Posted on 12/11/2012 7:23:11 PM PST by redk
South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley (R) has narrowed her list of potential Senate appointees down to five — including the state’s former first lady Jenny Sanford. A person close to the process confirms that the five names under “active consideration” are Sanford, Rep. Tim Scott, Rep. Trey Gowdy, former state attorney general Henry McMaster and Catherine Templeton, the director of the state Department of Health and Environmental Control.
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Jenny Sanford has done nothing to even be considered for this spot except play the victim of a cheating Husband. She knew for many years her Husband was a cad. Should she be rewarded for putting up with that? This kind of sympathy only plays well for Dems.
Tim Scott is the PERFECT candidate.
He is really a good, honest man (until he spends more time in DC)
Trey Gowdy would be a good choice to counter pansey graham.Scott would also be an excellent pick as well.
I think in the end she will pick Scott.
The problem with picking Scott is that it would require an expensive special election in a district the Dems may try to contest. Haley may be better off picking McMaster as a seat-warmer until 2014 and Scott can run for that vacancy and Trey Gowdy against Graham.
I have no idea what you mean by that. Do you mean people will be unhappy? Or that Jenny Sanford will be a tough Senator?
Trey Gowdy or Bust.
Can’t imagine it’s even a contest. However, the profiles of the others are virtually unknown compared to TG, so don’t mind me. Trey has a conservative fan base coast to coast, after his splendid remarks and righteous anger has been covered on many important occasions by FOX. I know because I am a huge fan.
I disagree, SC-1 has a Cook PVI rating of R+10 and has been continually GOP-held since 1981 during the Reagan revolution. I don't think the RATs (especially the notorious weak SC RAT party) has any shot at that seat, whether Scott is the incumbent or whether it's an open seat.
Better to pick him now to slap down the RATs latest "GOP hates minorities" meme they've been circulating for months. It would make headlines if the first black Senator from the south since reconstruction was a Republican. By 2014, Obama's re-election will be a distant memory, the GOP "minority problem" will be old news and McMaster will be little more than a low-key reliable GOP vote for the next two years while Obama is in the position to do the most damage -- we need an outspoken conservative that can't be bashed as some mean ol' WASP who wants to "take American backwards", blah blah blah (I know, the RATs will call Scott every name in the book: Oreo, Uncle Tom, etc.) I think Jim DeMint was way overrated the way some freepers worshipped him, but there's no denying he was an outspoken conservative unafraid of criticism, and we need more of that in the Senate now.
Waiting until 2014 means a hotly contested GOP Senate primary with Scott facing a costly campaign against a bunch of establishment Republicans. IF he wins the primary, the media will just excuse it by saying conservatives split their vote and he got it by sheer luck. We need to learn to strike while the iron is hot and we have a unique opening. The RATs do it all the time.
South Carolina needs Scott not a Heiress
Meaning the reaction to picking her would be hysteria from all sides.
does it even have to be someone from SC? Could she hypothetically name say Dick Cheney or Mitt Romney?
May as well go with a placeholder for 2 years and just have fun with it.
Senator Limbaugh would be fun to see.
Lindsey Graham not liberal enough for ya ?
Tim Scott is the choice, Haley should choose him ASAP so he can get seniority.
Tim Scott is the choice, Haley should choose him ASAP so he can get seniority.
Tim Scott is the choice, Haley should choose him ASAP so he can get seniority.
Tim Scott is the choice, Haley should choose him ASAP so he can get seniority.
I agree, having Scott run in an open-seat primary likely will result in a huge field in which God knows who will finish first and second to go to the run-off. And even if Scott survives the primary, he would have to run in the election without the benefit od being the incumbent. I’d much rather have Scott join the Senate in January even if it means that there would be a special electiom in SC-01 during the summer. And I am not worried at all about the SC-01 race—the CD is a couple of points more Republican than the state as a whole.
calm down, those were just the first two name sthat came to mind of folks who aren’t from SC. Same principle applies for Herman Cain, one of the Koch Brothers, Rick Santelli, Sarah Palin, Rush Limbaugh, Mark Levin, whoever.
Was just wondering if she could name someone from out of state.
Ok, got it.
Trey has a conservative fan base coast to coast, after his splendid remarks and righteous anger has been covered on many important occasions by FOX. I know because I am a huge fan.
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I fully agree! Trey strikes me as a conservative warrior. I’m not sure why he made the decision to not run again, though. I like his attitude.
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