South Carolina Soapbox

• Haley’s cabinet, office show a stunning lack of diversity for a state with almost a 30% black population.  Of 13 cabinet members, one is an African-American female, and none of the 28 staffers in the governor’s office are black.

“You know, I think that they want to see more diversity in our government,” Haley said. “They want to see more diversity in leadership. It’s an issue that I share and certainly we had a great dialogue on it on what we can do going forward” including by adding more racial diversity to second-tier jobs in Cabinet agencies.

Ummm, seriously?  It’s “an issue that I share”?  Well, if that’s the case, then why didn’t you hire any black people?  Is this really so complicated?

• Phil Noble — who is said to be running for chairman of the South Carolina Democratic Party — is a friend of mine, but especially in the wake of the shootings in Arizona, I don’t think this is very funny.  (Via my Republican friend Todd Kincannon, of course.)