South Carolina

How sorry is Joe Wilson? How sorry is Joe Wilson?

The man who shouted "You lie" at President Obama gets a rebuke from the House and a big hug from Michele Bachmann
  • Inside the mind of Joe Wilson

    America is changing, and that makes white people like Joe Wilson -- and Michele Bachmann -- very nervous
  • More trouble for Mark Sanford

    In yet another self-inflicted wound, it seems the South Carolina governor failed to disclose free plane trips
  • The silliest Republican economic proposal yet

    South Carolina Governor Mark Sanford wants to spend stimulus money paying down debt. Where have you gone, Herbert Hoover?
  • Obama to GOP governors: May I have this dance?

    The White House throws a dinner for governors -- even the Republicans who still say they don't want Obama's stimulus money.
  • It's hard out here for a sane Republican

    The government wants to take our light-bulbs and forcibly vaccinate us, angry crowd tells sober GOP Rep.
  • South Carolina Dems want Sanford to resign

    There's a growing chorus in South Carolina of people calling for the governor to step down
  • GOP governors take the (stimulus) money and run

    For higher office, and away from their earlier statements about how much they hate the whole idea of the stimulus.
  • Meet the GOP's wrecking crew

    Why did a small group of Southern Republicans turn the auto bailout into a demolition derby? Introducing the senators who hate unions and love foreign cars.
  • Protecting BMW 's non-union jobs

    A reader advises South Carolina GOP Senator Lindsey Graham on the damage that will be done to everyone if one of the Big 3 fail
  • The end of a long journey for Obama

    A final rally in the Virginia suburbs is the last stop in an epic campaign.
  • Stillbirth is not necessarily murder

    A homicide conviction is overturned in South Carolina.
  • How Hillary Clinton botched the black vote

    Her failure to challenge Barack Obama's huge momentum among African-Americans -- not a given at the start -- may have doomed her campaign.
  • An old-fashioned thumpin' in South Carolina

    After Bill Clinton's controversial campaign swing through the state, Barack Obama routs Hillary Clinton by a 2-to-1 margin in the Democratic primary.
  • Bill Clinton looks backward

    He is attacking Barack Obama with the same playbook he used to go after Republican targets like Newt Gingrich. Are the Clintons stuck in reverse?
  • Obama's historic run heads south

    Did his victory in Iowa and strong showing in New Hampshire really "put to rest the notion that a black candidate can't win in America"?
  • The knives come out in South Carolina

    On Martin Luther King Day, the Democrats have their nastiest debate yet as the Clinton and Obama spat gets personal.
  • One part old-time religion, one part chutzpah

    After a bruising campaign, South Carolina's Republican primary -- which has always predicted the eventual nominee -- is a toss-up.
  • Sound and fury on the campaign trail

    The debate over the Clinton campaign's remarks on race has favored symbol over substance, and that's bad for black America.
  • The Clinton-Obama contest gets rougher

    Will the battle for the Democratic nomination turn into a debate about race and gender?
  • The ghost of primaries past

    A Myrtle Beach debate shows Ronald Reagan is still the patron saint of South Carolina Republican politics.
  • Carolina in my mind

    The GOP gets ready for its third debate in six nights, in Myrtle Beach, S.C. Will it be different from the last two?
  • The Manchester of the South?

    From New England to the Carolinas, one thing is constant in the GOP primary race: Ron Paul supporters are everywhere.
  • McCain: The last man standing in New Hampshire

    A resurgent John McCain claims victory in the state he won eight years ago. Now on to South Carolina, where they play rough.
  • The Oprah Winfrey show

    The TV host accompanies her chosen candidate to South Carolina as Barack Obama closes on Hillary Clinton in the polls.
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