http://toastgraham.com/blog Keeping the Heat on Lindsey Graham Fri, 01 Aug 2008 01:18:35 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Lindsey took time out of his busy campaign schedule (McCain's, not the campaign to keep his own job here in SC) to speak about Ted Stevens' legal issues: "Being charged with a crime is a big deal," said Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.). "He needs to be able to have his day ... http://toastgraham.com/blog/stevens-still-at-work/ Looks like Sen Ted Stevens (R-Alaska), whom allegations of corruption have swirled around for years, is under indictment by the Justice Department. It's just a shame that the GOP leadership didn't force this crook out long ago. Perhaps we'll see a decrease in pork spending if the "Bridge to Nowhere" ... http://toastgraham.com/blog/one-rino-out-of-the-senate-soon/ See-dubya has a new post at MichelleMalkin.com that tries to bring some sunshine to this election cycle's disgruntled conservatives. He mentions  "Down the Ticket",  a new site highlighting conservatives in local races, and points out that there are a lot of conservatives down the ticket for those that hate pulling ... http://toastgraham.com/blog/looking-down-the-ticket-doesnt-help-here/ Polling done earlier this month shows that, as we expected, McBride was pulling more votes from Conley than he was from Graham. McBride was pulling in 10% and once removed from the slate, Conley shot up by 11 points. However, Flat-top Bob still has a long way to go to ... http://toastgraham.com/blog/mcbride-dropping-benefits-conley/ Looks like a few things have changed while I was on vacation. After failing to get enough signatures, Mark McBride won't be on the Senate ballot with Graham and Conley. Although, this may actually be a better scenario for Conley than Graham, since he would have likely split the anti-Graham vote ... http://toastgraham.com/blog/mcbride-fails-to-get-on-ballot/ It ain't Rasmussen, but fun nonetheless.  John Hawkins at Right Wing  News conducted a poll of right of center bloggers to name their least favorite Republican office holder.  And the winner is... a tie between Chuck Hagel and Arlen Specter.  I think I can pretty much agree with these results. Our ... http://toastgraham.com/blog/poll-numbers-are-in/ It looks like Sen. Obama's campaign plans include South Carolina in the general election. As this article from the Greenville News points out, this would likely be more of a boon for Democrats in state races rather than Obama's presidential hopes. It could certainly make the Graham-Conley race a bit ... http://toastgraham.com/blog/obama-plans-to-staff-south-carolina/ Jim Antle had an interesting piece on the Democratic challenger Bob Conley. Bob is actually to the  right of Lindsey on most issues. After winning his primary with just over 1,000 votes, here's what his challenger  Michael Cone had to say: "We've nominated a Republican in a Democratic primary." Conley is ... http://toastgraham.com/blog/flat-top-bob-to-the-right-of-lindsey/ A new video produced by the not so mysterious "Lorne Baxter" has shown up this week.  It's well done (if you discount the tongue-in-cheek, but off-putting weirdness ) and should provide some free ammo for Mark McBride. http://toastgraham.com/blog/new-graham-video-highlights-lowpoints/ Mark McBride has launched a petition drive to be placed on the US Senate ballot as an Independent. Will he have any better luck than Buddy Witherspoon? Or will he draw enough disaffected Republicans away from Lindsey to give the race to Democrat Bob Conley (who's also running to the ... http://toastgraham.com/blog/mark-mcbride-petitions-to-get-on-ballot/