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Watch live: SC Gov. Haley announces Sen. DeMint replacement

South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley holds a news conference to name her pick to replace Sen. Jim DeMint. Watch live, broadcast on NBC News on Dec. 17. Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy…

Report: Haley names SC Rep. Scott to take DeMint’s Senate seat

South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley (R) stuck to ideological lines on Monday in choosing Rep. Tim Scott (R-SC) to replace outgoing Sen. Jim DeMint when DeMint leaves office next month, NBC News reported. Scott was part of the Tea Party election wave two years ago that also put Haley in…

SC Governor Haley wants hacker ‘brutalized’ after cyber attack

A hacker gained access to the Social Security and credit information for 77 percent of the state population of South Carolina, prompting an incensed response from Governor Nikki Haley Friday. “I want this person slammed against the wall,” Haley said at a press conference, WIS-TV reported. “I want that man…

Maddow: Being against cancer in the GOP ‘is a scandal now’

On her show Monday night, MSNBC host Rachel Maddow called out South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley for vetoing a bill that would have allowed free HPV vaccinations for girls. The bill was intended to prevent the spread of the cancer-causing sexually transmitted disease. “Being against cancer in the Repubican Party…

South Carolina union head smashes effigy of Gov. Nikki Haley with baseball bat

Donna Dewitt, the outgoing president of the South Carolina AFL-CIO, used a baseball bat to beat a pinata effigy of Republican Gov. Nikki Haley at a retreat on Saturday. “Well I will say, she looks like a tough old girl here,” Dewitt says in a video uploaded to YouTube on…

Nikki Haley: ‘There is no war on women. Women are doing well.’

Oh, Nikki.  Just… no.  Not again. From Think Progress: HALEY: This is a president that is trying to create distractions. There is no war on women. Women are doing well. What are you doing, Nikki?  We talked about this already.  For the love of cheese — stop talking out loud. I…

Nikki Haley Thinks Women Don’t Care About Contraception. ORLY.

You gotta love it when the GOP shines up its vaginally-enhanced Republicans and pushes them on stage to make their stupid arguments about women’s health for them. A few weeks ago, they pushed Cathy McMorris-Rodgers on stage and she made a right ass of herself by claiming that Democrats are…

Nikki Haley: ‘Women don’t care about contraception’

Republican South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley on Tuesday said that the Obama administration had made a mistake by mandating that health insurance cover birth control because “women don’t care about contraception.” During an appearance on ABC’s The View, co-host Elisabeth Hasselbeck asked Haley how conservatives could make the case that…

SC Gov. Nikki Haley endorses Mitt Romney

South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley (R) announced Friday that she was backing Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney. “Today is the day that I’m throwing all of my support behind Mitt Romney for president,” the tea party favorite governor declared in an interview on Fox News. Haley’s endorsement comes at a…

On the Rachel Maddow Show last night

The CSA post can wait until tomorrow, especially since I could probably squeeze one more dinner in before I send it off. But I’m so stoked, because I was asked to go on “The Rachel Maddow Show” last night to talk about this article from Slate, where I explained one…

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