Nikki Haley

Expect a Romney-Rubio Ticket

I was like, “You should predict who Romneywill choose to be his VP.” And then I was like, “Why? That’s boring. And obvious." So I was like, “Okay, great, why don’t you write about eating dogs some more or...

Tags: Regional Authority, Tea Party Movement, Government, Elections, Marco Rubio

Political Pinata Whacking in South Carolina Stirs Controversy

KTLA News

SOUTH CAROLINA - An online video of a South Carolina union leader whacking a pinata featuring a likeness of her state's Republican governor is sending shock waves through political circles. The video shows Donna Dewitt, the outgoing president of the...

Tags: Regional Authority, AFL-CIO, ABC (tv network), Government, Politics

Let's Play Vice-Presidential Sweepstakes

Tags: Republican Party, Tampa, Rick Santorum, Republican National Conventions, Elections

PA simplifies photo ID requirements ahead of primary

Staff reporter

Voting will look a little different in five days as the state's new voter ID laws take effect just in time for the April 24 primary. The controversy over the new law is still brewing here in Pennsylvania and nationwide. The process of getting an ID...

Tags: U.S. Military, Elections, Government, NAACP, Crime, Law and Justice

Obama focusing on union strongholds during three-day trip, visit here today

Wall Street Journal

When Boeing was battling the National Labor Relations Board over a plan to open a nonunion plant in South Carolina, President Barack Obama distanced himself from the dispute, saying the NLRB was an independent agency. On Friday, as part of a three-state,...

Tags: Rick Santorum, Work Relations, Boeing Co., Career and Workplace, Elections

Nikki Haley to campaign with Romney in New Hampshire

CNN Political Reporter

New Hampshire is about to meet Nikki Haley. The South Carolina governor will head north this weekend to campaign alongside Mitt Romney in the Granite State, a source familiar with the plans told CNN. Haley will join Romney, the Republican presidential...

Tags: News Agency, Time Warner Inc., Government, Elections, CNN (tv network)

Mitt Romney receives endorsement from two-time New Hampshire primary winner John McCain

Mitt Romney eagerly pocketed an endorsement from two-time New Hampshire primary winner John McCain on Wednesday and hopes to convert a single-digit victory in Iowa into a Republican presidential campaign juggernaut. Unimpressed, Newt Gingrich...

Tags: Jon Huntsman, Jr., Regional Authority, Michele Bachmann, Rick Santorum, Parties and Movements

Political presidential primaries: A tips sheet for the rest of us

WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW  CONSERVATIVE MOVEMENT: Fearful that splits in their movement will help Mitt Romney win the GOP nomination, conservative leaders want their followers to figure out which Republican to back -- and doe so quickly. They are...

Tags: Rick Santorum, John Anderson, George Stephanopoulos, Rick Perry, Government

S.C. Gov. Haley defends Romney amid graphic tea party slams

South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley, Mitt Romney's most prominent tea party supporter in the state, responded to some of the group's harsh criticisms of the former Massachusetts governor on Monday. Her response came at the first-ever statewide tea party...

Tags: Regional Authority, Rick Santorum, Tea Party Movement, Time Warner Inc., Parties and Movements

A war on the poor, in South Carolina and beyond

So here's how it is: You have no driver's license because you have nothing to drive. You have no passport because you've never been out of the country. You have no other photo ID because you have no bank account. You work and get paid under the table,...

Tags: Justice System, Justice System, Parties and Movements, Democratic Party, Poverty