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Parody political video: (500) Days of Sanford

By Ken Hawkins on Monday, 31 August 2009 - 8:04am
We know it's a political ad, but you still have to admit this parody of the trailer of (500) Days of Summer is pretty funny ... until you realize you live in the laughing stock of the nation and it gets downright depressing. The guy responsible for... More

City Paper: Linda Ketner won't run in 2010

By Ken Hawkins on Tuesday, 9 June 2009 - 11:51am
The Charleston City Paper says that Democrat Linda Ketner won't try again to oust Congressman Henry Brown again in 2010. Go read what the paper has to say about it. Ketner lost by just some 4 percentage points in hotly contested race in 2008,... More

S.C. Democrats fumbled this election season

By Ken Hawkins on Thursday, 20 November 2008 - 12:03pm
Chairman of the Oconee County Democratic Party, Ken Campbell, laments about the lack of progress for the Democratic Party in South Carolina on the November 4, in part: Then we dropped the ball. Despite the fact that it had become clear to even the... More

Local GOP plans to counter Dem's effort to ease wait

By Ken Hawkins on Monday, 3 November 2008 - 8:05pm
Charleston County Republican Chairwoman Lin Bennett has distributed an e-mail planning to counter Democrat efforts to ease the wait in line. Local blogger Dan reports on it. Here's part of the e-mail: You all may have read in the paper that the... More

Actress who played Clair Huxtable speaking in North Charleston

By Ken Hawkins on Monday, 27 October 2008 - 7:49pm
Tony award-wining actress Phylicia Rashad, who is well known for her role as Clair Huxtable in The Cosby Show, is speaking at a Democratic Party rally on Tuesday, October 28. The event is at 12:30 p.m. at Trident Technical College at 7000 Rivers... More

State's surge in voter registration could impact in November

By Ken Hawkins on Thursday, 9 October 2008 - 7:57pm
Preliminary counts by the state election commission show an increase of some 240,000 registered voters during 2008, a number 40,000 more than the 2004 increase. With minorities and young voters registering at the fastest rates, it does stand to... More

What the Democratic National Convention means to South Carolina

By Ken Hawkins on Monday, 25 August 2008 - 9:13am
The convention is a national event that has local impact with local players. Get a national perspective at the convention's Web site, CNN, or The New York Times. But we'll connect you with the stories that have a South Carolina focus. S.C. ETV has... More

Obama campaign announces its South Carolina leaders

By Ken Hawkins on Sunday, 17 August 2008 - 6:09am
Clay MiddletonThe Obama campaign has announced its leaders in its South Carolina campaign, long-shot though it may seem. Trav Robertson will be the campaign's director, and Charleston-native, Citadel-grad Clay Middleton will be the political... More

Polls: McCain strong in South Carolina again

By Ken Hawkins on Sunday, 27 July 2008 - 12:14pm
McCain's strength in South Carolina has reemerged in recent polls, with McCain leading Obama 53% to 40%, and some 78% to 15% with S.C. whites. Read more stories on this subject in our 2008 election topic page.The news comes of the 13 point... More

State voter registrations show power shifting to younger and nonwhites

By Ken Hawkins on Friday, 18 July 2008 - 6:00am
Yesterday we remarked about Obama polling strongly in South Carolina. We also mentioned that he'll need a large turnout from black and young voters if he hopes to win our traditionally Republican state. Well, South Carolina voter registration shows... More
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