Election Blog
Election Blog
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ELECTION BLOG
Replay: Transcript of expert chat during the third presidential debate
The third and final presidential debate was Oct. 22. Here is the transcript of a live chat throughout that event, featuring USC political science professor Mark Tompkins and The State reporter Andrew Shain.
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ELECTION BLOG
Who's gaining, who's sliding ahead of the big day
How the candidates stack up in the last day of campaigning in the S.C. GOP presidential primary that now seems too close to call.
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ELECTION BLOG
Sanford: 'Don’t know why (Romney) is dragging out his own torture'
Former S.C. Gov. Mark Sanford talked about Mitt Romney not releasing his tax returns and the impact of Gov. Nikki Haley's endorsement on Fox News today.
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ELECTION BLOG
Todd on Colbert: 'Making a mockery of the system'
NBC Chief White House Correspondent Chuck Todd thinks Stephen Colbert's efforts in the South Carolina GOP race messes with the process.
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ELECTION BLOG
'15 percent? That’s not a tax. That’s barely a tip.'
Mitt Romney's tax issues took the brunt of the jokes on the late-night shows.
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ELECTION BLOG
South Carolina's slogan this week: The land of political sight-seeing
South Carolina attracts golfers, beach-goers -- and political junkies. For the second time in four years, Rick Langholz and his wife drove from Falls Church, Va., to check out the S.C. GOP presidential candidates weeks before their state can cast ballots.
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ELECTION BLOG
Late-night jokes: 'Strategically ignoring Confederate flags'
Jokes and quips from last night's late-night shows about the S.C. presidential primary and its candidates.
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ELECTION BLOG
Politics is a circus - literally: An elephant will choose a Republican candidate
Ringling Bros. elephant will cast her vote in the SC presidential primary on Thursday.
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ELECTION BLOG
'He didn’t answer my question:' How one GOP candidate lost a vote
Gingrich won one voter and lost another at his rally at the State Farmers Market in Dixiana.
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ELECTION BLOG
Clicks & quotes from the campaign: 'Like having gone through a courtship'
A spurned newspaper, political tourists, the good Republican, a split in Santorum's big endorsement, the end of money-raising bundlers, the robo-call king and why a vote for Herman Cain might matter on Saturday

