Posted on 12/17/2012 7:39:52 AM PST by SeekAndFind
Welcome, my friends, to the least surprising political news of the week. Nikki Haley will appoint Rep. Tim Scott to replace Senator Jim DeMint in the US Senate, making Scott the upper chamber's only African-American member, and give him a boost in the 2014 special election for the rest of DeMint's term:
Multiple media sources are reporting that South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley will indeed name Rep. Tim Scott to be the next senator from South Carolina.
Scott will serve for two years, and then presumably run in a special election in 2014. If reelected, he would serve an additional two years (the remaining two years of the six-year term Jim DeMint was elected to in 2010) and then potentially run again for a full-six year term in 2016.
Also from Brother Jim at NRO comes this piece of ironic trivia:
Tim Scott beat Strom Thurmond’s son in the 2010 House primary. Now he will sit in the seat Thurmond once occupied. bit.ly/T2mv3t
— jimgeraghty (@jimgeraghty) December 17, 2012
The Charlotte Observer picked up the story a few minutes ago as well:
U.S. Rep. Tim Scott, who overcame poverty in North Charleston to build a successful business and political career, will be appointed today by Gov. Nikki Haley to the U.S. Senate seat vacated by Republican Jim DeMint, The New York Times and CNN reported this morning.
Haley has scheduled a noon news conference to announce her pick. DeMint and U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham, a Republican from Seneca, are scheduled to attend.
That makes a lot of sense; DeMint reportedly went to bat for Scott as his replacement, and he’s likely to cheer the decision as the new head of the Heritage Foundation. His blessing will be seen as an important key for Haley.
That means that Haley will have to call a special election for Scott’s soon-to-be vacant seat. The election will have to be held in 18 weeks, with a primary in 11 weeks. Can SC-01 produce another clear conservative to replace Scott? We will soon find out. Regardless, this is a great choice for Haley, even if it was the only obvious choice.
This is some really good news! And that VoteMatch thing is something I’m going to have to check out, thanks.
Good luck Senator Scott. I'm glad to support you as long as you support conservative values, and it's not going to be easy as we can already see.
Sad to see DeMint go.
Congrats!
Wow a whole thread (so far) with everyone in agreement about the conservative credentials of someone.
I half expected there to be a few naysayers and/or purists pointing to some obscure fact that completely discredits the man.
Will miracles never cease.
As I said before. The color of the man’s skin is ( and should be ) irrelevant. It’s his RECORD that counts, and he HAS a track record for all to see.
Now let’s watch the Progressive, Socialist, Commie, Democratic Chicago Machine try and destroy this very good man, this BLACK Republican Senator from the south!
Very good news. In a way, West may have done him the favor of drawing the Left’s fire over the past two years, while Scott sort of stayed under the radar.
“It just a Shame that he’s not replacing Sen. Graham instead!!!! LOL”
Too right, but just look at the half full I guess...
Interesting comment on Allen West.
West was in a swing district. It was one that a conservative can win, as long as his tone is more moderate, or if that conservative ran in a wave year.
Scott is in a conservative district. Which means he could do what he wanted. He’s just naturally less bombastic.
Just my two cents.
OUTSTANDING CHOICE.
Let’s ALL get behind Trey Gowdy to defeat Grahmnesty!!!
It would take 25000 patriots with $1000 to get that job done.
I heard/read that also. Wow! Hard to decide which one is the bigger idiot. I gotta go with dukey boy since the haughty john boy was “bright” enough to marry well. And the haughty (I served in VN) john boy does already have those all important french connections too.
Good luck to Tim Scott. I’m sure the all inclusive dems will welcome him with open arms. Well, maybe not. If he’s a conservative R I’m more inclined to believe they will try to marginalize anything he does or tries to do. Not that they are racist or anything. Nah, not them.
Share the lead.
I love this guy!
Yea!!! I am happy about that. He is a good one!
You mean no Democratic senators are Black? I’m shocked!!!
Excellent choice. I was getting a little worried from some of the “anonymous sources” reporting a “seat-warmer” was going to be appointed.
It would be pretty cool if he were that guy.
GREAT news ping!
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