S.C. House Minority Leader Harry Ott (D - St.Matthews) is waging war against an up-and-coming Democratic lawmaker and his own party chairman in an effort to protect a speaking slot that he intends to use as a springboard for his 2014 gubernatorial campaign. In fact, Ott wants to give the Democratic
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Fractured, splintered, riven, torn ... all of these are words that could be used to describe the S.C. Republican establishment, which is currently in the midst of a deeply contentious internal power struggle between Tea Partiers, "values" votes and longtime partisans (one that's playing out on the national
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S.C. Gov. Nikki Haley held an "end of session" legislative party at the Governor's Mansion in downtown Columbia, S.C. on Wednesday night - but not every lawmaker was invited. At least a dozen Democratic legislators - including House Minority Leader Harry Ott - were excluded from the event. One Democratic
Read story »Fellow Democrats -- On Saturday, April 30, the delegates (many of you) to the 2011 South Carolina Democratic Convention will select the next chair of our party. I'm encouraged by the outpouring of support our campaign has received. If you haven't made up your mind yet about whom to support
Read story »By FITSNews || S.C. House Minority Leader Harry Ott - one of the most powerful Democrats in the Palmetto state - has received more than $1.7 million in federal farm subsidies over the last fifteen years, according to data published by the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Ott (D-St. Matthews) received
Read story »By FITSNews || And you thought it was only Republicans who were at each others' throats in the Palmetto State ... S.C. House Minority Leader Harry Ott (D-Calhoun) is desperately trying to mend fences in his shattered caucus after an explosive, profanity-laced meeting last week exposed racial tensions,
Read story »In a nod to his charisma deficiency disorder (and the fact that his Democratic minority effectively runs state government), S.C. House Minority Leader Harry Ott has decided not to run for governor, according to La Socialista (a.k.a. The State newspaper). In announcing his decision, Ott endorsed State
Read story »Ordinarily, the race for the S.C. Democratic gubernatorial nomination interests us about as much as a pie-eating contest at the mental hospital. It's the sort of competition where everyone gets messy, but nobody really wins anything - well, except for a ribbon letting each competitor know that they're
Read story »We've long maintained that S.C. Sen. Vincent Sheheen (D-Kershaw) is a country bumpkin who is by no means ready for prime time. He's the last sort of politician we need "leading" this state (inasmuch as S.C. governors can really "lead" anything), and he's precisely the kind of "grinner" that the bass-ackwards,
Read story »In one of the most vindictive political moves we've seen in quite some time, S.C. House Speaker Bobby Harrell removed a member of his own party from a key House committee in retaliation for that lawmaker's outspoken support of a government transparency proposal and other common sense conservative reforms. State
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