Comments on: Harrell Power Grab Faces More Criticism

By: Glenn

Glenn — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 01:40:14 +0000

That wouldn’t be a surprise. Bobby Harrell will do whatever it takes to put someone else up as well as tell every member that he is putting on LCI that they have to vote a certain way. He is Little Hitler! Is is very scary!

By: The Jockey

The Jockey — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 23:20:50 +0000

Be prepared for a pick for the LCI chair that ain’t Haley or Sandifer. Other names are in the mix, legislators tell me.

By: Dixie

Dixie — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 20:26:19 +0000

When the rest of the country was thumbing their collective noses at republicans, SC, bless its heart, was holding fast to its historical republican good-ole boy roots and not because the republicans have actually moved this state forward over the past 50 years. SC doesn’t care about transparency. It just wants to wink and nod at the voters while doing whatever it wants. Why? Because it can, thanks to the republican stronghold given them by voters.

By: JJ

JJ — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 18:18:35 +0000

How would this affect ways and means. The only two subcommittee chairs with any real chance are Brian White and Tracy Edge with Edge being more conservative and independent and White being the choice of Cooper?

By: Good for the Goose

Good for the Goose — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 14:17:59 +0000

The explanation that the move was intended to weaken the leverage of Democrats is sound: several committee chairs owed their positions to Democrats. And while Haley is getting a lot of the attention, there were some less conservative members jockeying for chairs on other committees, using the Dems as the swing votes (has everyone forgotten Bob Walker already?). So, in that sense, kudos to the Speaker for cutting that movement off at the knees. While some see this move as a bad thing, it could actually bode well for the conservative movement. Even those who would disparage the Speaker should admit that it is better to have him pick the chair than have Gilda Cobb-Hunter do it.

However, there is another solution that should be considered: letting the Republicans on a committee pick the chairman. If the GOP committee members would agree to caucus, figure out who had the majority GOP support within a committee, then stick together and support the consensus GOP nominee for chair, then the same result could be achieved, without the issues raised by the recent moves.

And, for what it is worth, the Speaker’s position should be picked the same way. That position should be elected by the majority party.

The reason the Democrats have such sway in the Legislature is that the Republicans let them have it.

By: Too much party first taxpayers last

Too much party first taxpayers last — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 14:11:58 +0000

Our elected officials need to first ask what is best for the taxpayers- the voters . We want and should be demanding an open accountable state government – Frankly I do not care if the guys ( since there are no women) running the legislature are republicans, democrats, or klingons – as long as they run an open fiscally responsible government.

Since the bozos we have now do not want to run an open accountable fiscally responsible government and are more concerned about protecting their own personal power it is time for the press to jump on them hard and let the voters get rid of the evildoers.