Skip to: Content
Skip to: Site Navigation
Skip to: Search
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 2009
| Subscribe to Newser's RSS feeds RSS | Follow Newser on Twitter Twitter

NEWS ABOUT: South Carolina

South Carolina stories: 160 news summaries

141 - 160 of 160 Stories | << Prev 1 ... 4 5 6 7 8

Switch to grid view »

SC Dems Say No to Colbert
in Presidential Primary

Not all were amused
by comic as candidate

Nov 1, 07 9:06 PM CDT
(Newser) - Stephen Colbert’s satirical run for president hit a roadblock today—his bid to get on the ballot in South Carolina's Democratic primary was rejected by the party’s executive council, reports Politico. Most of the council's members didn't see the host of Comedy Central's popular faux news program The ... More »

MORE ABOUT:
South Carolina • Stephen Colbert • Democratic presidential primaries • The Colbert Report • Election 2008

Colbert to File for S. Carolina Dem Primary

Eschews GOP as 'too expensive'; not all local Dems are amused

Nov 1, 07 7:04 AM CDT
(Newser) - Stephen Colbert's presidential run is gaining a little "truthiness" as CNN reports that the Comedy Central star will file as a candidate for the Democratic primary by the deadline today. Colbert dropped his bid to run on both parties for practical reasons: to get on the GOP ballot costs... More »

MORE ABOUT:
South Carolina • Stephen Colbert • Democratic presidential primaries

It's Down to Rudy and Mitt

Weekly Standard
scribe says no other GOP candidate has a ‘credible scenario’

Oct 31, 07 12:24 PM CDT
(Newser) - The baffling race for the GOP nomination is now down to two, argues the Weekly Standard’s Fred Barnes: Only Mitt Romney and Rudy Giuliani have what really matters in the primary fight—“credible” paths to victory. Mitt’s the early-state favorite, the man to beat if he captures... More »

MORE ABOUT:
Florida • Mitt Romney • John McCain • Rudy Giuliani • Iowa • Fred Thompson • South Carolina • Nwe Hampshire • Republican presidential primaries

Obama Looks
for Gospel Lift

But tour isn't attracting the young believers who fueled his early campaign

Oct 29, 07 7:30 PM CDT
(Newser) - Barack Obama's three-city South Carolina gospel tour kicked off over the weekend, with hopes that a little soul would lift his swooning numbers along with spirits. If the goal was, as one local supporter put it, to "get these young folks re-fired up," it wasn't happening at the... More »

MORE ABOUT:
Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • John Edwards • South Carolina • Donnie McClurkin • gospel • Democratic presidential primaries

'Candidates'
Spar Over SC Credentials

Colbert, Edwards both claim favorite-son bragging rights

Oct 29, 07 10:55 AM CDT
(Newser) - With Stephen Colbert kicking off his presidential campaign spoof in South Carolina yesterday, things got a little heated between the Comedy Central star and John Edwards, the state's other favorite-son contender. Colbert accused Edwards of having abandoned the Palmetto State at the age of 1; the Edwards folks shot back... More »

MORE ABOUT:
John Edwards • South Carolina • Comedy Central • Stephen Colbert • Doritos

Colbert Nation Rules Facebook

Fictional presidential campaign rocks online fans

Oct 29, 07 4:30 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Facebook group "1,000,000 Strong for Stephen T. Colbert" reached a million members in just over a week, making the organization devoted to the comedian's phony presidential campaign the fastest-growing political group in the four-year history of the social networking site.  More »

MORE ABOUT:
presidential campaign • South Carolina • Facebook • Stephen Colbert • The Colbert Report • Election 2008

Primary Leapfroggers Will Lose Half of Delegates: GOP

RNC vows to penalize 5 states

Oct 23, 07 4:58 PM CDT
(Newser) - Five state delegations will lose half their votes if they hold their primaries, as currently scheduled, before the official start date of February 5, the RNC ruled yesterday. The party’s national chairman said the penalty shouldn’t come as a surprise, because the 2008 rules were adopted at the... More »

MORE ABOUT:
Florida • Iowa • RNC • South Carolina • presidential primaries • Nevada • primary leapfrogging

Black Women Face Tough Choice

Oct 14, 07 2:22 PM CDT
(Newser) - South Carolina’s real Democratic debate is going down in the hair salon, where the New York Times informally polled black women on their split allegiances to Hillary and Obama. Maternal fondness for Barack may work against him—one won’t vote for him because “I fear that they... More »

MORE ABOUT:
Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • gender • South Carolina • Democratic presidential primaries • election

South Carolina Black Women Key for Dems

Early primary could make or break Obama in battle with Clinton

Sep 26, 07 12:39 PM CDT
(Newser) - The Jan. 29 Democratic primary in South Carolina might come down to black women, the Los Angeles Times reports. Half of Democratic voters in the state are African American, and most of those are female—40% of whom have yet to pick a horse. That decision may hinge largely on... More »

MORE ABOUT:
Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • Iowa • African Americans • New Hampshire • South Carolina • Bill Clinton • Democratic presidential primaries • female voters • African-American voters

Clinton, Obama Oppose Primary Leapfrogging

Candidates bow to pressure from states protecting their early primaries

Sep 2, 07 12:32 PM CDT
(Newser) - Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama joined three of their presidential rivals yesterday in pledging not to campaign in states that have defied Democratic primary rules by pushing their primaries to early 2008. In recent weeks, Michigan and Florida have announced votes before February 5, challenging the first dibs the party... More »

MORE ABOUT:
Florida • Barack Obama • Iowa • RNC • New Hampshire • South Carolina • Howard Dean • Michigan • Nevada • Jennifer Granholm • Democratic presidential primaries • Election 2008 • presidential election

