EDITOR LOOKS EVERYWHERE, CAN’T LOCATE DISTRICT THAT RECEIVED MILLIONS IN STIMULUS CASH
The South Carolina Republican Party asked folks across South Carolina to help them find Congressional District 45. And The Palmetto Scoop answered.
I looked high and low, all over the state, but couldn’t locate it. I even [...]
OBAMA ADMINISTRATION SAYS $40 MILLION IN STIMULUS CASH HAS CREATED 155 JOBS… IN FAKE CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICTS
What began Wednesday as a radio gimmick on Keven Cohen’s WVOC-AM radio show has turned into a full-fledged campaign by the South Carolina Republican Party to expose the federal government’s lies about [...]
FMR. SCGOP CHAIR SAYS REPUBLICAN CRITICS NEED TO LOOK AT BIG PICTURE
One of South Carolina’s most beloved GOP leaders is coming to the defense of Sen. Lindsey Graham after a county Republican Party censured the senior U.S. Senator for working toward a bi-partisan alternative energy solution.
Katon Dawson, [...]
ALLEN ADMITS CULPABILITY, HINTS AT OTHERS INVOLVED
A former Republican Party activist has admitted to her part in an illegal robo-call scandal that muddied the waters of last year’s State House District 81 primary.
Ginny Allen, the former Aiken County GOP [...]
RNC CHAIRMAN SAYS WHITE GOP VOTERS ARE AFRAID OF BLACK PEOPLE
The Republican National Committee’s first black chairman has a message for white voters: Fear me not.
While speaking on NewsOne’s “Washington Watch,” Michael Steele was asked how the Republican Party could reach out to [...]

Numbers from the October monthly federal fund disclosures revel that the S.C. Republican Party holds a money lead on its Democratic counterparts by more than two-to-one. The SCGOP also raised more money than the S.C. Democratic Party over the period, though the Democrats spent more.
PARTY WEBSITE TO MONITOR FUNDS RAISED IN DEBT REPAYMENT CAMPAIGN
Former U.S. Ambassador and South Carolina House Speaker David Wilkins is taking his latest political role very seriously.
On Tuesday, Wilkins and the South Carolina Republican Party launched their “Milliken Match Thermometer” to track the amount of money [...]
SC, NATIONAL LEADERS RESPOND TO CHAIRMENS’ DEFENSE OF DEMINT
Less than 24 hours after The Palmetto Scoop first shed light on an anti-Semitic statement in a guest editorial by two South Carolina Republican Party chairmen, leaders from across the state and country [...]
In the latest display of the South Carolina Republican Party’s “outreach” efforts, two county chairman praised U.S. Sen. Jim DeMint’s frugality by comparing him to … wait for it … a Jew.
And yes, it is in fact October 2009 (according to our calendars) and we [...]
2 STATE GOP COUNTY CHAIRS USE ETHNIC STEREOTYPE TO DEFEND SENATOR
A pair of South Carolina County Republican Party chairmen came to the defense of U.S. Sen. Jim DeMint Sunday by using a not-so-defensible comment about Jewish people.
Bamberg County GOP Chairman Edwin Merwin and Orangeburg County GOP Chairman [...]