Republican Gov. Jan Brewer insults the president with a finger-wagging tarmac rant in Arizona. As a result, sales of her book soar. American presidents have always been fair game for public criticism. But isn't it past time that we challenge the campaign

I guess I’m a little confused. Earlier this month, Republican White House contender Rick Santorum made a comment about wishing to improve the lives of black Americans. The mainstream media and liberal lawmakers ran with the sound bite as a way of smearin

To say that it has been an eventful week in the Republican presidential race seems like an understatement. Gov. Rick Perry of Texas and Jon M. Huntsman Jr. dropped out of the running. The Iowa Republican Party announced that Rick Santorum had actually pu

South Carolina has the nation’s first female Indian-American governor (a Republican), the highest-ranking African-American in Congress (on the Democratic side) and a rapidly growing population of Latinos, all evidence, longtime political players here say

(Updates to add Romney, Paul and Perry comments after ‘Uphill Battle’ sub-heading. For more campaign news, see ELECT.) Jan. 11 (Bloomberg) -- Republican presidential candidates turned their attention to South Carolina’s Jan. 21 primary after front-runne

Rep. James E. Clyburn, South Carolina Democrat, will share billing at a homeownership rally Thursday at the Statehouse in Columbia, S.C. , with a Republican presidential hopeful. South Carolina press and public are puzzling over Republican presidential ho

A $12.1 million federal grant will boost Orangeburg County's development efforts by providing needed road work in Santee, according to Sixth District Congressman James E. Clyburn. Clyburn announced Monday the county has received a $12.1 million U.S. Depa

ORANGEBURG, SC (AP) - South Carolina State University has finished the first building at its transportation research center after years of delay. The Times and Democrat of Orangeburg reported the Transit Research Building of the James E. Clyburn center w

South Carolina State University has finished the first building at its transportation research center after years of delay. The Times and Democrat of Orangeburg reported (http://bit.ly/s2yQsg) the Transit Research Building of the James E. Clyburn center

After 13 years of delays, work on the first building in the James E. Clyburn Transportation Center complex is complete. In January, graduate students and two researchers will begin working in the 8,500-square-foot Transit Research Building, according to

Rep. James E. Clyburn, a member of the defunct debt-reduction "supercommittee," said Tuesday he is open to redoing the automatic spending cuts set to take place in early 2013 as a result of the group's failure — a position at odds with the White House. T

Rep. Jim Clyburn (D-S.C.), a member of the failed Congressional supercommittee, said Tuesday that he would be open to negotiating the sequestration process and scaling back some of the massive mandatory budget cuts — even if this puts him squarely at odd