TIPS, COMMENTS AND QUESTIONS FROM FITS READERS
“We should do this more often!”
Heard that before? Yeah … so have we. And we’ve heard it plenty from our readers as it relates to “The Wire,” our pseudo-regular (but mostly irregular) interactive catch-all format. As we move inexorably toward the launch of FITS 3.0, we are hoping to [...]
Thad Viers Staff Shakeup
S.C. Rep. Thad Viers (R-Horry) is experiencing a staff shakeup as he campaigns for the newly-drawn South Carolina seventh congressional district – although it’s unclear yet who has left his campaign and who remains on board.
Rumors of Vier’s staff problems were first reported on The Blogland of Earl Capps, a Lowcountry, S.C. political website.
“The Blogland [...]
Another One For The SC 7th
A public relations executive who does extensive work on government-funded projects – including the controversial Interstate 73 boondoggle - is the latest “Republican” candidate running for the newly-drawn South Carolina seventh congressional district.
Debbie Harwell – who is also a local radio host – is the second candidate to jump in the race in as many [...]
Another For The SC Seventh
Yet another politician has jumped into the race for the newly-drawn South Carolina seventh congressional district.
Tom Rice – Chairman of Horry County Council – will announce his candidacy on Wednesday via a nine-stop tour of the district, which includes the Grand Strand and Pee Dee regions of the state.
S.C. Lt. Gov. Andre Bauer, S.C. Rep. [...]
RINO Won’t Run For SC Seventh
Fiscally liberal “Republican” Alan Clemmons won’t run for South Carolina’s newly-drawn seventh congressional district, the veteran state lawmaker told The (Myrtle Beach, S.C.) Sun News over the weekend.
“We have decided, and we have been thinking in the direction, (that) my running for Congress is just ill-timed for my family, at this time in our lives,” [...]
Mande Wilkes Is In …
Myrtle Beach, S.C. author, TV host and social media starlet Mande Wilkes made it official on Thursday – she’s running for the U.S. House of Representatives.
The provocative local personality (and favorite of coastal Tea Partiers) has pledged to run an unscripted campaign for the state’s newly-drawn seventh congressional district – hoping to contrast her revealing [...]
Another One For The SC Seventh
Florence attorney Jay Jordan will announce his candidacy for South Carolina’s newly-drawn seventh congressional district on November 1, multiple sources familiar with his intentions tell FITSNews.
Jordan will become the third announced candidate for the district – even though the U.S. Justice Department has yet to sign off on the Palmetto state’s new congressional boundaries. Also [...]
More SC 7 Speculation
Since the “known” Republican candidates for South Carolina’s newly-drawn seventh congressional district – a.k.a. Andre Bauer, Alan Clemmons and Thad Viers – are all so pathetic, it’s not surprising that numerous other lesser-known candidates are looking at jumping into this race.
Some of them – like S.C. Rep. Philip Lowe and Carroll A. Campbell III – [...]
Da Beaz In Da Seventh?
Former S.C. Gov. David Beasley – a Democrat-turned-Republican who was bounced from the governor’s office after one term back in 1998 – is reportedly considering a campaign for the newly-drawn seventh congressional district.
Sources close to Beasley said they would be “surprised” if the rumors were true, however. Beasley himself did not immediately respond to a [...]
Mande Has Phone Sex?
We knew that coastal South Carolina Tea Party favorite Mande Wilkes – whose irreverent tweets and web postings keep us continually informed and aroused – was going to run an unconventional campaign for the U.S. Congress.
We had no idea, however, that the newly-published author would get this unconventional this fast.
In a provocative post on her [...]
Clemmons Undecided?
The worst-kept secret in South Carolina politics over the last year has been the fact that fiscally liberal “Republican” state lawmaker Alan Clemmons was mounting a bid for the U.S. Congress.
In fact, Clemmons drew a congressional district (South Carolina’s new seventh district) in a deliberate effort to maximize the likelihood that a “moderate” Republican would [...]
“Tump Tump” Tales: The Ex Is Alright
While her walnut-brained ex-husband mounts yet another bid for the U.S. Congress (which we’re hoping fails every bit as spectacularly as his first campaign), political ex Elizabeth Herlong Campbell has moved on with her life.
Sources at the Nelson Mullins law firm tell FITS that the 43-year-old Campbell – former wife of S.C. fortunate son Carroll [...]
