http://www.nytimes.com/2012/12/18/us/politics/congressman-picked-for-south-carolina-senate-seat.html?hp
This was a very interesting article regarding South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley's decision to appoint Tim Scott as a senator. He will replace Jim DeMint, who is retiring to persue other opportunities. This is a monumental appointment considering that Scott will be the first black senator from the South since the late 19th century. Also, it is truly amazing that Scott is where he is after he almost flunked out of high school and he had to overcome a troubling childhood. However, after getting off to a rough start, Scott won over the governor due to his strong conservative voting record. I think that the fact that Scott is black will also help the Republican party because they have recieved a lot of criticism for not having minorities among their party.
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I feel like this is good because the Republican party is having more minorities in their party, but being a strong conservative? No, no, no. The Republican party doesn't need any more of that...people in the United States want the Republican Party to move away from being Conservative. It is just annoying now with how conservative they are. Nonetheless, I am glad that he moved his way up and got himself into a good position. Just a side question: I wonder why he flunked out of high school, too many childhood problems?
ReplyDeleteOnly time will tell in the coming years. It is nice to see blacks gaining more prominence in the south. Hopefully if the GOP gradually institutes this kind of a system the rock solid Republican base will dissolve away and hopefully instead become a nice and even spread of bipartisanship. I will not hold my breath for it though, as the GOP probably wants to tread extremely carefully given these circumstances.
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