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Subscribe to RSSBARBOUR: After South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley’s swearing-in ceremony, Haley Barbour “convened something of a meet-and-greet with a handful of Republican legislators at the Palmetto Club in downtown Columbia,” CNN reports. “Among those planning to attend the closed-door meeting: David Wilkins, a former U.S. Ambassador and South Carolina House Speaker who remains a power broker in state GOP politics. Wilkins was also the chief of Haley's transition team.”
The New York Times profiles Haley’s nephew Henry Barbour, a lobbyist and RNC member who is leading the campaign to oust Michael Steele. Governor Barbour, the Times writes, “has become synonymous with an old-fashioned approach to politics, driven by force of personality and conducted over Maker’s Mark. He has also, however, been dogged by statements that suggest a considerably old-fashioned, even blinkered, view of history… Henry Barbour, 46, came of age in the Reagan era, when Republicans were not only newly viable in the South but also increasingly dominant, and when the art of politics shifted from the handshake to the database.”
CAIN: Mark it down. We have our first presidential exploratory committee, and it’s Herman Cain, a conservative talk show host and former CEO of Godfather’s Pizza.
CHRISTIE: The New Jersey governor recommended that Sarah Palin go unscripted, The State Column writes. “The New Jersey Republican added that Ms. Palin’s avoidance of reporters will hinder her ability to run for president. ‘And I would contend to you that if Governor Palin never does any of those things, she’ll never be president, because people in America won’t countenance that. They just won’t,’ Mr. Christie added.”
“The verbal spat between political pals Rudy Giuliani and NJ Gov. Chris Christie over the recent blizzard intensified Wednesday as Christie accused his former mentor of ‘shooting from the peanut gallery,’” The New York Post writes. Giuliani had said of Christie: "Chris should've come back … They elected you governor, they've got an emergency, they expect you to be there.”
GINGRICH: A day before speaking to a group of South Carolina business leaders, Newt Gingrich “readily acknowledges the state's historic importance in backing GOP presidential nominees - and his interest in becoming a White House candidate. "’South Carolina has picked the last five Republican presidential nominees,’ Gingrich told McClatchy Newspapers. ‘So it's clear that along with Iowa and New Hampshire, it's a key state in the presidential nominating process. There's no question it will retain that importance in 2012.’”
PALIN: The New York Daily News writes, Palin’s “evocation of the slur on Jews [‘blood libel’] in connection with the shooting of Arizona's first Jewish representative did not sit well with many.”
The Hill says Palin “set off a firestorm” after using the phrase and that it “arguably overshadow[ed] her counterattack to the left’s salvos.”
“Former Bush White House press secretary Ari Fleischer, a member of the Republican Jewish Coalition's board of directors, did not address Palin's use of the phrase ‘blood libel’ but said she would have been better served by focusing on a more positive message,” The Hill writes. He said, "I liked much of what she said, but it would have been even better if she simply rose above the accusations about her map and focused entirely on the bigger message of loss, tragedy and the greatness of our country and the strength of our people. The better way to repudiate the nonsensical charges against her would have been to rise above them."
PAWLENTY: “Minnesota Governor Tim Pawlenty took his ubiquitous book launch to the Daliy Show today where he expressed skepticism at calls on political figures to watch what they say,” Politico writes. "’We've got to be really careful here,’ he said, warning about the consequences for speech ‘if you start saying, 'You can't say this, you can't say that.'" http://politi.co/he1lmM
Pawlenty also listed what he believed to be the most important qualities for a GOP candidate in order to defeat President Obama in 2010: “I think the next president is going to have an unusual, really historic amount of fortitude. And I think there’s going to be a lot of similarities on various issues that Republican candidates are espousing. But I think the question people should ask is based on their life experiences, based on their record, not just who gives a pretty speech or who offered a failed amendment,” he said on the Hugh Hewitt radio show.
ROMNEY: “Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney has stepped down from the board of directors for hotel chain Marriott International Inc. for the second time in eight years,” Bloomberg reports. “Romney served as a director from 1993 to 2002 before stepping down at the start of his run for governor. He rejoined the board in January 2009.”
SANTORUM: “Rick Santorum will make his eighth trip to South Carolina on Saturday as the Pennsylvania Republican continues his courtship of conservatives while exploring a potential presidential bid,” The Hill writes. “Santorum will address an anti-abortion rally in Columbia on Saturday before traveling to Aiken to speak at a county GOP lunch on Monday.”
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Will you guys quit promoting her now please.
This woman does not make much sense, I think she was defending her self, which she needs a lot defending. But I never heard her express any sorrow for the victims just for her self. I'm still counting my blessings this woman was is not our vice president, God was looking out for our country in November, 2008. Amen.
"I'm still counting my blessings this woman was is not our vice president, God was looking out for our country in November, 2008. Amen."
Heck Sue...I'm an atheist and I have to agree 100% with you on this!
I am also an atheist and I agree with you Sue.
Do not forget there are crazy people all around you everywhere.It took an irresponsible politician's to bring out the worst in people..The grim weeper of the house..Beonher.. Palin ..Bachman,,Mc Connell.. to name a few are the people who created the real problems here ..They were allowed.. by political" hack leadership" to incite rage in the people ..resulting in 6 dead people ! Even a helpless child ! ...Through their negligence / leadership "most attorneys".... 6 people are now dead ! .... Why are these people not being charged ?
Hey Bloody Sarah
Yesterday was the anniversary of the Haiti earthquake.
Werent YOU the one to admonish us to not forget?
I guess I forgot about it already.
