David M. Rubin
ROLLING BACK FAIR ELECTIONS IN SOUTH CAROLINA
South Carolina has for the time being ceded the news spotlight on election "reform" to Texas, Georgia and a few other battleground states....
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David M. Rubin
- Dec 30, 2021
- 5 min
REPUBLICAN FOLLIES CLOSE OUT THE YEAR
It's a full-time job keeping up with the political stunts, absurd statements and insults to the intelligence of voters that come from our...
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David M. Rubin
- Dec 17, 2021
- 4 min
NO YELLOW BRICK ROAD IN SCOTT'S LAND OF OZ
Amid a blizzard of whoppers coming from Donald Trump, his oft-repeated claim that he did more for Black Americans than any President,...
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David M. Rubin
- Dec 11, 2021
- 4 min
TIM SCOTT'S WET KISS TO THE WEALTHY (PART 1)
When Senator Tim Scott goes before voters next November, he won't have many legislative accomplishments to sell. For a while it looked as...
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David M. Rubin
- Nov 22, 2021
- 3 min
DEMOCRATS TO REPUBLICANS: "NO MORE MR. NICE GUY"
In a recent Associated Press profile of Democratic National Committee Chair Jaime Harrison, reporter Steve Peoples wrote that Harrison...
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David M. Rubin
- Nov 9, 2021
- 4 min
"THE HIGH WIRE WALKER TAKES A TUMBLE"
For months Nancy Mace knew this day would come. Pleasing her Trumpaholic base and her Democratic constituents was always going to be a...
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David M. Rubin
- Nov 3, 2021
- 4 min
"TIM SCOTT: BIG PHARMA'S BEST FRIEND (BUT NOT YOURS)"
If one member of the United States Senate ought to be working night and day to lower the price of prescription drugs, it's Tim Scott....
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David M. Rubin
- Oct 20, 2021
- 3 min
NANCY MACE, FINANCIAL WIZ KID (NOT SO MUCH)
In her newsletter e-mailed to the community dated October 15, Rep. Nancy Mace led with this gem: "On Tuesday, I flew into Washington,...
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David M. Rubin
- Oct 15, 2021
- 4 min
MCMASTER MEDDLES AND GAMECOCK U. BURNS
As he prepares to justify a second full term as Governor, Henry McMaster will have to craft a fairy tale to explain his overall...
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David M. Rubin
- Sep 25, 2021
- 3 min
THE AFFABLE ASSASSIN STRIKES AGAIN
Republican legislative assassins come in two varieties. One is Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, who has been blunt in his desire...
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David M. Rubin
- Sep 19, 2021
- 4 min
TO PACK OR TO CRACK?
With apologies to Shakespeare, "To pack or not to pack? To crack or not to crack? Those are the questions." Now that the delayed 2020...
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David M. Rubin
- Aug 31, 2021
- 3 min
SCOTT CONVENIENTLY FORGETS WHO CAUSED THE TRAGEDY IN AFGHANISTAN
Just before the deadly explosion at the Kabul airport that took the lives of thirteen Americans, Senator Tim Scott and some of his...
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David M. Rubin
- Jul 30, 2021
- 3 min
A Bi-Partisan Infrastructure Bill? Not For Tim Scott, Our Senator “NO”.
At least Senator Tim Scott is consistent. Just as he voted "no" in July on the cloture motion to advance debate on the $1.2 trillion...
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David M. Rubin
- Jul 17, 2021
- 4 min
"Entitlements For Me, But Not For Thee”: How McMaster Sees His Privileged World
If there is one number that ought to frighten Governor Henry McMaster as he launches his re-election campaign it is this one: 73. A...
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David M. Rubin
- Jul 10, 2021
- 3 min
Joe Cunningham Rolls Out His Campaign
Former Congressman Joe Cunningham, now a candidate for Governor of South Carolina, outlined why he is running for the job and how he will...
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David M. Rubin
- Jun 27, 2021
- 3 min
Nance Mace Bobs And Weaves On CNN
Guess who surfaced on CNN for its 4 pm segment on June 18? Representative Nancy Mace. Give her credit for venturing onto an actual news...
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David M. Rubin
- Jun 10, 2021
- 4 min
Scott, Mace, and the “Charleston Loophole"
The “thoughts and prayers” for gun victims just keep coming from cynical Republicans as the deadly toll in mass shootings mounts. Through...
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David M. Rubin
- May 24, 2021
- 4 min
Time To Name The Gun Anarchists
For all its many faults, the Republican Party gets one thing right: messaging. It knows how to boil down a complex issue to its...
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David M. Rubin
- May 15, 2021
- 3 min
Nancy Mace: Profile In Courage
While managing to Tweet on May 12 about how good her constituent service has been in her first few months in office, Rep. Nancy Mace did...
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David M. Rubin
- May 6, 2021
- 4 min
For The Self-Proclaimed Bi-Partisan Senator Scott, It's Showtime
Senator Tim Scott is being promoted by Republican leaders as the kinder, gentler, bi-partisan face of his angry, fractured, and...
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