South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley should appoint Representative Joe Wilson as Senator Jim DeMint’s replacement. (See Bridget Johnson on DeMint’s departure.) Most Americans remember that Rep. Wilson was the first to vocally stand up to Obama’s healthcare plan in the House (albeit in unique circumstances.) Wilson hails from Lexington County, a hotbed of Tea Party activism. Wilson also mixes a movement conservative’s worldview with a temperament that will make him an effective U.S. Senator. Haley can send a message that South Carolina will be represented by at least one Senator willing to stand up to an emboldened second Obama term.
Wilson is the natural pick. He has worked in the trenches of the conservative movement for decades. His son, Attorney General Alan Wilson, has fought back hard against Eric Holder’s overreach, most notably beating Holder over the South Carolina Voter ID fight. So Wilson would join Senate colleagues like John Cornyn (TX) and Jeff Sessions (AL) conversant in the language of Holder’s lawlessness.
If Haley make the mistake of bypassing Wilson, it is important that she pick a genuine conservative like Wilson. Rep. Tim Scott from Charleston would be a great choice. Or to really send a message to President Obama and Eric Holder about South Carolina’s willingness to fight their overreach, send Senator Chip Campsen, the author of the South Carolina voter ID law the federal court just approved.
Joe Wilson, whose family supported both financially and by actively campaigning for the despicable Senator Jake Knotts?
Who propped up that racist creep for another election cycle which led to 250 challengers statewide being tossed off the ballot, resulting in incumbent protection law?
No thanks.
Pat Paulsen being currently unavailable, I guess Joe WIlson would be acceptable.
Actually, considering the purge in the House just finished, I’m not sure it matters. I support Ace when we says we should just let the GOP take care of itself. I for one would like to free the GOP to just make its big-money donors happy, and get the best deal for them it can. We who care about liberty will just find our own way, eventually, I suppose. No need to worry about us.
Hey, don’t you know who I am? I’m one of your betters – you put me in the legislature, knowing that the laws would not apply to me. So why are you hassling me?