SC Democrats Practicing “Nobama” Prior To National Convention

JUST SOUTH OF CONVENTION SITE, LOCAL PARTY REFUSES TO DISPLAY PRESIDENT’S CAMPAIGN POSTERS
Thirty-five miles south of Charlotte, N.C., site of this year’s Democratic National Convention, sits the former mill town of Lancaster, S.C. – population 10,000.
Part of the Palmetto State’s fifth congressional district (which was represented by Democrat John Spratt from 1983-2011), Lancaster has emerged [...]

John Spratt Assails Jim DeMint

FORMER BUDGET CHAIRMAN BLASTS LEADING FISCAL CONSERVATIVE
Former U.S. Budget Chairman John Spratt (who is apparently still alive) ripped fiscal conservative hero Jim DeMint as an opportunist who is more interested in obtaining “national recognition” and “favor or support” than staying true to a particular ideology.
In an interview with reporter Corey Hutchins published in The Progressive, [...]

Holy Moses!

Who is Moses Dixon?
According to The Florence Morning News (a.k.a. the “Flo-Mo”), he’s a 25-year-old “master’s degree candidate at Clark University in Worcester, Mass.” who is currently pursuing a career in “community development.” He’s also a former staffer to ex-U.S. Rep. John Spratt and current U.S. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid.
Why are they (and now [...]

The Mick Mulvaney Show

It’s no “join the movement” tour (and he isn’t bringing a self-promotional video or giant Congressional report cards with him), but U.S. Rep. Mick Mulvaney will be hosting a series of town hall meetings across the fifth congressional district next week.
For those of you unfamiliar with Mulvaney and his blunt brand of fiscal conservatism, here’s [...]

Outgoing SC Congressmen Dole Out Big Bonuses

South Carolina’s lame duck U.S. Representatives doled out hundreds of thousands of dollars in bonuses to their staff members during the fourth quarter of 2010, an analysis of congressional pay records shows.
Former U.S. Rep. Gresham Barrett (RINO-Westminster) who ran unsuccessfully for governor of South Carolina last year, saw his staff spending skyrocket after he was [...]

Taxes: SC Delegation Split

We think the vote to extend Bush-era income tax relief was a no-brainer, but several members of South Carolina’s Congressional delegation crossed ideological and party lines to cast unexpected votes both for and against the measure.
In the U.S. Senate, Lindsey Graham – a RINO – voted for extending the tax cuts. Meanwhile Jim DeMint – [...]

Race For Mulvaney’s Seat

We were overjoyed that one of the state’s most fiscally-conservative state lawmakers handily defeated a top ally of Barack Obama in South Carolina’s fifth congressional district race, but U.S. Rep.-elect Mick Mulvaney’s vanquishing of fifteen-term incumbent John Spratt isn’t without its unfortunate consequences.
Most notably, the S.C. Senate has been deprived of one of its fiscal [...]

Port Study Skirmish

There’s another skirmish in the Palmetto state’s most notoriously anti-competitive war …
Except this time we’re not talking about the losing battle South Carolina is fighting with other port states, we’re talking about the latest intra-state port spat between warring South Carolina political factions.
Last summer we had the S.C. General Assembly battling with Gov. Mark Sanford [...]

Mulvaney Bounces Spratt

S.C. Senator Mick Mulvaney handily defeated powerful U.S. Budget Committee Chairman John Spratt on Tuesday night in South Carolina’s fifth congressional district – withstanding a furious negative campaign from the liberal incumbent to claim a seat that Spratt has held for the past 28 years.
In choosing Mulvaney, fifth district voters overwhelmingly rejected Spratt’s negative campaigning, [...]

SC Votes 2010: Blog/ Results

(Keep hitting refresh for updated entries …)
12:58 AM – Big night for us here at FITS, too. We had 79,000 hits on our website … including 13,000 on this “live blog” post. Thanks to everyone for tuning in.
12:35 AM – Sorry … had to take a break there for a second.
11:56 PM – Not that [...]

Predictions

As polls across South Carolina (and America) open, it’s time to gaze into our crystal balls to see if we can get a glimpse of the future …
For example, how big will S.C. Rep. Nikki Haley’s margin of victory be over Vincent Sheheen? And what about U.S. Reps. Joe Wilson (RINO) and John Spratt (D) [...]

Spratt’s Last Desperate Stand

In a last-ditch bid to hang onto the Congressional seat he has held for the past 28 years, U.S. Rep. John Spratt is running a pair of “robo calls” telling voters that his Republican opponent Mick Mulvaney stole $30 million from them and wants to raise their grocery taxes.
Ironic, isn’t it? This coming from a [...]