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Alvin Greene Staffs Up, Gives First Speechnew
Alvin Greene surrounds himself with new political advisers including a Harvard-educated attorney specializing in intellectual property law and gives his first public speech at a local NAACP meeting.
Columbia Free Times |
Corey Hutchins |
07-21-2010 |
Politics
Tags: Alvin Greene, South Carolina
S.C. Gov Candidate on Arrest Record: I Beat the S#!t out of Six Punksnew
Morgan Bruce Reeves, South Carolina’s independent write-in candidate for governor, is pissed after seeing his arrest record posted online
Columbia Free Times |
Corey Hutchins |
07-13-2010 |
Politics
Tags: Morgan Bruce Reeves
The Mysterious Alvin Greenenew
Unemployed, a potential felon and a political nobody, Alvin Greene came out of nowhere to win the Democratic nomination for U.S. Senate. How’d he do it?
Columbia Free Times |
Corey Hutchins |
06-16-2010 |
Politics
Tags: Alvin Greene
South Carolina: The Friskiest Statenew
What is it about South Carolina that has national media outlets calling it "sultry," "randy," full of "extramarital madness" and "America's friskiest state?"
Columbia Free Times |
Corey Hutchins |
06-02-2010 |
Politics
S.C. Gov. Hopeful Henry McMaster: Slumlord Millionaire?new
As the dailies covered his debates and ad campaigns, the Columbia Free Times interviewed two dozen tenants of a gubernatorial frontrunner and investigated the management of his rental properties over the years to find out if Henry McMaster really is...a slumlord millionaire.
Columbia Free Times |
Corey Hutchins |
05-31-2010 |
Politics
Will Folks Admitted to Haley Affair a Year Agonew
Former Mark Sanford spokesman Will Folks privately admitted a year ago to having a brief extramarital affair with GOP gubernatorial contender S.C. Rep. Nikki Haley, according to a Palmetto State Republican political operative.
Columbia Free Times |
Corey Hutchins |
05-24-2010 |
Politics
Tags: Nikki Haley, Will Folks
What Makes a Tea Partier Tick?new
In South Carolina, movement organizers have had to fight off political consultants and the GOP to retain their identity as they search for what the movement means in their own hearts and minds.
Columbia Free Times |
Corey Hutchins |
04-28-2010 |
Politics
Tags: Tea Party, Allen Olson
South Carolina RNC Members Back Steele — For Nownew
In the past two weeks, as RNC Chairman Michael Steele has found himself engulfed in scandal and his neck stretched out over a public chopping block, top Republicans in South Carolina have got his back.
Columbia Free Times |
Corey Hutchins |
04-07-2010 |
Politics
Tags: Michael Steele, RNC
Sidelined by Scandal, Governor is Unseen Force at State Housenew
It will be 10 more months until term-limited Gov. Mark Sanford leaves his first-floor office at the Capitol Complex in Columbia and steps out the door as an elected official for the final time. But for some, the mood around the State House feels as though its chief executive is already gone.
Columbia Free Times |
Corey Hutchins |
03-24-2010 |
Politics
How the Mark Sanford Scandal Could Shape South Carolina's 2010 Gov. Racenew
Based on recent national polling and events surrounding a scandal-plagued GOP Gov. Mark Sanford, the blood-red political waters of the state could turn blue when it comes to the 2010 governor’s race.
Columbia Free Times |
Corey Hutchins |
08-27-2009 |
Politics
The Mark Sanford Emails: Why Did 'The State' Hold its Fire?new
It was South Carolina's The State newspaper that tore open the sordid story of Gov. Mark Sanford's transcontinental tryst. But while it was a gale-force blow, one question remains: Why had the newspaper held its breath for so long?
Columbia Free Times |
Corey Hutchins |
07-01-2009 |
Politics
In the Wake of Obama's Victory, Rampant GOP Voter Suppression Efforts in South Carolinanew
Republican-led voter suppression efforts in South Carolina are so rampant this year that they are spilling out of the State House and into the courthouse.
Columbia Free Times |
Corey Hutchins |
04-30-2009 |
Politics
Katon Dawson's S.C. Ties are Blessing, Curse in Bid to Lead National GOPnew
As South Carolina Republican Party Chairman Katon Dawson runs for the national party chairmanship, political consultants turn on each other with fierce heat and venom.
Columbia Free Times |
Corey Hutchins |
01-21-2009 |
Politics
Top 10 Reasons to Care About the Supreme Court
If you're the not the kind of person who typically gets worked up over arcane matters of constitutional law, then you might need a rundown of why the Court matters. Here, in no particular order, are 10 reasons to pay attention.
Columbia Free Times |
Dan Cook |
08-19-2005 |
Politics
