Showing posts with label South Carolina. Show all posts
Showing posts with label South Carolina. Show all posts
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REUTERS.COM: Hurricane Sandy was downgraded on Saturday morning but remained highly menacing as it pulled away from the Bahamas, making a slow path toward the U.S. northeast coast where it threatens to become one of the worst storms in decades.
The late-season storm has been dubbed "Frankenstorm" by some weather watchers because it will combine elements of a tropical cyclone and a winter storm and is forecast to reach the U.S. coast close to Halloween.
Forecast models show it will have all the ingredients to morph into a so-called "super storm", stirring memories of the 1993 'Storm of the Century', whose impact in the United States was particularly destructive.
Governors in states along the U.S. East Coast declared emergencies on Friday, with officials urging residents to stock up on food, water and batteries. » | Kevin Gray | MIAMI | Saturday, October 27, 2012
WEATHER.COM VIDEO: Sandy: Major Impacts Expected in Northeast »
Sunday, January 22, 2012
BBC: Republican candidate Newt Gingrich has appeared on a talk show in the US after his win in the South Carolina primary.
He told NBC's Meet The Press that the establishment should be worried about a Gingrich nomination. Watch BBC video » | Sunday, January 22, 2012
THE SUNDAY TELEGRAPH: Mitt Romney vowed resilience in the wake of a heavy loss in South Carolina, telling supporters that he would campaign as an unabashed champion of free enterprise and accusing Newt Gingrich of adopting "the weapons of the Left".
Speaking at the end of a week which saw a 10-point lead give way to a 12-point loss, the former Massachusetts governor showed a new level of aggression towards Mr Gingrich, who[m] he compared repeatedly to President Barack Obama.
Without uttering his rival's name, Mr Romney said: "President Obama has no experience running a business and no experience running a state. Our party can’t be led to victory by somebody who also has never run a business and never run a state."
He said that the Obama administration had attacked America's capitalist system but accused of Mr Gingrich of having "joined in that very assault on free enterprise".
"Those who pick up the weapons of the Left today will find them turned against us tomorrow," he warned.
“Let me be clear: If Republican leaders want to join this president in demonizing success and disparaging conservative values then they’re not going to be fit to be our nominee.” » | Raf Sanchez, Washington | Sunday, January 22, 2012
Fox News projects that Mitt Romney will place second in the Palmetto State, where he was leading in the polls just one week ago. Rick Santorum and Ron Paul are battling for third place, and that contest remains too close to call, though Fox News exit polls show Santorum with a slight lead over the Texas congressman.
Gingrich's victory marks a remarkable comeback for the former House speaker, propelled by his strong performance in two debates in South Carolina this week.
Romney's aides had been downplaying expectations by late Saturday, acknowledging the momentum that had been going Gingrich's way in recent days. » | FoxNews.com | Saturday, January 21, 2012
Saturday, January 21, 2012
Im Confederate Museum von Charleston ist die Zeit stehengeblieben. Bewacht von einer Kanone und zwei freundlichen Ladys sind hier die Reliquien eines Nationaltraumas aufbewahrt: blutige Uniformen, Stiefel, Säbel, Feldbibeln, eine Locke von General Robert E. Lee und natürlich zahllose Südstaatenflaggen - zerschossen, zerfleddert, geflickt.
In South Carolina, könnte man meinen, wird der amerikanische Bürgerkrieg weitergefochten. Briefe in den Vitrinen preisen den "Stolz des Südens", die "Rebellion", "unseren fragilen Sieg" gegen "die Aggression des Nordens". Kaum ein Wort von Sklaverei oder davon, dass der blutige Konflikt mit rund 650.000 Gefallenen bis heute der verlustreichste Krieg in der US-Geschichte ist.
Sorgfältig pflegt der Südstaat sein Image vom ewigen Schlachtfeld. Und so wundert es nicht, dass die Medien, wenn sie alle vier Jahre zur Vorwahl für die Präsidentschaftskandidatur in South Carolina, einfallen, gerne in die martialische Rhetorik einfallen: "Bürgerkrieg der Republikaner", betitelte ABC-Korrespondent Michael Falcone seinen Wahlkampfbericht am Freitag. » | Aus Charleston, South Carolina, berichtet Marc Pitzke | Samstag 21. Januar 2012
BLOOMBERG: Striving to regain ground in the final hours before the South Carolina primary, Mitt Romney offered a dim assessment of his chances in the race as he sparred with a surging Newt Gingrich.
Traveling the state in the final full day of campaigning before today’s voting, the former Massachusetts governor sought to downplay expectations, describing the race as a “neck-and- neck” competition.
“I said from the very beginning South Carolina is an uphill battle for a guy from Massachusetts,” he told reporters yesterday in Gilbert, South Carolina. “We’re battling hard.”
Gingrich, seeking to ride what polls show is a late wave of support, planned a full day of campaign stops in a bid to top Romney.
