FISCAL LIBERALS DOMINATE PALMETTO STATE’S “GOP-CONTROLLED” HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Last week we took a look at the abysmal scores recorded by “Republican” members of the S.C. Senate on the S.C. Club for Growth’s 2012 legislative scorecards. This week we look at the scores put up by the S.C. House of Representatives – which is also controlled (in [...]
Turner Hires Former Sanford Aide
FIRST DISTRICT CANDIDATE HIRES FORMER GOVERNOR’S MEDIA PRO
It remains to be seen whether Teddy Turner’s bid for the South Carolina first congressional district evolves into a credible candidacy, but early indications are that the 49-year-old son of billionaire media mogul Ted Turner is taking his bid seriously.
Turner kicked off the new year by announcing the [...]
Fight For The (SC) First
BATTLE ALREADY UNDERWAY FOR TIM SCOTT’S HOUSE SEAT
U.S. Rep. Tim Scott’s ascension to the United States Senate will set off a vicious battle for the first congressional district seat he’s vacating. In fact we began previewing the advance jockeying for this Lowcountry, South Carolina district over a week ago when Scott emerged as the early [...]
Candidates Already Jockeying For Tim Scott’s House Seat
“REPUBLICANS” EYE FIRST DISTRICT SEAT AMID U.S. SENATORIAL SPECULATION
U.S. Rep. Tim Scott (R-Charleston) is the choice of national Republicans – and most South Carolina Republicans – to fill the U.S. Senate seat being vacated by fiscal conservative Jim DeMint.
But will S.C. Gov. Nikki Haley appoint him? He’s clearly on her “short list,” although the governor [...]
Will Jim DeMint Run Again?
THE DOOR IS (RE)OPENING WIDER
Conventional political wisdom for the last year in the Palmetto State has held that Jim DeMint – South Carolina’s leading fiscal conservative and hands down the most popular politician in the state – would not seek a third term in the U.S. Senate.
Asked last summer by National Journal if his current [...]
Nikki Haley’s First “Pay To Play” Target? Jimmy Merrill
Former “Republican” Majority Leader Jimmy Merrill’s world was rocked by a major “pay to play” scandal over the weekend … a blow widely regarded as the first preemptive detonation linked to S.C. Gov. Nikki Haley’s doctrine of mutually assured destruction against lawmakers investigating her own scandals.
Future “pay to play” stories targeting other South Carolina legislative leaders [...]
GOP: House Map Will “Expand Advantage”
A top Republican strategist tells FITS that newly-drawn districts in the S.C. House of Representatives will expand the party’s legislative majority … in name only, anyway.
The GOP – such as it is in this state – currently holds a 76-48 advantage in the S.C. House. However most “Republicans” in the lower chamber – including Speaker [...]
Palmetto One: Pretty Busy
When it’s not serving as former House Majority Leader Jimmy Merrill’s Lobbyist Sky Taxi (or the preferred mode of transportation for the Mark Sanford “Forgiveness Tour“), “Palmetto One” is supposed to be used by South Carolina leaders for important state business.
That’s why the taxpayers pay for a “state plane” in the first place, people.
Unfortunately, the [...]
The Cigarette Tax Vote: Who Broke Their Pledges?
By FITSNews || With no accompanying reform and no corresponding tax relief, South Carolina’s “Republican-controlled” General Assembly has voted to raise the state’s cigarette tax by fifty cents per pack – overriding S.C. Gov. Mark Sanford’s veto of the legislation last week.
It was a boneheaded move for several reasons.
First, the “revenue” generated by the tax [...]
Who Voted For The “Big Government Golf” Bill?
By FITSNews || You know how politicians are always saying that “bipartisanship” is a good thing?
Yeah … we’re pretty sure that this vote isn’t what they had in mind.
According to the official journal of the S.C. House of Representatives, dozens of Republicans and Democrats joined forces on Wednesday to approve a $10 million loan for [...]
