By fitsnews – January 26, 2011
So here’s today’s “post,” finished just in time for our founding editor to enjoy some of Mrs. Sic’s delicious home cookin’ …
An “important” day at the S.C. State House, as South Carolina’s “Republican-controlled” General Assembly debated church raffles and a voter ID bill designed to enhance the GOP’s electoral advantage.
Hmmmm … last time we checked those were not among the state’s most pressing priorities.
Anyway, one of the hottest rumors buzzing around the S.C. State House today is that fiscally-liberal S.C. Senator Wes Hayes (RINO-York) is considering challenging U.S. Rep. Mick Mulvaney in a 2012 GOP primary for South Carolina’s fifth congressional district. Two months ago, Mulvaney waxed 28-year incumbent John Spratt.
All we can say to Hayes (a stooge of S.C. Sen. Finance Chairman Hugh Leatherman) is “good luck with all that.” Seriously … this guy just recorded the second-worst score of any “Republican” State Senator on the S.C. Club for Growth’s fiscal report cards. And he expects to win a GOP primary with that record?
Speaking of RINOs, we’re also hearing that U.S. Rep. Joe “You Lie” Wilson has decided to support State Rep. Alan Clemmons (RINO-Horry) in his presumptive 2012 bid. Sources also say that former S.C. Lt. Gov. Andre Bauer is eying a possible congressional run on the coast … assuming the district lines are drawn the right way.
Sheesh … talk about a low bar after the election of Mulvaney, Tim Scott and Jeff Duncan last year.
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-FITS
SOUTH CAROLINA
Mark Sanford and Maria Belen Chapur photographed together … (Pefil)
… let the feeding frenzy begin.
Nikki Haley private flight(s) examined … (AP)
Another happy Haley family interview … (SCNow)
Haley’s budget axe takes huge swing at the arts … (Free Times)
Budget panel disagrees with Haley cuts … (AP)
Haley knows “all the moves …” (CCP)
Haley visits farm in the Pee Dee … (SCNow)
Welcome to the Pee Dee, Gov. Haley … (SCNow)
CARTOON: Nikki Haley v. Big Bird … (CCP)
SC Sen. Tom Davis’ 72-hour rule praised … (The State)
Will “allow legislators to ask better questions and cast more informed votes.”
Jim DeMint introduces “Obamacare” repeal in US Senate … (McClatchy)
SC bill would prevent foreign law from being enforced … (Human Events)
SC group to oppose Savannah harbor plan … (Savannah Morning News)
SC Ports Authority spent $29K on legislative trip to Panama … (The Nerve)
Unanswered questions abound as to why “two of the lawmakers who went stayed an extra day.”
SC ranks high among states in something … (BN Daily)
Harvey Peeler files bill to give state health agency flexibility … (The State)
SC lawmakers OK fix for jobless benefits … (AP)
SC immigration bill would be tough to enforce … (Free Times)
SC parental choice plan praised … (The Voice)
Proposed plan would “provide a wonderful new range of educational options to South Carolina families.”
Read the report here … (Cato)
Could 2011 feature a lively school choice debate? (Free Times)
USC President Harris Pastides makes “Case for Carolina …” (Midlands Biz)
Carolina to make case for new Upstate medical school … (CRBJ)
Tech School in SC about to get more expensive … (AP)
In the name of “flexibility on tuition.”
Bobby Harrell is pushing the “repeal amendment …” (The Nerve)
… like, here … (The State)
Liberal blogger doesn’t like Harrell’s advocacy … (SC Soapbox)
Harrell weighs in on “card check …” (Process Story)
Mulvaney on health care repeal vote … (Fort Mill Times)
Liberal blogger doesn’t like Rep. Mick Mulvaney … (Brad Warthen)
Tim Scott gets specific on budget cuts … (ABC)
Rep. Joe Wilson forms “Angry Bird” caucus … (Discust)
110 jobs lost in Columbia, SC … (WLTX)
… but 300 added in Upstate … (FOX Carolina)
A quote from ‘The Graduate’ fits here … (GoUpstate)
Lawmakers grill SC State president … (Post and Courier)
No pardon in century old SC slaying … (AP)
SCDOT tranfering ownership of Sandy Island … (SCNow)
Coast Guard suspends search for missing SC boaters … (Examiner)
A taxpayer-funded bailout in Beaufort County? (IP)
Free foreclosure counseling in the SC Lowcountry … (LoanSafe)
BELOW: Our founding editor gets to be on a radio show with her? Sweet!!! (Process Story)
"I can has newsbabe?" No, no, no ... Sic
2012 ELECTIONS
Obama gets his campaign on in Wisconsin … (CBS)
On the Sarah Palin media moratorium … (Washington Post)
The media’s Palin obsession by the numbers … (Associated Content)
Palin’s fund-raising by the numbers … (NYT)
What exactly is wrong with Sarah Palin? (Gainesville Sun)
As Palin wanes, Michele Bachmann waxes … (Telegraph)
How Bachmann could topple Palin .. (NPR)
Todd Palin not involved in prostitution ring … (NY Daily News)
Mitt Romney bashes Obama’s speech … (ABC)
Certainly he agreed with the health care parts, though, right?
