South Carolina

Hillary Leaves South Carolina To Bill And Chelsea

New York Observer | Jason Horowitz | Posted 01.21.2008 | Politics


A source in the Clinton campaign confirms that Hillary Clinton will be spending most of the week before the South Carolina primary in states other tha...

Dems To Debate On MLK Day

CNN | Posted 01.21.2008 | Politics


The top three Democratic presidential candidates face off in a Monday night debate in South Carolina, with the hearts and minds of African-American vo...

Clyburn: Clinton Attacks Will Toughen Obama

ABC News | Jake Tapper | Posted 01.21.2008 | Politics


"I'm like everybody else, I'm torn," South Carolina Democrat Jim Clyburn says of his presidential choices in the primary coming up this Saturday.... ...

Democrats to Address King Day Rally

AP | Posted 01.21.2008 | Politics


COLUMBIA, S.C. — Three of the Democrats seeking their party's presidential nomination speak today at a Martin Luther King Day rally at the South...

Thomas B. Edsall

Ethnic, Race, Male-Female Voting Patterns Deciding The Democratic Nomination

HuffingtonPost.com | Thomas B. Edsall | Posted 01.21.2008 | Politics


Looking at the recent male-female and white-black-Latino voting patters in Nevada, and recent survey results from South Carolina voters, it ...

Obama and the Grumpy Old Men

Paul Jenkins | Posted 01.20.2008 | Politics


Paul Jenkins

Younger black activists and elected officials are unlikely to feel any loyalty to the Clintons, are engaged by a post-baby-boom candidate and feel more in sync with Obama on the issues.

McCain's Win Moves GOP Closer To A Two-Way Showdown

Daniel Nichanian | Posted 01.19.2008 | Home


Daniel Nichanian

John McCain's narrow win in South Carolina brought some clarity to the Republican race, that was threatening to sink into utter chaos if Huckabee had ...

Sam Stein

Giuliani Finishes In Sixth Place -- For The Fourth Time In Five Primaries

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 01.19.2008 | Politics


Rudy Giuliani has always held firm that he would win the Republican nomination by focusing his energies on the late-voting, highly populated primary s...

Sam Stein

Key Newspapers Weigh In On Obama v. Clinton

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 01.19.2008 | Politics


Even on the morning of Nevada's important caucus, the campaigns of Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton were looking ahead, trumpeting influential newspap...

Saturday Showdowns Could Shake Up Presidential Race

Politico | Bill Nichols | Posted 01.19.2008 | Politics


The latest twists and turns in the 2008 presidential race could come Saturday as voters make their choices in Nevada and South Carolina. The first r...

Friday Talking Points [15] -- De-Bushification

Chris Weigant | Posted 01.18.2008 | Politics


Chris Weigant

I apologize in advance for the disjointed nature of this week's column. There are a lot of odds and ends to cover, including tomorrow's primary picks...

Mike Huckabee: Let South Carolina Decide About Confederate Flag

AP | LIBBY QUAID | Posted 01.17.2008 | Politics


MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. — Republican Mike Huckabee said the government should stay out of disputes over the Confederate flag in South Carolina. "You...

Romney Cedes South Carolina To Rivals

Politico | Jonathan Martin and Lisa Lerer | Posted 01.17.2008 | Politics


Just a day after his big win in Michigan, Mitt Romney ceded South Carolina to his rivals. "This is a state I'd expect that Sen. [John] McCain has pre...

Jason Linkins

Fred Thompson Has A Face For Radio

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 01.14.2008 | Politics


Being hailed as the savior of the Republican Party hasn't seemingly provided GOP contender - and we're suggesting the use of the most passive possible...

I Love the 90s: Gender, Race and the Clintons

Paul Jenkins | Posted 01.13.2008 | Politics


Paul Jenkins

Hillary has begun a campaign based on rigorous 1990s politics of identity, a game at which the Clintons excel, using one group against another as the need arises.

Clinton Camp's Attacks On Obama "Painful" For Many Black Voters

The State | WAYNE WASHINGTON | Posted 01.12.2008 | Politics


Sharp criticism of Barack Obama and other comments about Martin Luther King Jr. -- all from people associated with Hillary Clinton's presidential camp...

Liveblog! GOP Square-Off In South Carolina — Including Ron Paul!

J. Neffinger, G. MacNicol, D. Shea and R. Sklar | Posted 01.10.2008 | Media


J. Neffinger, G. MacNicol, D. Shea and R. Sklar

Welcome to South Carolina, where all the candidates have their best game faces on. It must be the fact that they had a day to get some sleep — they are all better, sharper, and more relaxed than they have seemed in, well, days. In campaign time, that's like a week in Cabo.

GOP Candidates In South Carolina Tonight For High-Stakes Debate

AP | LIZ SIDOTI | Posted 01.10.2008 | Politics


Six Republican candidates, one strikingly jumbled GOP race and a ton at stake in the heat of the primary season. It's the recipe for Thursday night's...

Obama: Clinton Took Liberties With My Statements

CNN | Posted 01.09.2008 | Politics


Barack Obama accused Bill Clinton of twisting some of his early remarks on the Iraq war in a speech the former president gave the night before the New...

Romney Campaign Pulls All TV Ads In South Carolina, Florida

AP | JIM KUHNHENN and GLEN JOHNSON | Posted 01.09.2008 | Politics


Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney has decided to pull his advertising from South Carolina and Florida, in a sign of trouble for a campaign...

Barack Obama: "We're Ready For The Rough And Tumble"

AP | LAURIE KELLMAN | Posted 01.09.2008 | Politics


Barack Obama talked of introducing some Chicago smackdown to his politics of hope Wednesday, seeking a rebound after Hillary Rodham Clinton grasped v...

New Hampshire Observations

Michael Fauntroy | Posted 01.09.2008 | Politics


Michael Fauntroy

The pressure now shifts to Barack Obama to prove that Iowa was not a fluke.

Michigan Represents Romney's Last Stand

Atlantic | Marc Ambinder | Posted 01.09.2008 | Politics


Michigan will be Mitt Romney's last stand; his advisers are cautiously optimistic. They know McCain has a built-in advantage because independents won'...

Watch: Clinton, Obama Make The Rounds On Morning TV

InsideCable | Posted 01.09.2008 | Politics


Senators Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton made the rounds of the cable news networks this morning. Both appeared on FNC's Fox and Friends and CNN's Am...

Hillary, We're Just Not That Into You

Paul Jenkins | Posted 01.08.2008 | Politics


Paul Jenkins

We want to say it's nothing personal, but it is, and the Clintons have now progressed from denial to anger, as they realize that it's not going to happen.