Archive | January, 2012

“People may be voting not so much for Gingrich, but just to keep the primaries going,” said Kendra Stewart, an associate professor of political science at the College of Charleston. The New York Times talks to people on the ground and says that voters really don’t know what to think and despite endless debates and […]

 “Clearly, Romney has underperformed,’’ said Jordan Ragusa, a College of Charleston political science professor. “I think that Romney strategically erred in not being prepared for some basic questions that he should have known would come up.’’  http://articles.boston.com/2012-01-22/nation/30650024_1_mitt-romney-newt-gingrich-south-carolina-politics  

 Comedy Central’s Stephen Colbert, a South Carolina native and one of the most influential American satirists of modern times, drew thousands to a 45-minute performance on the College of Charleston campus billed as the Rock Me Like a Herman Cain South Cain-Olina Primary Rally.   “I want you to vote for Herman Cain, because Herman […]

 Henry Mullin, 18, a freshman at the College of Charleston, cast his first presidential vote Saturday and voted for Mr. Gingrich. Mr. Mullin attended the debate on Thursday as an undecided voter. But as soon as he saw Mr. Gingrich’s response to the opening question about his marriage, Mr. Mullin made up his mind. http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/22/us/politics/many-voters-moved-to-gingrich-with-just-days-or-moments-left.html?_r=1&scp=1&sq=College%20of%20Charleston&st=cse […]

 Colbert’s message, on the other hand, was as serious as its delivery was lighthearted. Politicians in both parties promise to bring Americans together, but Colbert actually does, through comedy. And this rally on the campus of the College of Charleston, the day before the state’s presidential primary, was an extended riff on the serious subject […]

Reporting from Charleston, S.C. — Under the looming live oaks at the College of Charleston on Friday, Stephen Colbert delivered a clinic on how to produce a whiz-bang political rally. Significantly, not one of the Republican candidates this year has exhibited the star power to bring off such an extravaganza themselves. Thousands of students packed […]

So Colbert encouraged voters to select Cain as a stand-in. The pair appeared together on Friday, one day before South Carolina’s primary, at a rally at the College of Charleston. “Herman is the only former candidate who truly shares my values. It’s like our values were separated at birth. And our ethics are at least […]

“If Gingrich wins or comes close, the race continues,” said Jeri Cabot, a political scientist at the College of Charleston in South Carolina, where the unemployment rate is about the same as Florida’s 9.9 percent. “Your state [Florida] will then determine whether Gingrich can attract enough money to help him go further.”   http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/politics/fl-primary-econ-jobs-romney-20120121,0,4196736.story  

    ROBERTS: It was also the night that Newt Gingrich found new life, a performance that earned a rare standing ovation. And by Tuesday, had catapulted him in the polls.   PROFESSOR KENDRA STEWART, COLLEGE OF CHARLESTON: He woke up and had a sudden surge that I think Gingrich knew was coming, but took […]

 While Mitt Romney, Newt Gingrich, Rick Santorum and Ron Paul are the four remaining presidential candidates, the Palmetto State brought one of the strangest political rallies involving a pair of non-candidate “candidates.” Stephen Colbert of the “Colbert Report” teamed up with former candidate Herman Cain at a rally on the campus of the College of […]