The Palmetto Scoop

GOVERNOR, RNC CHAIR GET THEIR RAP ON IN YOUTUBE VIDEO
I’ve been told that Gov. Mark Sanford has some sweet rapping skills, but when I watched the above video, I was totally blown away.
In the clip, which was created by “The Landline,” Sanford joins his homeboy Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Steele in helping [...]

CONSERVATIVE CRUSTACEAN COMPARES OLBERAMANN’S ALMA MATER’S SAT SCORES TO GAMECOCK ‘PULLING GUARD’
The last time that loud-mouthed antagonistic author Ann Coulter came to South Carolina to do a book signing, they stuck her in a bathroom. So I guess it’s only appropriate that nearly a year later, she finally decided to swipe back at the [...]

DCCC CREATES FORM LETTER FOR SANFORD, STEELE APOLOGIZES TO TALK SHOW HOST
The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee doesn’t do very many things well, but occasionally, they do make me laugh. More often than not, I’m laughing at them, but today I was laughing with them.
That’s because they unleashed a funny little “Republican Apology Machine” for [...]

JUNIOR SENATOR POPULAR WITH 13 YEAR OLDS
I have absolutely no idea where the hell this kid came from, but apparently some 13-year-old went to Washington over the weekend and “wowed” the folks at the Conservative Political Action Conference — or, as FITSNews would call it, the land of 10,000 virgins. And I [...]

SCGOP CHAIR FIRES AT RNC CHAIR FOR FIRING AT LIMBAUGH
Controversy continues to brew over popular conservative talk show host Rush Limbaugh’s statement that he hoped President Barack Obama’s social spending programs fail. And now it has sucked in a second South Carolina Republican.
Last week, Gov. Mark Sanford became the first Republican to challenge Limbaugh [...]

MORE THAN 2,000 GATHER TO PROTEST OBAMA SPENDING PLAN
All over the country yesterday, thousands of Americans turned out for dozens of local “Tea Parties” to protest President Obama’s massive spending programs.
In Greenville, more than 2,000 protesters gathered on the banks of the Reedy River to make their voices heard. That, I’m told, was the [...]

SCGOP TO HOLD PRECINCT MEETINGS NEXT MONTH TO DETERMINE DELEGATES, PLATFORM
There is a lot of the line for South Carolina Republicans in the upcoming upcoming 2010 midterm elections. Besides the wide-open gubernatorial race, the GOP will be forced to fend off Democrats looking to take out U.S. Sen. Jim DeMint, the eight statewide constitutional [...]

EVERY TIME DEMOCRATS DO SOMETHING, STOCKS PLUMMET
There’s no doubt that a small group of Republicans like South Carolina political boss Warren Tompkins nearly destroyed the GOP over the last few years. And they deserve a great deal of blame for thrusting America into the current economic mess.
But the new Democratic leadership under President Barack [...]

NRO COLUMNIST BLAMES SC ‘RINO’ CONSULTANT FOR DOWNFALL OF REPUBLICAN PARTY
Republicans who are angry about the demise of their party need look no further than South Carolina political consultant Warren Tompkins.
That’s according to National Review columnist Deroy Murdock, who published an editorial today lambasting the “Republican In Name Only” for helping “drive the party into [...]

SPARKLE CITY RIVALS FLOYD, BELTRAM BOTH ANNOUNCE PLANS TO RUN FOR SCGOP CHAIR
Less than a day after Spartanburg County GOP Chair Rick Beltram formally announced his campaign for South Carolina Republican Party Chairman, The Palmetto Scoop has learned that cross-town rival Karen Floyd will do the same at a Lowcountry Republican breakfast in Summerville tomorrow.
Floyd, [...]