Obama goes to the Apollo, and Harlem will hear about the G.O.P. debate in North Charleston, too by Reid Pillifant
A GUIDE TO SOUTH CAROLINA BBQ AND THE REPUBLICAN PRIMARY
South Carolina is divided into three parts, demarcated by recipes for pulled-pork barbecue: the vinegar-and-pepper sauce region, tomato-based concoction section, and the mustard belt.
According to Andrew Rice at Capital New York, this tribal geography supersedes race, religion, maybe even college football—and it also happens to coincide rather closely with the divisions of the Republican electorate (and explains why Romney is likely to win).
It’s starting to feel like there’s a new Hamlet on the Hudson, but this time he’s on the New Jersey side of the river. - Steve Kornacki
Did you miss Capital New York’s Josh Benson on NY1’s “Inside City Hall” reporters’ roundtable on Friday? It’s cool, you can watch him talk about the city being run by “remote control” and Chris Christie as a possible presidential candidate for 2012 here.
JUST AS THE INTEREST PERRY HAS AROUSED AMONG members of New York’s conservative money set says something about his ability to talk to city-dwelling rich people when he has to, it also says something about where these rich people’s heads are that they’re apparently so eager to hear Perry out.
For one thing, New York conservatism may not be all that different anymore from the brand practiced in places like Texas. The New York Republicans are no longer a party that nominates people like the inoffensive former congressman Rick Lazio to run for governor; they nominate people like Carl Paladino, who campaigned with a baseball bat.
