The Palmetto Scoop

The campaign of White House hopeful Mitt Romney (R-Mass.) said they canned their “Super Trooper,” former Director of Operations Jay Garrity. But a visit to Saluda County Friday proved that Team Romney continues to think they are not only ABOVE the law, but that they ARE the law.
The motorcade of Republican presidential candidate Mitt [...]

The posting will be light for the next few days at The Palmetto Scoop as we get ready to enjoy the return of football and the Leisure Day weekend.
If you’re going to the Gamecocks game tomorrow though, be sure to keep an eye out for presidential candidate Sam Brownback (R-Kan.). His campaign announced that [...]

We broke the story Sunday that Attorney General Henry McMaster may launch an inquiry into whether or not high radioactive pollution levels at the Barnwell Chem-Nuclear site were intentionally concealed from state legislators deliberating the future of the facility. The State newspaper later confirmed that McMaster summoned representatives of landfill operator Chem-Nuclear and officials [...]

Rule No. 1 when trying to win the South Carolina primary as a Republican presidential candidate: If you do nothing else, you MUST campaign in Greenville and Spartanburg Counties.
Even John Cox knows that.
Fred Thompson (R-Tenn.) Thursday released a schedule for his “Three-State Campaign Tour,” during which he plans to announce his intention to run for [...]

UPDATE: A reader has pointed us to American Solutions for Winning the Future, the organization promoting the “Nine 90s in Nine” debate series discussed by Gingrich in the video below. The pledge, which asks candidates to partake in nine 90-minute debates in the final nine weeks of the 2008 presidential general election, was signed [...]

We admit that we’ve probably had a little too much fun with the whole Laurin Caitlin Upton thing and it may have run it’s course. But this ‘tube map’ courtesy of The Morning Toast is just too darn funny NOT to post:

HUCKABEE MOVES TO TOP TIER IN PALMETTO STATE
The American Research Group has released its August 2007 numbers for the South Carolina presidential primaries.
For Republicans, Rudy Giuliani held the top spot dropping two percent, while Fred Thompson stayed in second place but dropped six points; a sign that supporters may be growing frustrated with his failure [...]

The presidential campaign of Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.), looking to get back to the front of the GOP primary pack, has released a new video detailing McCain’s service and time as a prisoner of war. The 12-minute video features stories from the campaign trail, as well as photos from his POW days and interviews [...]

We predicted yesterday that Miss Teen S.C., Laurin Caitlin Upton, would be making big money off her pageant meltdown. And less than 24 hours later, People magazine has a seven question “Miss S.C. Teen USA’s Geography Pop Quiz” on their website.
The video quiz features, of course, none other than Ms. Upton… in the flesh. [...]

PEOPLE AT THE WHITE HOUSE HAVE A SENSE OF HUMOR?

As a ceremonial send-off to almost-former White House Deputy Chief of Staff Karl Rove, President Bush’s closest advisor, a few staffers decided to “punk” his Jaguar by wrapping it in Saran Wrap. MSNBC reported that the pranksters also added a nice bumper sticker that says [...]