Shall we reconsider blocking Ambassador Robert Ford’s appointment?

By: Moe Lane (Diary)  |  July 12th at 01:00 PM  | 

I’m starting to think that the current Republican opposition to Ford’s formal appointment as ambassador to Syria, while valid in general – we’re actually not well-advised to play Albright-style kissy-face games with rogue states – may be counterproductive in this specific case. Then again, the general principle doesn’t apply here, does it? After all, Ambassador Ford is not exactly playing nice with the Assad regime; | Read More »

Failed Gubernatorial Nominee Goes Nuclear On The State Legislative Black Caucus

By: Tabitha Hale (Diary)  |  June 11th at 05:59 PM  | 

South Carolina just gets better and better. I mean, just when you think it’s run out of insanity, what with flamingly “southern” Republican lobbyists and lying bloggers trying to take out Nikki Haley, State Senator Jake Knotts resorting to racial slurs, and a random unemployed dude landing the Democrat nomination for US Senate – not to mention a sitting Governor who goes missing and shows up | Read More »

Haley, Sheheen lead in South Carolina

By: Neil Stevens (Diary)  |  June 1st at 01:04 PM  | 

InsiderAdvantage polled for Statehouse Report the South Carolina primaries for Governor, and while the necessity of a runoff makes the long term future uncertain, the frontrunners in each race are clear: Nikki Haley and Vincent Sheheen.