SENATOR SAYS FIGHT IS FAR FROM OVER
Sen. Lindsey Graham on Sunday had harsh words for Senate Democrats who finagled a deal to pick up a critical 60th vote for their plan to overhaul the U.S. health care system.
Speaking on CNN’s “State of the Union,” Graham took umbrage with the decision [...]
A very tough week in national Democratic politics was brightened by three holiday gatherings which combined the brightness of the Christmas & Chanukah seasons with political interest. Image, Right, Dining Room at Rex Event
Jim Rex, Mullins McLeod and Mike Ruckes all held holiday [...]
Democratic gubernatorial candidate Mullins McLeod announced endorsements from eight Democrats, including state lawmakers and county party chairmen. McLeod, a Charleston attorney, is among six candidates seeking the Democratic nomination.
The following Democrats, according to the McLeod campaign, has endorsed McLeod:
Elaine Gentry – Greenwood County Democratic Party Chairwoman [...]
Despite an aggressive push by President Barack Obama and Congressional democrats, efforts to ram through a massive new debt hike before the Christmas holidays will have to wait till next year.
Instead, the U.S. Congress will have to settle for a short-term $200 billion increase in [...]
DCCC SPOT ATTACKS CONGRESSMAN FOR OPPOSING OBAMA FINANCIAL OVERHAUL
Democrats are using their top Hill committee in an attempt to level the financial playing field against Congressman Joe Wilson in what will undoubtedly be the most expensive U.S. House race of 2010.
In a new 60-second radio spot, the Democratic Congressional Campaign [...]
The 60-second radio spot, which will begin airing on Wednesday' [...]
OMNIBUS BILL CREATES 12% SPENDING INCREASE
U.S. Senate Democrats railroaded through trillion dollar omnibus appropriations bill on Sunday that conservatives are calling little more than a continuation of the federal government’s binge spending.
One Republican, Sen. Lindsey Graham, called the bill “a disaster.”
“At a time when most Americans are [...]
SANFORD URGES SC DELEGATION TO OPPOSE GOVERNMENT TAKEOVER OF HEALTH CARE
For the first time in the health care debate, Congressional Democrats appear to be willing to pass insurance reform legislation that doesn’t include a so-called “public option.”
On Thursday, lawmakers said they had reached a tentative deal to [...]
DEMOCRAT COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS 4 STATES GET EARLY VOTES, OTHERS GET MORE DELGATES
After the messy leapfrogging between states that marred the last presidential primaries, Republican and Democrat officials are taking preventative measures to see that 2012 goes much smoother.
While Republicans are still negotiating their calendar, Democrats appear to [...]
U.S. Senate Democrats struck some sort of deal on the “public option” portion of President Barack Obama’s socialized medicine plan Tuesday night, but media reports coming out of the nation’s capital weren’t exactly singing off the same sheet of music when it came to the details [...]
Republican U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham has vast crossover appeal, but he also has among the lowest approval ratings of any senator within his own party, according to polling conducted by Raleigh, N.C.-based Public Policy Polling.
READ THE POLLGraham has worked with Democrats to seat judges to the chagrin of some [...]
The South Carolina Progressive Democrats of America is proud to announce the following endorsements:
For United States Senate Mike Ruckes, a PDA member from Summerville SC. Mike is a dedicated to progressive values and will fight for those values in the United States Senate. We urge all South Carolinians to [...]
Today the Republicans in the US Senate failed in advancing one of their efforts to improve health care for Americans: eliminating $40 billion dollars from existing programs for giving the elderly in-home assistance so they don't have to move into nursing home farms.' [...] 
Max Baucus, the wholly-owned senator from the insurance industry, turns out to have also been the Democrats' answer to his Nevada colleague, Jon Ensign. Well, except for the preening, Pharisee in the Temple religiosity and Senator Coburn acting as bagman.' [...] 
There’s a ton of people running for South Carolina governor these days. About five on each side, Democrats and Republicans. Now, before the New Year, we have a write-in candidate, believe it or not.
This guy is named Morgan Bruce Reeves, and he played football.
Reeves says [...]
