For once a South Carolina Republican Party (SCGOP) official actually sounded off like they actually had a pair … rather than silently swallowing what this state’s status quo gives them.
SCGOP chairman Chad Connelly – who has devolved in recent months into a heaping mass of accommodating equivocation – took a rare principled stand this week, [...]
SCGOP Rips Pension Fund Managers
SCGOP Praises Curtis Loftis
Columbia, SC – South Carolina Republican Party Chairman Chad Connelly issued the following the statement today concerning the wrongful censure of State Treasurer Curtis Loftis by the South Carolina Retirement System Investment Commission.
“This morning, South Carolina’s unelected pension board voted to censure Treasurer Curtis Loftis in their latest attempt to discredit his push to bring meaningful [...]
Nikki Haley Unveils 2014 SCGOP Steering Committee
COLUMBIA, S.C. – Governor Nikki Haley today announced a statewide grassroots steering committee. The committee, chaired by South Carolina Republican Party Chairman Chad Connelly, includes 164 co-chairs from all 46 counties across the state.
“Governor Haley has made clear that she will wait until the summer before deciding whether to run for re-election,” said Kurt Pickhardt, [...]
Why We Won’t Be Cheerleading For Chad Connelly Anymore …
We had high hopes back in 2011 when we endorsed SCGOP chairman Chad Connelly’s victorious bid to lead the state’s all-powerful Republican Party.
In addition to the faith we placed in Connelly’s ideological moorings, it gave us some small measure of satisfaction to have helped him overcome the resistance he encountered from S.C. Gov. Nikki Haley [...]
SCGOP Shakeup
TOP PARTY OFFICIAL RESIGNING TO WORK FOR TIM SCOTT
Assuming you care about the inner workings of South Carolina’s virtually indistinguishable political parties (we don’t), there was a major shakeup this week at the S.C. “Republican” Party.
Matt Moore, the party’s executive director, is resigning to take a position with newly appointed U.S. Sen. Tim Scott’s office. Taking [...]
SCGOP Chairman Loves Up On Liberal Lindsey
CHAD CONNELLY JOINING GRAHAM’S RINO DEFENSE TEAM?
S.C. Republican Party chairman Chad Connelly has joined the uber-liberals providing political cover to S.C. Sen. Lindsey Graham (RINO-S.C.) – just as the “Third Senator from New York” embarks on yet another lurch to the left.
Completely ignoring Graham’s increasingly overt tax-and-spend liberalism, Connelly has chosen to shower the light-in-the-loafers [...]
SCGOP Calls On Harpootlian To Apologize For Comment
Columbia, S.C.- South Carolina Republican Party Chairman Chad Connelly today blasted S.C. Democratic Party Chairman Dick Harpootlian for comparing Governor Nikki Haley to Eva Braun, Hitler’s mistress.
“With unemployment at record levels, a debt crisis looming, and President Obama underwater in the polls, it’s no surprise that the President’s hand-picked South Carolina Chairman, Dick Harpootlian, would [...]
Rick Santorum Coming To Spartanburg
Columbia, S.C.- Former Senator and Presidential candidate Rick Santorum will headline a South Carolina Republican Party fundraiser on Monday, August 20th in Spartanburg. The event will serve as a kickoff to the party’s 2012 Upstate victory efforts.
“Senator Santorum’s common sense, conservative message will undoubtedly fire up our activists and get them ready to defeat Barack [...]
SCGOP Chairman Addresses Ballot Controversy
Hello Friends,
I sit in front of you today with a great sense of frustration and sadness. Following the South Carolina Supreme Court’s recent rulings, we have lost more good candidates in counties across the state.
I wish I could tell you there’s a quick and easy way to solve all these recent issues. But I CAN [...]
SCGOP Issues Statement On Candidate Certification
Columbia, SC – The South Carolina Republican Party today issued a statement following the S.C. Supreme Court’s Noon, May 4 filing deadline:
“On behalf of all South Carolina Republicans, I am sad about this week’s candidate filing rulings, but am committed to following the S.C. Supreme Court’s instructions. Our party has meticulously analyzed the filing submissions [...]
