WHY? BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT SCANDAL-SCARRED GOVERNORS DO ... In the wake of the lingering fallout from her "Savannah River Sellout," S.C. Gov. Nikki Haley has been treading water ... suffering some tremendously lopsided legislative defeats (see here, here, here and here) while confronting the rapidly-cementing
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S.C. Gov. Nikki Haley - fresh off of her sweep of dishonor from the alternative media in Columbia, S.C. - is now getting dissed by the alternative weekly in Charleston, S.C. Specifically, The Charleston (S.C.) City Paper has named Haley its "Troublemaker of the Year." "The governor’s job-creation
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For those of you unfamiliar with Bob Faith, he's a multimillionaire investor from the South Carolina Lowcountry who was former S.C. Gov. Mark Sanford's first Secretary of Commerce. What's he up to these days? Well, he's continuing to make more money than God - although he'll soon be surrendering
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We're big fans of NBC's show 30 Rock ... which is why we're surprised we missed this photo of Alec Baldwin's character Jack Donaghy comforting former S.C. Gov. Mark Sanford during his infamous 2009 press conference acknowledging an extramarital affair with Latin lover Maria Belen Chapur. Clever photoshopping,
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A decade ago, Mark Sanford made bales of political hay by campaigning against long wait times and bureaucratic mismanagement at the South Carolina Department of Motor Vehicles (SCDMV). And to his credit, Sanford actually made good on his campaign rhetoric after he was elected governor ... ushering in
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Former S.C. Parks Recreation and Tourism (PRT) director Chad Prosser recently announced his candidacy for the newly-drawn seventh congressional district, becoming literally the umpteenth person to do so. And while a pair of candidates have dropped out recently (one spectacularly so), we currently
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FORMER GOVERNOR CONTEMPLATING RETURN TO POLITICS His approval ratings are in the toilet and his credibility has been shot (perhaps permanently) with most South Carolina voters ... but former S.C. Governor and current FOX News analyst Mark Sanford is apparently undeterred. He's plotting a political
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FORMER FIRST LADY QUESTIONS GOP CANDIDATE'S CHARACTER Former S.C. First Lady Jenny Sanford blasted ex-U.S. Speaker Newt Gingrich on Thursday as an unacceptable choice for the Republican presidential nomination - both ideologically and individually. Sanford made her remarks in response to allegations
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"TEA PARTY" GOVERNOR DEFENDS BIG BUDGET, GOVERNMENT-RUN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT EFFORTS S.C. Gov. Nikki Haley - who campaigned as a Tea Party hero willing to stand on the side of small businesses - trumpeted the "benefits" of her big government approach to economic development on Wednesday night during
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Stop the presses, people ... a national reporter has written a story about S.C. Gov. Nikki Haley that doesn't just reflexively regurgitate the "rising star" "Tea Party hero" "popular governor" myths. The report - written by veteran D.C. scribe John Fund and published in The National Review - actually
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U.S. Sen Jim DeMint - the most popular politician in South Carolina by a country mile - has said that he isn't endorsing anyone in the state's pivotal "First in the South" presidential primary. Neither is former S.C. Gov. Mark Sanford, an analyst with FOX News. U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham hasn't lent
Read story »S.C. Gov. Nikki Haley is the target of yet another recall petition, only this time the thrust of the effort appears to be coming from the Republican side of the aisle ... confirming our previous reporting. (To view the "Trikki Nikki Recall" petition, click here). The petition states that Haley
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