- Greg Hambrick
Staff Writer
Greg Hambrick is a staff writer for the Charleston City Paper. He covers the 2008 elections, City Hall, and other Charleston news. He likes musicals and comic books. He's not surprised that people don't vote when you have lazy, half-invested fingers pointing toward the polling place.
Category Archives: News (Election '08)
S.C. Conservation Voters Win Big Everywhere But Here
June 25, 2008 – 3:09 pm
With all of the primary votes finally cast, the S.C. Conservation Voters sent out a press release patting themselves on the back for supporting winners — everywhere but in the Lowcountry.
“Conservation Voters believes that elections are an opportunity for voters to choose what direction South Carolina will move in and Republican and Democratic voters have […]
McCain Finds His “Three. Words. Period.”
June 17, 2008 – 1:56 pm
Ever had someone tell you that you just had to join MySpace or Facebook or MyBook or FaceSpace because everybody’s doing it?
Well, the same can be said for the new trend of political candidates throwing out those dame “Three. Words. Period.”
You’ve seen them. It usually goes like “Strong. Honest. Leadership.” Or maybe it’s “Experienced. Tough. […]
Middleton Presses for Debate; Gilliard Knows Better
June 17, 2008 – 10:04 am
Clay Middleton is trying hard to pull a comeback win in the District 111 race. Charleston City Councilman Wendell Gilliard pulled in 46 percent of the vote, but it wasn’t enough to win the seat outright. He’ll be facing Middleton in a run-off election on Tuesday, June 24.
Middleton, well aware that it’ll be difficult to […]
Sanford Still in the VeepStakes
June 16, 2008 – 7:03 pm
Speculation returns to Gov. Mark Sanford, regardless of his hold-out on endorsing McCain until after the primary season:
All the information I have suggests that McCain does not hold a grudge against Sanford. As a national Republican figure, Sanford has kept his profile low, but he has started to increase his visibility. He keynoted the Republican […]
State Law Could Curb Three-Way James Island Race
June 16, 2008 – 2:48 pm
After a loss at the polls on primary day last week, the now former Democrat Eugene Platt has been in serious talks about running as a candidate for the Green Party in the S.C. House District 115 race. But state law could prevent him from getting on the ballot.
Considering the closeness of Platt’s run as […]
The Lord is André Bauer’s Co-Pilot
June 13, 2008 – 12:54 pm
The news of the “I Believe” license plate really took off nationally today (I’ve seen it in various spots) with the announcement by Lt. Gov. André Bauer that he would happily front the $4,000 needed to start production.
Of course, we have to read something political into this. But what we’re not sure what it means, […]
Tim Scott Victory Comes With a Tinge of Embarrassment
June 12, 2008 – 4:53 pm
I was speaking with an African-American man today about race relations and the subject turned to Tim Scott’s election win — the first black Republican to win a Statehouse race since Reconstruction.
State GOP Chairman Katon Dawson says, “It’s an exciting time for the Republican Party.” But in my conversation today, it seemed that there’s this […]
Fox News: Michelle is Barack’s “Baby Mama”
June 12, 2008 – 8:30 am
Now that Hillary Clinton is out of the running, it looks like sexist remarks will now be replaced with overt racist ones.
In a segment yesterday on the Fox News channel discussing the right-wing attacks on Michelle Obama, the tag at the bottom of the screen referred to her as Barack’s “Baby Mama.”
Try and imagine Fox […]
UPDATE: Primary Election Wrap-Up: “Close” races not so close
June 10, 2008 – 10:01 pm
Here’s the results:
• Local lawyer Mike Cone lost the Democratic primary for the U.S. Senate race by 400 some votes out of nearly 125,000 cast.
• Linda Ketner won the chance to challenge Henry Brown in November. The only consolation for Brown is that he did just a little bit better than Graham (both […]
Googling McCain veep choices
June 10, 2008 – 11:00 am
On Monday, Sen. John McCain joked that he was using Google to vet his potential running mates, so we thought we’d give it a shot and see what he’s been finding out about these fellas:
Fla. Gov. Charlie Crist: Report: Crist Circulating ‘Make Out Tape’ To Squash Gay Rumors
S.C. Gov. Mark Sanford: Is McCain Angry […]