People actually believe that her saying "blood libel" will injure her chances at presidency?
ALL OF AMERICA KNEW SHE WAS AN IDIOT LONG BEFORE THAT.
Amen! Your exactly right American Medic. Exactly right.
Idiotcy and stupidity in abundance within the GOP
So Palin didn't address the pain felt in Az, or the rest of the country, but instead cited her own *victim* status, used a VERY un-wise term to describe it, and mis-quoted something POTUS Raegan said to further show off just how much she does NOT know what in the hell she is talking about. And she may want to run for POTUS !?! In a way, I'd like to see her win the nomination, Obama could nearly take the entire compaign off, and STILL beat Palin in a cake-walk. Unfortunately, the American people have shown themselves to be far too stupid in some of their electorate decisions to know better to NOT vote for this idiot!
Meanwhile, orange-man/3rd in line to the presidency Majority speaker(cryer-in-chief) Boehner skipped attending the memorial ceremony in Az, to attend a COCKTAIL-fundraising PARTY for the RNC !? Was he afraid he'd cry too much during the ceremony? So instead he decides to booze it up, have a grand-old time slugging back too many drinks with his buddies while Arizonans and the rest of the country mourn 5 dead including a 9 yr old girl.
Here too, WHAT an idiot ! !
I'd like to add some sarcastic comment about *true-colors* here, but can't come up with something that would fit cry-baby Boehner.
I hope that these two idiots and their stupid, self-centered, motives come back to haunt them both !
President Obama hit it out of the park with his speech to a grieving nation, and he inspired us to all take a good look at ourselves and our language to one another. It says great things about President Obama's intellect and ability to say the RIGHT thing.
Let the GOP do what they want, the majority of us see a leader in the President and examples set for us by all the responders involved in the tragic events. I believe a new day has taken hold of America.
After pondering why the media is so infatuated with Ms. Sara Palin, I think I have figured it out. And what I have figured out is not pretty.
First of all, you have to accept my assessment that the media in general has a strong liberal bias. If this acceptance does not turn you away, then please continue with my theory.
Why would a liberal media give so much free time to Sara Palin? Because she can be defeated by whoever the other party runs against her, that is why.
So I expect the media infatuation to continue until she becomes candidate Palin, and then they will destroy her and along with her, her party's shot at the White House.
Any other believers out there?
If the "liberal media" had ignored her, Republicans would have said that was evidence of their bias, and an attempt to deprive the Right of it's own rock star, like the Democrats have Obama. For their part, I think the media benefits because she prompts so many clicks on every story she's in (and ratings for Dancing with the Stars, her reality show, etc.) I've seen reporters ask prominent Republicans if Palin is qualified to be President, etc. and they never take the opportunity to distance themselves for her. The only criticism of Palin from a Republican I've heard was a recent remark from Barbara Bush, wishing Palin would stay out of the limelight. So, no, I don't think Palin's prominence is all the fault of a liberal media conspiracy.
Glenn,
First of all, most voting Americans are liberal (that's what the last election showed). So the media is just reflecting the views of the majority of the American people.
Second, Sarah Palin keeps opening her ill informed mouth, and that is why she is criticized by the media. Her poor grammar, her poor reading skills, her poor geographical knowledge, and her poor judgement make her a target, just like Clinton's poor sexual behavior made him a target. She gets what she asks for, attention. And that attention comes from intelligent journalists who call her on her stupid statements.
Palin keeps herself in the news by opening her mouth and letting irresponsible words come out. Her supporters will continue to view her as the wounded party, the poor little girl who is abused by educated elitists. It works for the black helicopter conspiracy theorists and the people who believe Democrats want to take their guns; it works on the people who simply don't know any better. She will continue to use gun references in her speeches, she might even step it up a bit, and her supporters will continue to love her. Every Galahad in overalls will jump to her defense. The media knows what news sells, and Palin sells news for better or for worse. It won't end until she crawls back under a rock.
I do agree somewhat, but I think she is a freak show and that is the real appeal.
Our Sarah is a loud mouth stupid bitch with a big mouth. She has proved it time and time again. Why do we even talk about her? I am a Korean veteran and she doesn't even know there are two Korea's.
I have not seen anything quite as entertaining as watching Sarah Palin trying to spin herself out of one mess by spinning herself into another mess. The really humorous part of this speech she gave is that she did not expect President Obama to give as uplifting a speech as he did. Basically, Sarah Palin's speech was one of "Hey, remember me? I am the victim here", and it blew up in her face. She has suceeded in nothing more than irritating both political parties, the independent voters, and now, the Jewish community.
Sarah Palin: your best political entertainment value.
So the radical Left puts bulls eyes on their targeted governorships in 2008 and thats OK. The shooter watches radical left videos.... and Palin gets the Blame. Ask the Liberal sheriff why he did put this away earlier. Wake up people!
No one has "blamed" Palin, not one single person I have heard. What they have said is that the rhetoric, all the rhetoric, is nasty and can whip up those who are unhinged. Just look at the crap that is blogged and printed and said. She, however, has taken it upon herself to defend herself rather than have a conversation about doing the right thing.
I can see Israel from my house.
NBC is the only network that covers up the fact that death threats to gov. Palin are at "unprecedented levels" Feeling guilty, NBC?
Would someone please stick some duct tape over Sarah's mouth so she can't get her foot in?
Would someone please stick some duct tape over Sarah's mouth so she can't get her
foot in? Agree with me?
Would someone please stick some duct tape over Sarah's mouth so she can't get her
foot in? Agree with me?