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A lot can change, but some political professionals sound like they know what will shape the unfolding political season. While it's not an original list — fundraising, Sanford, the economy and technology — the coming year is expected to bring its own peculiar twists. "Every candidate is having a helluva a time raising money right now," said Wes Donehue, a political strategist for the state Republican Senate Caucus.

A good candidate can raise money; that’s what makes them good candidates   -Rod Shealy

 

Small-business owners from the region gathered Saturday to discuss how rising insurance costs are hurting their businesses and to learn how proposed national health care programs would affect them. "We want to draw a spotlight to small businesses in Maine," said Phil Bailey, organizer of the event. The No. 1 concern for Maine's small-business owners is health care costs and how to provide coverage for all employees, he said.

We want to draw a spotlight to small businesses in Maine   -Phil Bailey

 

PHIL Bailey was born 25 June, 1980 in Inverell, New South Wales. He started his league career with the Inverell Hawks before making an impact in the NRL with first the Cronulla Sharks and then Manly-Warringah and the now defunct Northern Eagles. A tall rangy player of almost 6'2" Bailey is known for his work-rate and soft hands and often proved a handful for opposing sides across the NRL.  

AT the bottom of South Normanton's Lees Lane lays a gravel car park, a tiny football ground and a lot of dreams and dedication. It may not be Manchester United's Theatre of Dreams, but South Normanton's Exchem Arena offers its own unique football ambition. ne to the wall. But in June this year the former NCEL Premier Division club were reformed thanks to a group of dedicated football lovers looking to take the Shiners back to their former position.  

SOUTHEND Rugby Club's Andrew Frost will be telling his newer team-mates all about the long standing rivalry with Westcombe Park before the two teams clash at Warners Bridge tomorrow. The Seasiders have enjoyed many heated battles with the Kent club in the past few seasons. And Frost, one of the club's longest serving players, is desperate to win the latest showdown.

We are moving in the right direction and have been improving but we want a win now   -Andrew Frost

 

State Sen. Brad Hutto of Orangeburg says he's not running against U.S. Sen. Jim DeMint because he's happy where he is now. "That is true, I am not running for Sen. DeMint's seat," the Orangeburg Democrat said. The New York Times recently quoted South Carolina Senate Democratic Caucus political director Phil Bailey as saying Hutto had decided not to challenge DeMint, a Republican.

I went to Washington and talked to people about it   -Brad Hutto

 

By adding five new churches and an additional week to is Winter Relief Emergency Shelter Program, organizers at Arundel House of Hope art trying to avoid something they did last year - turning homeless people away. "We were sheltering 35 people and turning 36 away," Winter Relief Director Phil Bailey said. "We had to do that for the first five or six weeks. This is so important, sleeping out in your overcoat, on the grounds is pretty painful and dangerous."

We were sheltering 35 people and turning 36 away   -Phil Bailey

 

Katharine Seelye, a reporter on the Obama-care health overhaul beat for the New York Times, filed Monday from a town hall in Spartanburg, S.C., that featured conservative Republican Sen. Jim DeMint among supportive constituents who oppose Obama-care in ways Seelye finds unseemly blunt, misleading, and anti-Obama. In " Fighting Health Care Overhaul, and Proud of It ," Seelye looked askance at DeMint's "ideological purity," chided him for "stoking anger" and for not knocking down "misimpressions" about Oba  

The New York Times is reporting that state Sen. Brad Hutto, D-Orangeburg, will not run against Republican U.S. Sen. Jim DeMint next year. Hutto told The Times and Democrat in August that he was mulling a run for DeMint's seat. Attempts to reach Hutto for comment Monday were unsuccessful.  

Gov. Mark Sanford blasted a state Senate subcommittee investigation today and the investigation's leader, Sen. David Thomas, R-Greenville. In a brief news conference in Greenville after which Sanford took no questions from the media, the Republican governor said Thomas is only interested in raising his political profile for his upcoming race for Congress, not in conducting a fair investigation into Sanford's use of state aircraft. Sanford also said he was being unfairly held to a higher standard than

There's a difference between Jim Hodges flying back during one of the most historical debates in the state's history versus using the state plane to make your haircut appointment   -Phil Bailey