If you follow the conservative/Teabag/GOP wing of the consultant blogdom, the main entertainment is not so much the monotonous sameness of their ideology but the little competitive spites and temporary alliances between the consultant/bloggers.
Unable to debate any real issues, they circle each other warily, patrolling their borders for poachers.
In today's example, a consultant blogger who does work for the state senate GOP caucus goes into full Maori warrior mode, painting his face and barking at not one but two potential competitors-
Unable to debate any real issues, they circle each other warily, patrolling their borders for poachers.
In today's example, a consultant blogger who does work for the state senate GOP caucus goes into full Maori warrior mode, painting his face and barking at not one but two potential competitors-
The S.C. Policy Council claims to be a think tank, using small donations from individuals and gargantuan ones from private foundations to pump out research, never lobbying or acting in elections. And the Easter Bunny brings chocolates, Santa Claus nibbled on the cookies you left out and the Tooth Fairy goes around the world with bills in small denominations to pay you for lost teeth.
It was just recently that the Policy Council teamed up with some Upstate Tea Party groups to rail against — and advocate the defeat of in leadership elections — the most powerful members of the General Assembly. It was also part of Will Folks’ plan for former Gov. Mark Sanford to target GOP members in the 2008 primaries. Naturally, we weren’t surprised when talk in town revealed the SCPC is stepping into the redistricting battle.
Maybe it’s just another step in its effort to oust incumbents. A former S.C. Policy Council staffer told Process Story that it might be planning to become a party in the federal lawsuit sure to engulf South Carolina’s redistricting plans. The source tells us that the Policy Council will hire attorneys and pitch their own plan — one pitting many incumbent legislators against other incumbents.
You can go ahead and lay good money on the fact the majority of incumbents won’t be Democrats, or even close. Our well-informed speculation is that an SCPC plan would be an end-run around Republican primaries and leadership elections to eliminate some GOP legislators the organization is not friendly with.
The courts are going to love watching this mess coming down the pike. If everything plays out like it should, there will be proposals from the Republicans, the Democrats, the Legislative Black Caucus and the S.C. Policy Council. This is shaping up to be more complex than the postwar partition of Germany.
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