I miss Ronald Reagan. I served as his first US Attorney. We all wish he would appear out of the cornfield in a "Field of Dreams" and be our nominee for President. But right now - there is only one true Reagan Republican in the race, a leader who worked for Ronald Reagan and has proven himself over
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It looks like Gov. Nikki Haley isn't the only South Carolina "Republican" to have a six-figure fundraising job created for her ... Former S.C. Attorney General Henry McMaster and a pair of Palmetto Republican operatives will receive $420,000 over the coming year to raise money for the struggling University
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One of S.C. Gov. Nikki Haley's three deputy chiefs of staff is leaving his post to become a contract lobbyist with the University of South Carolina, sources tell FITS. Trey Walker - Haley's deputy chief of staff for communications and legislative affairs - becomes the first senior staffer to leave
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Former Utah Gov. Jon Huntsman helped turn U.S. Rep. Tim Scott's first "First in the South" presidential town hall meeting in Charleston, S.C. this weekend into an anti-Barack Obama jam session. Huntsman, Scott and former S.C. Attorney General Henry McMaster dedicated the song "Hit The Road, Jack"
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S.C. Gov. Nikki Haley made her first three appointments to the S.C. State Ports Authority (SPA) board of directors on Monday - although it's not immediately clear if her moves will do anything to advance the long-overdue reforms needed to restore our state's competitive position. Haley named former
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In a development that has political insiders scratching their heads, University of South Carolina trustee William Hubbard - a fiscal liberal whose controversial bid to become dean of the USC law school riled many in the S.C. General Assembly - was not listed among the five finalists for the $250,000
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For those of you who followed our coverage of the 2010 elections here in South Carolina, we were not impressed with the candidacy of Alan Wilson - son of U.S. Rep. Joe Wilson. Not even remotely ... We simply didn't think that "Daddy's boy" (with the bailout-backed bank loan) was the most qualified
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For the second time in less than five months, an assistant South Carolina attorney general has committed suicide. John Kevin Crout, 43, died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head last week, sources familiar with his passing tell FITS. A Citadel graduate and former president of his high school
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The indignant leaders of Ridgeland, South Carolina - the Lowcountry town that's ripping off passing motorists to fill its government coffers - may soon be compelled to reveal the identity of the "top legal mind in the state" who informed them that the town's government-run racket was permissible. How
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Nikki Haley's former campaign manager will serve as her chief of staff, the Gov.-elect's transition office announced on Tuesday. Political operative Tim Pearson has no experience in state government, but he did have a starring role in the scandals that rocked Haley's campaign earlier this year. Specifically,
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Governor Narcissus is back! With only a month remaining in office, S.C. Gov. Mark Sanford is doing some reflecting on his eight thoroughly unproductive years as governor of the most uneducated, anti-competitive state in America. His conclusion? According to Sanford, his administration accomplished
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S.C. Attorney General Henry McMaster has been ordered to produce phone records, emails, text messages and other correspondence between his office and the campaign of S.C. Gov.-elect Nikki Haley related to the tax case of S.C. Rep. Kris Crawford. Circuit Court Judge Tommy Cooper issued the ruling on
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