NJ Governor hosts private event for Romney … (Washington Post)
Romney leads in (another) new poll … (Boston Globe)
Tim Pawlenty climbs in New Hampshire … (Boston Herald)
Haley Barbour gets his campaign on in SC … (The Hill)
Jon Huntsman should run … (The Spectrum)
Rick Perry called out on stimulus funds … (The Atlantic)
It’s all about the corn fuel, baby … (The Hill)
"If you grow it, they will pander ..."
AMERICA
SOTU (State of the Union): Obama’s unbalanced ledger … (AP)
SOTU: Obama’s investment, freeze at odds … (Guardian)
SOTU: The world responds … (CSM)
SOTU: White House already retreating on earmark pledge … (Cato)
Now it’s just “special interest earmarks.”
SOTU: Karl Rove responds … (FOX)
SOTU: Bipartisan seating helped Obama … (Washington Post)
Jim DeMint responds to Obama’s SOTU … (NRO)
Expanding Medicaid will not reduce federal spending … (The Foundry)
CBO: Budget deficit to reach $1.5 trillion in 2011 … (Washington Post)
Action demanded on deficit … (GetLiberty)
Harry Reid says Obama’s earmark ban “just for show …” (ABC News)
“Of course they’ll be back.”
What a Tea Party budget looks like … (CNN)
Exposing Obama’s “freeze … (GetLiberty)
The case against “Obamacare …” (The Foundry)
Federal Reserve will keep rates low for “extended period …” (USA Today)
Dow Jones tops 12,000 … (MSNBC)
That color-coded terror warning system is getting scrapped … (FOX)
The myth of a divided America … (GetLiberty)
The birthers are gonna go NUTS! … (AP)
Jared Lee Loughner Googled famous assassins … (NYT)
Utah lawmakers propose official “state gun …” (AP)
Does college make you smarter? (NYT)
Dubya’s political office overstepped bounds … (CNN)
Do the right thing on opportunity scholarships … (Washington Examiner)
US Education Secretary would end limited parental choice … (Daily Yonder)
Duncan: Feel the monopoly ...
GOOD STUFF
Our favorite DC hottie gets published … (Gal Time)
Former FITS staffer starts a blog … (Grits & Glamour)
This is not an ‘Onion’ headline, amazingly … (Gawker)
See what had happened was … (GoUpstate)
Better put a leash on that … (AP)
How they shoot tequila in Sweden … (YouTube)
Pay attention, ladies … (Watson Gloves)
Bad smuggling skills … (MSNBC)
Keep the pot cookies out of children’s reach … (AP)
Be careful, little hands ...
SPORTS
SEC Spring football dates … (ESPN)
Nick Saban could be looking to hire USC assistant Shane Beamer … (Mr. SEC)
Who’s making money in SEC football? (Forbes)
Aside from the Newton family, obviously …
More 2010 USC football roundupping … (Garnet and Black Attack)
Stories to follow leading up to recruiting day … (TBL)
Jadeveon Clowney in his own words … (ESPN)
“Alabama and South Carolina have done the best job of recruiting me.”
The latest on Jadeveon Clowney (Bleacher Report)
Dabo Swinney has the hottest seat in the ACC … (ESPN)
Recruit rules out Clemson FB … (Times Enterprise)
Duke loses a recruit to SC State … (Charlotte Observer)
Clemson hoops: You CAN call it a comeback … (GoUpstate)
The Atlanta Braves are sweet … (The State)
“Spidey” out as Richmond mascot … (Times Dispatch)
Obama weighs in on Bears-Packers rivalry … (USA Today)
Tiger Woods begins his legacy rebuilding effort … (Golf)
Can Tiger get it back?
STAR STUFF
Penelope Cruz and Javier Bardem had a kid … (People)
Jessica Alba is cleavagey … (The Superficial)
Vanessa Hudgens looks good as a shoe model … (WWTDD)
Isabeli Fontana in a bikini … (Beer Goggler)
All the Octomom fetish pics you can handle … (Nip Slip)
So is Diana Morales … (Pretty Hot & Sexy)
Sophie Monk reminds us of a Kayne song … (Hollywood Tuna)
Whitney Port’s legs go all the way down … (Drunken Stepfather)
Cindy Busby makes us want to flee to Canada … (Maxim)
Kate Gosselin is in line … (The Superficial)
Hugh Jackman has a dog named Peaches? (People)
Isabela Soncini is … (Brosome)
Olivia Munn is in a hot tub … (The Chive)
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