=”275″ //div On Monday, it was Rich Lowry at the emNational Review/em a href=”http://www.nationalreview.com/corner/286653/we-dont-have-our-team-field-rich-lowry”whining/a because the Republicans haven’t fielded their “A-team” for the 2012 presidential contest.

pimg src=”http://images.dailykos.com/i/user/28416/APR_11_18.jpg” width=”550″ height=”325″ //p pVisual source: a href=”http://newseum.org”Newseum/a/p pa href=”http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-11-17/a-decade-of-missed-chances-is-dragging-down-prospects-in-u-s-ezra-klein.html”Ezra Klein/a:/p blockquoteEven the opportunities we have seized are mostly coming undone. In one of his presidency’s more bipartisan moments, George W. Bush joined with Senator Ted Kennedy to pass No Child Left Behind.

pWASHINGTON — Chris Christie could’ve been a contender.

SC: Obama can play with majority of GOP field The general election numbers out of South Carolina, published on Thursday by our polling pals at PPP, are the prime example of two trends that have defined this summer’s understanding of the 2012 presidential campaign. Specifically, these two points: 1) Barack Obama’s numbers, at present, are pretty awful for a president seeking reelection; and 2) the GOP’s field of contenders and pretenders, by and large, are in a shockingly bad position to do anything about it.

What a strange time it is to be Indian in America. First we hear South Carolina might soon have an Indian American governor. (One endorsed by Sarah Palin!) Then a Californian company, Zazzle, popped up selling s kateboards with Hindu gods on them. And then Joel Stein decided to make a joke about Dotbusters in Time Magazine . No wonder our Gods have multiple heads. This is a mindboggling lot to keep up with.

My home state is brilliant. No one — not Texas secessionists , not Arizona xenophobes , not Alabama jingoists — can top South Carolina’s desire for attention. Just when you think that South Carolinians like former Republican U.S. Senator Strom Thurmond’s hidden African-American daughter, Republican Governor Mark Sanford’s Appalachian trail ride, and Republican U.S. Senator Jim DeMint’s health care Waterloo were enough … Republican State Senator Jake Knotts used the word ” raghead ” to describe Republican gubernatorial front runner Rep.