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Waterloo in SC

wjhamilton 29464 — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 17:56:12 GMT

Thank you for the suggestion. We'll Google it.

Sen. Darrell Jackson (D-Columbia)

michaelrodgers — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 00:54:46 GMT

I asked SC Sen. Darrell Jackson (D-Columbia) this morning at the Richland County Democratic Convention about the remarks of Sen. Robert Ford (D-Charleston) and if anyone in the SC State Senate would set the record straight.

Sen. Jackson replied that Sen. Ford was serious and joking and that his point was that the NAACP tourism boycott seems to be no longer in force because the three churches had the Great Gathering here.

Sen. Jackson went on to say that when you fill up the hotels in Columbia for almost a week, it seems that the boycott is indeed not in force and is indeed over, for practical purposes.

And Sen. Jackson further said that the effect would be that the NAACP would have an extremely difficult time working with the NCAA to keep the NCAA's tournament ban in place.

And what I think of all this is that the NAACP, the churches, and the South Carolina Legislative Black Caucus, and anyone and everyone else who may want to take down the flag, should get together to form a real strategy.

I'm finding it to be quite disturbing that no one in the SC legislature, Republican or Democrat, black or white, male or female, will introduce any bill to resolve the situation.

I'm starting to agree with Ron Aiken's column that the NAACP should boycott the South Carolina Legislative Black Caucus.:

If the Black Caucus truly wants to help both blacks and whites in this state, the question on the table is why has that group deliberately ignored the will of the NAACP by allowing this issue to fester year after agonizing year with staggering economic implications for their constituents?

Drake endorsement

Jennifer Read — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 21:47:12 GMT

I'm sure Sheheen and Rex are courting his endorsement, but we haven't gotten any word from the Drake team yet. Sheheen did, however, put out this glowing statement about Dwight after the news broke:

Dwight has been a formidable opponent whose smarts, expertise, and vast knowledge of South Carolina government brought great perspective and ideas to the table in this race. I respect his service to our country in Vietnam, his service to our state as an advisor to Governor Riley, and I look forward to working with him to tackle the many challenges facing South Carolina right now.
Every day new people across South Carolina are joining our effort to get our state moving in the right direction. We're laying the groundwork of a winning campaign, and as your next governor, I will make it my mission to help restore hope for all of the people of South Carolina by recruiting well-paying jobs, improving our schools, and working with you to make South Carolina a better place to live.

Good Luck, Rawl

Inkan1969 — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 21:09:04 GMT

I guess Mike Ruckes was too amateurish to mount a credible campaign, even though I liked his views. I wish Rawl the best of luck.

If he does win, he should give his speech in Waterloo, Laurens County.

No more Dwight Drake E-mails.

Inkan1969 — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 21:06:59 GMT

Yikes. I somehow got on his e-mail list and never bothered to leave it, because I felt neutral about him. He seemed to send an e-mail every single day. I'm going to miss his blue logo.

So is he going to endorse anyone? I can't tell if Rex or Shaheen will be the winner. Me, I haven't decided yet. I like Rex but I wish he stayed as Superintendent. I haven't looked up Shaheen yet.

Mike Ruckes

michaelrodgers — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 11:04:05 GMT

Mike Ruckes. Mike Ruckes. Mike Ruckes.
http://www.mikeruckes2010.com/
Help him. He needs our help. He can win.

Good work

wjhamilton 29464 — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 22:08:52 GMT

I know cutting this video and getting it online was a lot of work. Congratulations and thank you.

According to TPM, Bunning's block

PCinSC — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 01:01:23 GMT

"triggered a 21 percent fee reduction to doctors seeing Medicare patients starting today."

http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo...

No Idea

wjhamilton 29464 — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 23:30:21 GMT

I had no idea we has a stimulus project of that size running out there, and I live in Mt. Pleasant. Ft. Moultrie is a popular tourism site and also hosts some community activities.

Blog On Without Me for the Moment

wjhamilton 29464 — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 23:28:05 GMT

Well I missed that one and I've blogged about Jim Rex. That's OK, I was working on another race with another candidate.

It's crystal clear that Netroots is going to be critical in 2010 to reach, connect and motivate the base. We'll have to split up the work and bring in more muscle and organization.