Several "Republican" State Senators are on a new "hit list" being circulated by Tea Party leaders - and GOP activists - a sure sign that the 2012 legislative primaries in South Carolina are going to be contested and competitive. One Tea Party missive identified six "Republican in Name Only" State
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S.C. Senate Finance Chairman Hugh Leatherman - the Palmetto state's "Godfather of Pork" - sounded the tax hike trumpet during a publicly-funded trip to Arizona this week. While attending the National Conference of State Legislatures fall forum in Phoenix (on your dime), Leatherman declared that disproportionately
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S.C. Senator Vincent Sheheen voted against legislation that would have required a higher percentage of education funding to go toward classroom expenses - a pro-bureaucracy position that's distinctly at odds with the Democratic gubernatorial nominee's recently unveiled "education plan." Sheheen, a
Read story »By FITSNews || With S.C. lawmakers returning to the state capitol one last time on Tuesday to take up gubernatorial vetoes, GOP activists are pushing hard for the passage of a voter ID bill that has been blocked by Democrats Senators - four of whom happen to be wearing Republican labels. In fact,
Read story »By FITSNews || There's a movement afoot to boot S.C. Senator Jakie Knotts from the Republican Party - a movement we enthusiastically support, by the way. But why? Is it because Knotts called GOP gubernatorial nominee Nikki Haley a "raghead" on a local internet talk show earlier this month? No,
Read story »By FITSNews || A voter identification bill aggressively backed by the S.C. Republican Party was killed by the "GOP-controlled" State Senate on Thursday, the latest example of how Democrats are really in control of state government. The "voter ID" bill would have required citizens to bring a form of
Read story »By FITSNews || We've got to hand it to S.C. Senate President Glenn McConnell ... In a state where the average politician is 100 percent full of sh*t, he's pushing the envelope well past the known bounds of B.S. An expert at manipulating the procedural rules of the S.C. Senate to grow government
Read story »By FITSNews || Disgraced former S.C. judge Larry Richter - who is at the center of an ongoing judicial scandal involving the denial of justice for sexually-abused altar boys - has been endorsed in his lieutenant gubernatorial bid by S.C. Senator Jake Knotts (RINO-Lexington). Knotts, obviously, has
Read story »By FITSNews || In case you haven't noticed, we bash the "Republican" leadership in both chambers of the S.C. General Assembly on a daily basis around here ... and deservedly so. They've run the Palmetto state into the ground ever since taking over (or switching parties, as is often the case), and
Read story »By FITSNews || South Carolina's "Godfather of Pork" is actively recruiting candidates to run against two Republican House members in Florence County, sources tell FITS. He's also working behind the scenes on behalf of a Democrat in a high-profile U.S. Congressional race. Powerful Senate Finance
Read story »By FITSNews || South Carolina Republican activists are displeased with a new "voter ID" compromise, lamenting concessions made to Democrats by their so-called "majority party." "Folks, I think we got rolled again," prominent SCGOP activist Lannieu Seigling said in an email blast to his list of Republican
Read story »By FITSNews || A Democratic filibuster has killed off one of the Republican Party's top legislative priorities - a voter ID bill that would have required citizens to bring a form of picture identification with them to the polls. The bill would have also established a sixteen-day early voting period
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