Nikki Haley appoints Tim Scott to US Senate

[Brian4Liberty]

No, he won't.

Time will tell...

 

[compromise]

Time will tell...

Sen. Moran has pretty much the same foreign policy as Scott, he joined the Tea Party Caucus.

 

[Odin]

He'll be a senator for a long time imo. It was pretty obvious that they would pick him, because of the political advantages of doing so. Fortunately it seems like he is somewhat similar to DeMint in his positions so I guess he's not bad but not great.

 

[Smart3]

Not an improvement, not a downgrade.

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[Matt Collins]

posted on FB, FWIW -

"A very disappointing choice, but not a surprise. Scott has none of the serious commitment to conservative principles which DeMint does and will just be another vote for big government and in support of the corrupt party leadership. DeMint had big shoes and Scott comes nowhere near filling them. The people of South Carolina and the Nation need a champion, not another loyal hack."

Dave Nalle
Chairman, Republican Liberty Caucus

 

[Confederate]

Not an improvement, not a downgrade.

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Definite downgrade, but nowhere near as bad as Graham.

It is sad, though:

Strom Thurmond -> Lindsey Graham
Jim DeMint -> Tim Scott

The first is a major drop, the second a slight drop.

 

[itshappening]

I hope Rand Paul gets to him before McCain does.

Yes, SC has military bases so it's very difficult how you address that if you're a Republican and why Graham, staunch supporter of it all is popular. The MIC are very clever how they have states dependent on military spending like this.

 

[presence]

Tim Scott on Defense Spending:

Oh great. A military Keynesian. Yay!

 

[Confederate]

I hope Rand Paul gets to him before McCain does.

Yes, SC has military bases so it's very difficult how you address that if you're a Republican and why Graham, staunch supporter of it all is popular. The MIC are very clever how they have states dependent on military spending like this.

Makes it easier to convince him to bring the troops home and have them stationed in SC where money can be spent maintaining and expanding these military bases and the troops will spend their money in SC instead of spending all that money in Germany, Japan, Korea, etc.

 

[sailingaway]

This was a good pick, what we wanted. Now whoever our guy is (Davis?) can take on Lindsey Graham in 2014 without another primary.

Well, there is that. It would have been a huge fight.

 

[Brett85]

He's about the best we can expect from an appointment by Nikki Haley, although obviously he's no liberty candidate.

 

[Keith and stuff]

Unfortunately, that tends to solidify the image of Nikki Haley we saw with Romney, not the image we saw in 2010.

edit, I'm not saying where he falls on the Senate spectrum, I don't know him that well. but My understanding is that he is NOT a Lee Bright or Tom Davis, from the discussions of him I saw.

Tom said he didn't want the job, plus he isn't a US Congressman so it would look kinda strange appointing him. Scott is a Tea Party candidate by every measure. He even joined the caucus. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tea_Party_Caucus#Members.2C_112th_Congress

 

[Brian4Liberty]

posted on FB, FWIW -

I take it that Scott never joined the RLC?

 

[itshappening]

Tom said he didn't want the job, plus he isn't a US Congressman so it would look kinda strange appointing him. Scott is a Tea Party candidate by every measure. He even joined the caucus. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tea_Party_Caucus#Members.2C_112th_Congress

that one doesn't matter, there's dozens of members and Bachmann is the chairwoman~!

They're all party hacks when it comes to it. Scott voted for Ryan's budget for example. Only 10 Republicans voted against it.

 

[pochy1776]

I wanted Davis to be appointed. if only Mark Sanford could keep his **** in his pants, we wouldn't have this bullshit

 

[Brian4Liberty]

I wanted Davis to be appointed. if only Mark Sanford could keep his **** in his pants, we wouldn't have this bullshit

Apparently Jenny Sanford was a close second to Tim Scott.

 

[pochy1776]

Apparently Jenny Sanford was a close second to Tim Scott.

That would be a f#c#ton better than tim scott.

 

[Keith and stuff]

That would be a f#c#ton better than tim scott.

Why is that? I have no idea what she stands for. Scott has a record of being somewhat OK. He certainly isn't a liberty person but I'm thinking he will likely be in the top 25 of least bad US Senators.

 

[pochy1776]

Why is that? I have no idea what she stands for. Scott has a record of being somewhat OK. He certainly isn't a liberty person but I'm thinking he will likely be in the top 25 of least bad US Senators.

I assume Sanford might be influenced by the former hubby.

 

[cindy25]

Jenny Sanford could beat him in the primary. there are few black Republicans, and race has to hurt Scott in the primary, although it could help in the general

Davis should primary Graham