Pubilc Policy Polling, which has done some great work over the years, has Gingrich up in their first day of polling: Newt Gingrich led Mitt Romney 34-28 in PPP’s South Carolina polling last night, the first of what will be three nights of tracking. Ron Paul at 15%, Rick Santorum at 14%, Rick Perry at [...]

Here’s how it shook out, according to CNN: Huckabee: 23% Gingrich: 11% Bachmann: 10% Romney: 8% Pawlenty: 7% Trump: 7% The rest (Haley Barbour, John Bolton, Godfather’s Pizza CEO Herman Cain, Mitch Daniels, Jon Huntsman, Gary Johnson, Sarah Palin, Ron Paul and Rick Santorum): 34% The usual caveats apply…straw polls are usually just a popularity [...]

Politico did some digging and the results reveal a Governor that is even more at odds with his public persona. Long story short, he definitely used taxpayer funds to go visit his mistress. More at True/Slant.

Sanford I have fewer problems with not resigning, although I think he should save South Carolina the embarrassment. His attention is clearly divided at this point and he let down the voters by abandoning his post. But Ensign fired his mistress’ husband from his staff and then continued to pursue her after the fact. Not [...]

Amid fresh revelations that Sanford crossed a physical line with more women than his previously acknowledged Argentine affair, Republicans in South Carolina are letting the embattled Governor know publicly (and privately) that he should get with the program and scram. From The State: On Wednesday afternoon, Senate President Pro Tempore Glenn McConnell became the latest [...]

Not that this is a big deal, and it very well could have been an innocent mistake…but come on…

I didn’t write about this before because it seemed odd, but there wasn’t a lot of there there. Now there’s plenty. From The State: Gov. Mark Sanford admitted today that his secret trip to Argentina over Father’s Day weekend was to visit a woman he is having an affair with. “I have developed a relationship [...]

2008 Senator Lindsey Graham seems to disagree with 2009 Lindsey Graham. This is Mike Fritz and David Murdock from ANP. Senator Lindsey Graham was a passionate critic of the Bush Justice attorneys during this past summer’s Armed Services Committee hearings on interrogation. Lately, however, Graham seems to have had second thoughts on the matter. At [...]

MSNBC just called it, but I’m linking to CNN. The state has 8 electoral votes.

McCain – 45% Obama – 39% Barr – 5% More evidence that solidly red states aren’t nearly as solid this time around. Because while South Carolina went for Bush by 16 points in 2004, now we’re down to single digits. Public Policy Polling shares why Obama is keeping it close… The demographics fueling Obama’s ability [...]

The South Carolina Governor has been mentioned as a possible dark horse candidate for McCain’s right hand position, but he won’t be coming back from this one… Now, he contends he wasn’t even on McCain’s list… Sanford was later asked if he was being vetted for the VP job. He said he has not been [...]

I talked about one of Edwards’ switchers earlier, and now 6 out of the 8 from South Carolina and 1 from Iowa have announced they’re backing Obama. They are… Daniel Boan, South Carolina Christine Brennan-Bond, South Carolina Robert Groce, South Carolina Susan Smith, South Carolina Mike Evatt, South Carolina Lauren Bilton, South Carolina Machelle Crum, [...]

That’s +7 for the day. Are the floodgates about to open? From RCP: [...] the Obama campaign has won the endorsements of Hawaii Rep. Mazie Hirono and Laurie Weahkee, a New Mexico superdelegate and lead organizer for the Native American Voters Alliance. Also, Wilber Lee Jeffcoat… Jeffcoat, a retired trucking supervisor and member of the [...]

If you care to watch it and haven’t yet. What’s interesting is Hillary didn’t give a speech. But Bill was speaking in Independence, Missouri and some think he basically gave her concession. Weird, eh? Conservative Rich Lowry says this on Obama’s speech Overall, a stunningly deft performance, and a moving one. It’s the best liberal [...]

Yes, that’s how big Obama’s win was tonight. Here are Obama’s numbers compared to the top two Republicans in South Carolina: Obama: 295,091 McCain: 147,283 Huckabee: 132,440 That’s 295,051 to 279,723. Stunning. Could Obama actually be competitive in South Carolina come election time? Some seem to think it’s at least plausible… Obama can now say [...]

Yep, it’s going to happen. He has 55% to Clinton’s 27%. Again, this is a massive win. Vote totals (95% reporting): Obama: 280,836 Clinton: 134,536 Edwards: 90,486

She got 29%. He got 27%. Does Hill have a male problem?

Watch the following video and ask yourself why he’s comparing Obama’s win to Jesse Jackson’s wins in 1984 and 1988. Obviously it was just because both Obama and Jesse share similar political views. It’s not about both of them being black. Not at all. Because Bill Clinton doesn’t ever play racial politics. No way, no [...]

Here are the number, courtesy of ABC: African-Americans: Obama 81%, Clinton 17%, Edwards 1% African-American women: Obama 82%, Clinton 17%, Edwards 0% Whites: Edwards 39%, Clinton 36%, Obama 24% Edwards winning white men, Clinton white women. Economy clear top issue. ABC News: Preliminary exit poll results indicate a very large turnout among women and African-American [...]