“The only effective conservative vote to stop a Massachusetts moderate is to vote for me,” Gingrich told an overflow crowd of more than 500 voters yesterday at The Cinema Room in Orangeburg. “If I win tomorrow, I will go on to become the nominee.” » | Lisa Lerer and Julie Hirschfeld Davis | Saturday, January 21, 2012
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A new CNN poll said Romney's lead over rival Newt Gingrich before Saturday's primary had shrunk to 10 percentage points, 33 percent to 23 percent, down from a 19-point lead two weeks ago.
The results, and a clear sense of urgency in the Romney campaign, suggested that Gingrich's calls for Romney to release his tax returns and efforts to brand the former Massachusetts governor as an out-of-touch elitist could be resonating in South Carolina, where the jobless rate is near 10 percent.
The head of Romney's campaign in South Carolina, Curtis Loftis, appealed to supporters to turn out on Saturday.
"We've got to work harder than you know. We've got to get everyone to the polls, or we will not be able to send Barack Obama home," he told a crowd in suburban Columbia. » | Alistair Bell | COLUMBIA | South Carolina | Wednesday, January 18, 2012
Wednesday, January 18, 2012
THE GUARDIAN: On the eve of its GOP primary, South Carolina's deep racial divide has been brought into focus by Republican rhetoric that many feel is intent on dividing the poor by race
It was billed as a unity celebration.
But there was not much evidence of that as Spartanburg's African American residents streamed in to the city's main auditorium as part of a week of "celebrating people of all cultures and ethnicity".
"Only a few white folks will come out to something like this," said Lisa Campbell, an African American student. "It's racism. Racism is still prevalent here. It's not real subtle."
That's why Campbell laughs at the question as to whether she'll be voting in South Carolina's Republican primary election on Saturday. So does another woman at the concert to mark Martin Luther King Day, Kathy Edwards.
"It's all about this with the Republicans," she says pinching her own black skin. "I'm 58 now. It's better than it was but with the Republicans it's all about race even if they don't say it."
South Carolina runs an "open" primary which means that any resident of the state who cares to can vote to choose the Republican presidential candidate.
More than one in four people in South Carolina are African American, as is half the population of Spartanburg in the deeply religious and conservative northwest of the state.
But very few vote in Republican primaries even though a significant black turnout could have a major impact on the outcome. Four years ago, less than 2% of those voting in the Republican primary were from racial minority groups whereas more than half of those who participated in the Democratic primary were black.
Ask why and the explanations spill out. For some it is the residual racism they see evident in issues such as the recent South Carolina law requiring voters to have photo identification, a measure widely seen in the black community as intended to disenfranchise poorer African Americans who don't have driver's licences. The federal government agrees and has blocked implementation of the law. » | Chris McGreal in Spartanburg | Wednesday, January 18, 2012
THE GUARDIAN: In bid for improved rights, six same sex couples will attempt to get married in South Carolina on the eve of the GOP primary
For this couple, however, the normal pre-marital concerns about lost rings, rowing families and too-revealing speeches will be overshadowed by the certain knowledge that their request for a marriage licence will be denied.
Alyssa Weaver and Michel McIver are one of six same-sex couples attempting to get married in South Carolina, where gay marriage is illegal. The couples will attempt to get marriage licences as part of the Campaign for Southern Equality's bid for improved LGBT rights in America.
"We want to get married for the same reasons as any other couple," Weaver, a nursing student, told the Guardian.
"We love each other, we're in a long-term committed relationship, we want to be with each other for the rest of our lives, and on a practical note we want the same legal protection that every other couple is entitled to by getting married."
Three couples, including Weaver and McIver, will request marriage licenses in Greenville on Tuesday afternoon. Three more will try on Wednesday.
The bid takes place as Republican candidates for president – most of whom are openly opposed to gay marriage – compete for votes in the state ahead of the South Carolina primary on Saturday.
Weaver said the fact she and McIver, who works in mental health, are prevented from marrying "reinforces the fact that legally we're second class citizens".
"It's also a civil rights issue," she said. "We're citizens of the US, we're grown adults, we work and go to school and are productive, yet the government and society as a whole is telling us we're not the same, we're not as good." » | Adam Gabbatt | Tuesday, January 17, 2012
Tuesday, January 17, 2012
Perry made the statement during a spirited debated between Republican presidential candidates in South Carolina Monday night.
Most of Turkey was fast asleep during the live broadcast, and Turkish newspapers had already gone to print by the time Perry declared that Turkey had moved "far away from the country I lived in back in the 1970s United States Air Force. That was our ally that worked with us, but today we don't see that."
The Texas governor also argued that it was time for Washington to cut foreign aid to Ankara.
A spokesman for Turkey's foreign ministry fired back Tuesday, accusing Perry of making "baseless and improper claims."
In a statement e-mailed to CNN, Selcuk Unal said presidential candidates should "be more informed about the world and be more careful their statements." Read on and comment » | Ivan Watson and Yesim Comert | Tuesday, January 17, 2012
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