Teen Contestant All Over Map
in Geo Gaffe

Miss SC explains rambling response
to 'US Americans'

Aug 28, 07 4:36 AM CDT
(Newser) - Miss South Carolina Teen USA will have a second crack at answering the question that made her an internet laughing stock. Asked why some Americans cannot locate the US on a map, she launched into a rambling response, referring to  “US Americans," South Africa and “the Iraq.... More »

MORE ABOUT:
South Carolina • beauty pageant • geography • Lauren Caitlin Upton • Miss South Carolina

Fattest States in America

Aug 27, 07 8:36 PM CDT
(Newser) - The Trust for America's Health has come out with its fourth annual report on obesity.  And the losers are:
  1. Mississippi
  2. West Virginia
  3. Alabama
More »

MORE ABOUT:
obesity • health • childhood obesity • South Carolina • Arkansas • Kentucky • fat • Louisiana • weight • Michigan • Indiana • America • Alabama • Tennessee • Mississippi • Oklahoma • West Virginia

Obama Needs
to Try On a
Blue Collar

Dem struggles
to overcome
‘arugula’ rep

Aug 13, 07 12:35 PM CDT
(Newser) - Barack Obama is having trouble appealing to the more downscale wing of the Democratic Party, a problem on display in a recent Iowa farm appearance in which the Chicagoan complained about the price of arugula at Whole Foods. More a “wine track” than a “beer track” candidate, Obama... More »

MORE ABOUT:
Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • Iowa • South Carolina • voters • rural voters • Election 2008

Heat Wave Bakes Southeast 

Region reaches for
the iced tea as temps shatter records

Aug 10, 07 12:42 PM CDT
(Newser) - A heat wave brought record high temperatures to much of the Southeast yesterday, with highs of over 100 degrees recorded in Georgia, the Carolinas, and Kentucky. Excessive heat warnings ruled the day, prompting the National Weather Service to urge people to stay inside in air-conditioning and drink plenty of fluids,... More »

MORE ABOUT:
weather • Atlanta • South Carolina • Kentucky • Georgia • Louisville • North Carolina • temperature • heat • heat wave • summer

South Carolina Prompts Primary Chaos

SC to jump to January, pushing primary schedule as early as December

Aug 9, 07 5:14 AM CDT
(Newser) - South Carolina's Republican Party is about to shift its primary to January 19, triggering a chain reaction of primary rescheduling that is infuriating candidates and campaign managers, the Washington Post reports. The New Hampshire primary will likely be rescheduled for early January and the Iowa caucuses as early as December.... More »

MORE ABOUT:
Florida • Republican • New Hampshire • South Carolina • primary • GOP • Election 2008 • presidential election

YouTube Asks, Dems Respond

Voters call the shots as candidates answer their questions directly

Jul 24, 07 6:35 AM CDT
(Newser) - Voters put questions directly to the Democratic presidential candidates last night, thanks to 3,000 citizens who submitted questions to YouTube. CNN selected and played 39 of the homemade videos, in which regular Americans—including a lesbian couple, a singer, and a snowman—created an unprecedented debate format. The candidates... More »

MORE ABOUT:
health care • YouTube • gay marriage • South Carolina • presidential debate • race relations • Democratic voters • CNN • Iraq war • presidential election

Fallen Firefighters Mourned

Thousands attend SC ceremony for 9 killed in blaze

Jun 22, 07 4:24 PM CDT
(Newser) - Thousands of firefighters from across the country gathered today for a memorial ceremony honoring their nine colleagues who died Monday battling a blaze in Charleston, SC. Their chief shared humorous stories about the men, adding a personal touch to a formal affair. A column of firetrucks snaked through the... More »

MORE ABOUT:
Rudy Giuliani • South Carolina • fires • firefighters • Charleston

For Giuliani, Things Go Better Without Coke

Campaign axes SC chairman in wake of federal drug rap

Jun 20, 07 9:45 AM CDT
(Newser) - The South Carolina state treasurer's drug problem is reverberating in New York, where the Giuliani campaign severed ties with volunteer state chairman Thomas Ravenel after his indictment yesterday on federal cocaine-trafficking charges. The campaign said the real estate millionaire "has stepped down from his volunteer responsibilities," and the... More »

MORE ABOUT:
Rudy Giuliani • investigation • presidential campaign • South Carolina • Thomas Ravenel • Election 2008

SC Blaze Kills 9 Firefighters

Roof of Charleston furniture store collapses

Jun 19, 07 8:17 AM CDT
(Newser) - Nine firefighters died last night when the roof of a burning furniture store in Charleston, SC, collapsed in what one onlooker described as a "30-foot tornado of flames." The mayor said no city firefighter had died on the job in his 30 years in office, and to "... More »

MORE ABOUT:
South Carolina • fires • firefighters • Charleston • Joseph P. Riley Jr.

Musical McCain Becomes YouTube Hit

But "bomb bomb Iran" joke may be
tone-deaf political move

Apr 20, 07 11:59 AM CDT
(Newser) - If John McCain fails in his presidential bid, he may have a future in karaoke. The senator-turned-songbird's impromptu performance of "Bomb Bomb Iran"—set to the tune of the Beach Boys classic "Barbara Ann"—at a South Carolina campaign rally has picked up 118,000 YouTube... More »

MORE ABOUT:
John McCain • YouTube • South Carolina • Barbara Ann • singing • viral video • Election 2008 • Beach Boys

141 - 160 of 160 Stories | << Prev 1 ... 4 5 6 7 8


from our news partners