From the daily archives:

Wednesday, August 26, 2009

Gov. Mark Sanford responds: "I'll not be railroaded"

In response to Lt. Gov. Andre Bauer’s call for him to resign, Governor Mark Sanford hastily called a press conference to say, “I very much appreciate the offer. In some ways the proposal is almost a representation of something close to heaven on earth because with all due respect to the sea of TV cameras and load of reporters (nothing against our time together in the past 60 days). As much as I’d like to do that, as much as I want to do that, I really believe it would be wrong for a couple of different reasons.”

One of those is that he says he refuses to be railroaded. The other is that he thinks South Carolinians have moved on to the things that matter to them.  He says he has found “an amazing capacity for forgiveness,” in the citizens he has met in the past few weeks. The governor, more animated —and apparently more agitated–than he has been in weeks, added that his political career is over and he wants to make the most of his last months in office.

Read Gov. Sanford’s Letter to Andre Bauer-82609

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Boeing makes moves toward North Charleston plant

by Susan Trautsch 08/26/09 2:36 PM

Some good news for Lowcountry business came in an announcement from the Boeing Company that they will be filing for necessary permits to build a 787 Dreamliner assembly plant in North Charleston.While this does not mean the company has made the decision to locate its production facility in South Carolina, filing permits now is necessary, [...]

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Lt. Gov. Bauer: Sanford should resign

by William Christopher 08/26/09 1:26 PM

Lt. Governor Andre Bauer is calling on Governor Mark Sanford to resign, and offered to sacrifice his own gubernatorial bid to make it happen.
Bauer made the announcement at the SC Statehouse Wednesday afternoon, following days of Sanford news stories being repeated on the national media.  “It’s in my opinion that the best interests of the people [...]

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S.C. Democratic Chair says Kennedy will be missed

by Tom Hayes 08/26/09 12:38 PM

Democratic Party icon Massachusetts Senator Edward Kennedy died late Tuesday night after a long battle with brain cancer. He was 77. South Carolina Democratic Party Chair Carol Fowler says the nation has lost one its hardest working, most effective senators.”It’s difficult to imagine that someone who is so strong being brought down by this terrible [...]

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Clyburn: Sen. Kennedy was champion for equal rights

by Michael Brown 08/26/09 10:40 AM

U.S. House Majority Whip Jim Clyburn of South Carolina says the late Senator Ted Kennedy’s work will live forever.
The last standing brother of former President John F. Kennedy, Senator Ted Kennedy, has died at age 77. Congressman Jim Clyburn of South Carolina knew Senator Kennedy, and spoke encouraging words about the man he called “champion [...]

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