Author Archive | Mike Robertson

The Democrats would need to pick up 17 seats next year to take control of the House from the GOP. Kendra Stewart, a political science professor at the College of Charleston, says a win here won’t change the balance, but it would count as a symbolic victory for whichever party prevails. “The Democrats need this […]

“That is a rare situation,” said Doug Walker, an economics professor at the College of Charleston. “Anytime you have a new group of regulators, there’s another potential area for corruption.” http://www.nbcnews.com/id/51766552/ns/local_news-chicago_il/t/mayor-ill-lawmakers-make-case-chicago-casino/#.UYQSToI1boA

Gibbs Knotts, chairman of the Political Science Department at the College of Charleston, said the key for both campaigns is getting their voters to the polls. Turnout is expected to be light. “It’s going to be a close election” he said. “It will depend on turnout. I’m sort of wondering if the moderates are going […]

Political analysts said the outcome of the race will depend on voter turnout. College of Charleston political scientist Kendra Stewart said the women’s vote could be a factor for Colbert Busch in a district where women make up 55 percent of registered voters.   http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/05/07/us-usa-politics-southcarolina-idUSBRE9450RD20130507  

Gibbs Knotts, chairman of the political science department at South Carolina’s College of Charleston, agreed that House Republican leaders can’t afford to ignore Mr. Sanford and his vote on the chamber floor. “I don’t buy into [the theory] like some that he’s going to be the skunk in the room,” he said. “He’s been talking […]

“He’s been a little bit of a rebel. He’s been more conservative than about 90 percent of Republicans based on his past voting record,” said Gibbs Knotts, political science chairman at College of Charleston. http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/World/2013/05/08/20806781.html?cid=rssnewsworld

“He ran a good campaign, but I think it’s a story of district characteristics. Just in November, Romney won by 18 points,” said Gibbs Knotts, a political scientist at the College of Charleston, South Carolina. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/10043009/Mark-Sanford-overcomes-scandal-to-win-South-Carolina-congress-seat.html  

The show comes with a serious-looking gold-embossed catalog distributed by D.A.P. for the Halsey Institute of Contemporary Art at the College of Charleston in South Carolina, where the exhibition opened last year, and the Long Beach Museum of Art in California, where it will travel next year. http://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/26/arts/design/the-beauty-that-remains-beyond-the-final-curtain.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0  

Though running out front in a recent opinion survey, Colbert Busch didn’t play it safe, said Gibbs Knotts, a political scientist at the College of Charleston. “She went after him in a lot of ways. He’s got to be very relieved to be talking about issues. Any time he’s talking about federal spending, the size […]

“Women voters are very, very important, in this case especially the question of what those middle of the road Republican moderate voters – fiscally conservative, socially moderate – are going to do,” says Gibbs Knotts, a political scientist at the University of Charleston. “Are they going to be turned off and not vote for Sanford? […]