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Watching web coverage, looks like John Spratt is going to fall to a conservative. Mulvaney is wiping the floor with him. Spratt was supposed to be unbeatable. Having a great time tonight!

With national attention being placed on spending, healthcare “reform” and jobs, it’s easy to forget that, as Tip O’neill said, “All politics is local.” With this in mind, I reached out to the Republican candidate for the 5th Congressional District in SC, Michael (Mick) Mulvaney. Currently Mulvaney is a state senator, but he now seeks national office, and, more specifically, the seat of Rep. John Spratt (D). Unseating Rep. Spratt will be no easy task. He’s a 14-term incumbent and Chairman of the Budget Finance Committee. In spite of this, Time Magazine named Sen. Mulvaney’s campaign to be of the...

George Miller is a liberal. He is a member of the Congressional Progressive Caucus, the most liberal group in Congress. Besides Miller, its members include Barney Frank, Henry Waxman, Charlie Rangel, Bernie Sanders, Maxine Waters, Corinne Brown, Alan Grayson, and Dennis Kucinich. Miller enjoys the enthusiastic support of voters in California’s 7th District. Since 1976, he as never received less than 60% of the vote, and usually racks up more than 70%. CA-7 is a very liberal district, and voters there think that George Miller’s liberal ideology is right for them. In a recent poll of John Spratt’s district, 47%...

The numbers offer an early glimpse at the landscape as Spratt pursues a 15th term. The 67-year-old York Democrat has come under criticism for his support of health care reform, bank bailouts and cap-and-trade environmental legislation. Mulvaney, 42, a businessman from Indian Land, blames Spratt for embracing what he calls a liberal agenda led by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. He says the new numbers are better than expected. “We just only started the campaign and are already hard on his heels,” Mulvaney said. “That is particularly striking when you consider that he has been in Congress almost 30 years.” Speaking...

tsunami wrote on 01/23/2010 09:46:10 AM: John Spratt is not just a foot soldier in Pelosi's Army, as Chairman of the House Budget Committee, he's a General. Everything that has come our way since Pelosi became the Speaker has been run through him. Health Care Reform, TARP, Cap and Trade, and the Stimulus package all received his approval. And what are the benefits to the State and his district as a result of his leadership? "SC jobless rate hits record 12.6 percent in Dec." - The Herald (1/22/2010) All of the counties in his district except two have unemployment rates...

A Brown victory — or even a narrow Coakley win in the mid-single digits — could have significant ramifications. First, it could well produce a flurry of Democratic retirements. If Democrats couldn’t hold Kennedy’s seat rather easily with the state attorney general, some Democratic Members will worry, how the heck can they win in November in competitive districts. GOP strategists are already compiling a list of possible retirees if Brown wins, including Reps. John Spratt (S.C.), Allen Boyd (Fla.) and Jim Matheson (Utah) and Sen. Blanche Lincoln (Ark.). A victory by the Republican in the special election could dissuade some...

TOP GOP HOUSE COMMITTEE HELPING REPUBLICAN ACHIEVE ‘YOUNG GUN’ STATUS IN RACE AGAINST SPRATT The race for South Carolina’s 5th Congressional District, which has been held by a Democrat for the past 27 years, has now caught the attention of the National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC). On Wednesday, the NRCC officially announced that State Sen. Mick Mulvaney (R-Lancaster) was an ‘On the Radar’ candidate in his bid to unseat 14-term Democrat Congressman John Spratt. “The NRCC is committed to working with Mick Mulvaney as he continues to meet the rigorous goals of the Young Guns program,” NRCC Chairman Pete Sessions...