by Jim Heath | Sep 12, 2019 | 2020, Debates, Headlines
During the third Democratic primary debate, Julian Castro astonished fellow Democrats hinting front-runner Joe Biden is struggling with his memory. Castro, 44, attacked Biden, 76, about his age following a question on health care. ‘Are you forgetting what you...
by Jim Heath | Sep 10, 2019 | 2020, Headlines, Polls, Trump
President Trump’s approval rating dropped 6 points in a new poll as Americans voice concerns about the economy. Trump’s approval rating fell to 38 percent after July’s career-high 44 percent approval, based on the ABC News poll released today. The survey also found...
by Jim Heath | Sep 9, 2019 | 2020, Headlines
Sen. Martha McSally (R-AZ) disavowed a fundraising pitch in which the Arizona Republican Party chair called on supporters to stop Democratic candidate Mark Kelly, whose wife, then-Rep. Gabby Giffords (D-AZ), was seriously wounded by a gunman in 2011, “dead in his...
by Jim Heath | Sep 8, 2019 | 2020, Headlines, Republicans, Trump
The South Carolina Republican Party has violated its own rules when the party’s executive committee voted yesterday to cancel next year’s primary election. The executive committee voted nearly unanimously to cancel the primary, state party chairman Drew...
by Jim Heath | Sep 8, 2019 | 2020, Book Excerpts
Former South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford provided one of my favorite career live television debate moments, and I’ve often discussed it with journalism students entering the business. As he sought reelection in 2006, I moderated the final gubernatorial debate...
by Jim Heath | Sep 8, 2019 | 2020, Headlines, Republicans
Former South Carolina governor and congressman Mark Sanford said today that he will challenge President Trump in the upcoming Republican primaries. “I’m here to tell you now that I am going to get in,” he said on “Fox News Sunday.” “I think we need to have...
