Nikki Haley has done more to improve gender and racial political diversity in South Carolina than has the entire Democratic Party in the last several decades.
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South Carolina voters get a chance to refine some of their primary decisions today as party nominations for a number of political offices will be finalized in runoffs. It’s the final exhalation before a four-month long run to the general election. As the playoffs work towards the championship, the state – the NATION – has to wonder: Can South Carolina politics get any more strange?
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Unlike some candidates, Nikki Haley doesn’t wear her religion on her sleeve, shoving it in the faces of voters and using it as a campaign tool.
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Isn’t it interesting that the South Carolina Republican Party can nominate (or nearly so) two minority candidates, one for governor and one for Congress (Tim Scott(e), 1st District) without the least bit of angst?
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J. W. Ragley, Dr. Mick Zais’ spokesperson/campaign manager/attack dog has made it his mission to smear one of Zais’ opponents, Dutch Fork High School teacher Kelly Payne. Attacks are something one might expect in a political campaign, but Zais/Ragley have gotten a bit creepy in their … ummmm …pursuits of Ms. Payne.
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In a letter to South Carolina’s Senate and House budget leaders, Governor Mark Sanford stated his opposition to the FY 2010-11 Appropriations Act.
Sanford criticizes the legislature for initiating fees that are “backdoor tax increases” saying that “raising taxes to cover budget shortfalls is not good policy.”
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In keeping with its love affair with secrecy, the South Carolina State Senate tabled a budget proviso that would have required public colleges and universities to post their spending online.
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The passage of South Carolina House of Representatives bill H3047 which would require all votes in the General Assembly to be on the record has been sent the State Senate. Beaufort Senator Tom Davis is trying to bring the bill to the Senate floor.
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Joe Grimaud is running for South Carolina’s third congressional seat, but does he live in the district or not? Voters in the district should – and will – decide to what extent they’ll take a candidate’s absentee status in account.
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Pop quiz: Who said: “The movement is a wild orgasm of anarchists sweeping across the country like a prairie fire.” But first; Former President Bill Clinton warned Friday that the anger some members of the Tea Party movement express about higher taxes and the size of government could feed the same right-wing extremism that led [...]
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Nikki Haley’s election would be good for the South Carolina economy and domino a series of positive transformational reflexes.
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Haley is an all-around leader who understands the times that are awakening possibly better than anyone.
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