We linked to an article on The Shot this morning from the Charleston Post & Courrier talking about Governor Sanford’s call for a united front within the Party.  Using terms like “branding” and “franchise” with a dash obscure references to “Chic-Fil-A,” Sanford encouraged GOP convention goers to not mix signals and to be untied.  From the article:
“It is incredibly important as we are unified […]

Throughout the week we plan on touching on a number of things that we found interesting as we navigated through the GOP events going on in Columbia.  We had a chance to meet with representatives from the One Campaign, which is headed up by Bono from U2 and was a co-sponsor for the Presidential Debate on Tuesday .  […]

 
From MSNBC’s non-scientific on-line poll 
Who stood out from the pack? * 41138 responses
Sam Brownback 3%
Jim Gilmore 1.6%
Rudy Giuliani 19%
Mike Huckabee 4.4%
Duncan Hunter 2.1%
John McCain 9.6%
Ron Paul 27%
Mitt Romney 26%
Tom Tancredo 3.1%
Tommy Thompson 4.1%
Also read:
Who Won the First GOP Presidential Debate? - National Review Online
Read our thoughts below the flip.

[UPDATE] Now WIS thinks the flag should come down.  Check out the general manager’s thoughts at http://wistv.com/Global/story.asp?S=6420356
Two Sunday’s ago Brad Warthen wrote an editorial titled “Everybody thinks the flag’s an issue except those who can act on it.”
Well Brad…not according to our readers. 
147 people answered our poll and 58% said “A compromise is a compromise. […]

 
According to South Carolina Republican Party Chairman, and FOX News who is hosting the GOP debate; only those candidates who have met certain criteria will be allowed on stage.  The result could be the symbolic end of a number of Presidential campaigns, in South Carolina at least.  With the debate taking place so early in the Primary season (May), many […]

 
Tonight’s debate at South Carolina State University pretty much lived up to what most political operatives, not working for a Democratic Campaign for President, thought it would.  That is to say, there were no winners, no major gaffs, and for the most part, the status quo remains.  Granted, it is so early that most citizens […]

We just can’t help the fact that the last few posts today have been about Giuliani.  He is in the state and he is certainly making waves.  His campaign had to be cringing about the statements he made on the use of tax dollars to fund abortions coming on the eve of his SC visit.  […]

Abortion is no laughing matter, but Attorney General Henry McMaster had members of the audience laughing and shaking their heads when he said that you can’t force a woman to view an ultrasound -  she can always close her eyes.  According to Senator Short, she better cover her ears too.
So let’s get this right Mr. […]

 
 I think almost everybody, whether you’re Democrat or a Republican, agrees that we need to eliminate unnecessary pork-barrel projects from our Federal Budget. Recently Senator DeMint helped to lead the effort to create transparency and accountability in appropriations process by getting the Earmark Reform Bill passed in the Senate. But this bill is still awaiting […]

 
We linked an article from Aaron Sheinin asking, should bloggers’ should get journalistic priviledges.  To discuss this, we don’t even having to go into too much chest pounding about how bloggers are quickly becoming a mainstay in how people get their news.  The evidence is right there fo all of us to see.
To start, Aaron felt that we were credible enough […]

At some point in the very near future, like tonight or tomorrow, the House will take up final consideration on the Budget.  It seems that the tax cuts we talked about have made it, but we if the taxpayers are going to get a gift then of course the legislators are going to take two.
The legislation that will build […]

 
As the SC House of Representatives takes up the Budget this week, House Democrats are tripping all over themselves to find an excuse to not give taxpayers a break.  And we use the term excuse lightly, because the babble they have come up with is hardly a logical thought…let’s look at today’s AP story:
COLUMBIA, S.C. […]

          
           For those of you who haven’t seen NBC’s Law and Order he plays D.A. Arthur Branch on the show. This show regularly tops the Nelson Ratings, and millions and millions of T.V viewers take in the smooth tempered and infinitely wise prosecutor help convict some of the world’s most heinous, although fictitious, criminals.
           But […]

Thus far Mayor Rudy has been the Teflon Don when it comes to questions about his social stances.  Conservatives seem to be more focused on his leadership during the 9/11 terrorist attacks on NYC and his record on fighting crime.  Its early in the campaigns and it remains to be seen if he can keep […]

 
Aaron Sheinin’s article, “Should bloggers get journalists’ privileges?”, brings to light some good questions and opinions about the rise of influence of the new media, its impact on the main stream media, and the subjects they mean to cover.  Thanks to Aaron for highlighting A Daily Shot and for giving us a chance to tackle […]

 
Was Morgan Freeman portraying God, Congressman Clyburn, or both?
Below this post you will see a story about the SC Democratic fundaraiser that was held in DC to help pay for an expensive Presidential primary.  Toward the end of that story was was something so note worthy that we just had to do a seperate post.
Chris […]

 
Kudos to Speaker Harrell, Members of the General Assembly, and the South Carolina Chamber of Commerce for leading the charge to ensure that the men and women of the SC National Guard can have a little R&R at home in good ‘ole South Carolina even if its just for a little while. 
Read the story here.
You too […]

 
Just when you thought Governor Sanford would be signing some tax-cuts, a major piece of his platform, into law; we find out that he may have to veto it.  And the truth is, he would be right in doing so.
It seems that a little known and mostly abandoned practice of adding other legislation onto the Budget called, […]

The saying goes; necessity is the mother of invention. 
So it goes here in the smoky back room of A Daily Shot.  We have vastly outgrown our old digs and have decided to try on some fancy new ones.  We aren’t stopping here either.  Plans are in motion to continue to update the site, making it more […]

 
A buddy passed along an interesting article from the Boston Globe today about faux bloggers posing as part of the genuine netroots community, only to be found out as paid operatives.  Okay, not a whole lot of suprises, but our buddy got a big kick out of it because of the recent paranoid-psychotic comments from the McCain campain about us being […]