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Debate fact-checking long overdue – Hooray for Candy!

The Hill’s Congressional BlogOctober 17, 2012 By Frank Knapp, Jr., president and CEO, South Carolina Small Business Chamber of Commerce One of the highlights of last night’s presidential debate was moderator Candy Crowley’s real-time fact-checking about when President Barrack Obama first used the word “terror” in reference to the murders…

Romney: Big Bird you’re fired

Candidate Mitt Romney has been criticized for his past statement that he likes to fire people.  Apparently the same holds true for large yellow birds.  But as much as Romney’s comment of defunding PBS resulted in the biggest twitter explosion of last night’s debate, it was the GOP candidate’s denial…

No help for small business

At yesterday’s Palmetto Freedom Forum in Columbia, SC, the candidate who will never be President, New Gingrich, made the most important observation about the economy.  He said that if we don’t put in place an effective action now (not when he’s President in 2014), we are in danger of going back…

GOP debate in Columbia

Of all the upcoming GOP Presidential debates, the most important will be the one today in Columbia, SC.  The national media isn’t even mentioning this 6-candidate event both mainly because it is not really a traditional debate.  But the difference is what makes it more important. Each candidate—Rick Perry, Mitt…