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South Carolina election a dead heat, Democratic robopoll shows
The high-profile House race between former South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford and Democrat Elizabeth Colbert Busch is going down to the wire as a dead heat, according to a Democratic poll released Sunday night. The survey, by Public Policy Polling,...
Tags: Jim DeMint, Regional Authority, Polls, Politics, Tim Scott
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In South Carolina, an ex-governor's quest continues
CHARLESTON, S.C. — At a harborside reception overlooking Ft. Sumter, where the Civil War began, Mark Sanford batted away a TV reporter's question about the latest insult to his comeback campaign: an unwanted endorsement from pornographer Larry...
Tags: Politics, Barack Obama, Small Businesses, Republican Party, Lindsey O. Graham
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Mark Sanford's comedy of errors
WASHINGTON -- In a congressional campaign ad released Wednesday, Mark Sanford, R-Appalachian Trail, looks soberly into the camera and makes his closing plea before Tuesday's vote. "Nancy Pelosi and allies have spent more than a million dollars to...Tags: Jim DeMint, Regional Authority, Politics, Tim Scott, Appalachian National Scenic Trail
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Appalachian Trail still dogs ex-governor in South Carolina race
CHARLESTON, S.C. -- Former South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford, debating for the first and only time in his comeback campaign for Congress, professed not to hear when his opponent brought up the Appalachian Trail. But there’s little doubt that voters...
Tags: Regional Authority, Media Industry, Politics, Appalachian National Scenic Trail, Adultery
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On Rutgers basketball, Princeton husband-hunting and Jimmy Kimmel
"What's the second paragraph?" That is my boilerplate response when someone suggests a column idea to me. "Yeah. Right. But where do I go from there?" Not every topic is worth 700 words. So, today I will offer a few words on recent headlines in the...Tags: Jimmy Fallon, Politics, Johnnie Carson, Assault, College Basketball
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Politicians have a knack for turning indignity into opportunity
Mark Twain noticed that a cat that sits on a hot stove once will never sit on it again. But, he said, it won’t sit on a cold stove, either. Politics is different, because in politics we discover the opposite extreme is true. Having sat on a hot...
Tags: Politics, Appalachian National Scenic Trail, Elections, New York City, Anthony D. Weiner
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The governor, the soul mate and … The End
CHARLESTON, S.C. -- As the reporter said to the novelist: Why bother to make stuff up? For stories and characters, one needs only a pair of walking shoes in this city, where recent attentions have turned to two salacious stories. One concerns a murder-...
Tags: Politics, David Vitter, U.S. Senate, U.S. House of Representatives, Appalachian National Scenic Trail
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Just a Bad, Sad Week
The Hartford CourantIt was not a good week: At the Boston Marathon, where bombs killed and maimed. In West, Texas, where a fertilizer plant exploded, taking lives and leveling the community. For the media, which seemed to get it first more than it got it right. And in...Tags: Same-Sex Marriage, Politics, Gun Control, Barack Obama, The New York Times
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GOP's campaign arm withdraws Sanford's financial support
WASHINGTON -- Former South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford’s comeback try encountered severe turbulence Wednesday when the National Republican Congressional Committee withdrew its financial support less than three weeks before a special election for...
Tags: Jim DeMint, Regional Authority, Politics, Tim Scott, Appalachian National Scenic Trail
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An Iconic Figure Passes – No, Not Thatcher
The Hartford CourantThis past week saw the passing of an iconic figure, one whose power and influence was unparalleled during the height of her popularity. No, not Margaret Thatcher. I'm talking about Annette Funicello. In the mid-to-late 1950s, Annette ruled the hearts of...Tags: Politics, Hillary Clinton, U.S. Senate, Appalachian National Scenic Trail, Huma Abedin
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O'Malley among hosts of Colbert Busch fundrasier
The Baltimore SunGov. Martin O'Malley has thrown some weight behind electing Elizabeth Colbert Busch, sister of comedian and political satirist Stephen Colbert, to Congress. O'Malley is the only governor on a list of more than 30 high-profile Democrats hosting a Colbert...Tags: Regional Authority, Politics, Appalachian National Scenic Trail, Martin O'Malley, Steny Hoyer
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Cheating a forgivable offense?
Change of SubjectBy Jessica Reynolds Former New York Congressman Anthony Weiner wants to be New York City's next mayor, he admitted in an interview with New York Times Magazine. Weiner's political committee has already spent $100,000 on research and polling to see......
May 6, 2013
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Apr 14, 2013
|Column| Hartford Courant
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