Tea Party volunteers have done what millionaire Karl Rove and highly paid GOP crony consultants have failed at since 2006. And we congratulate US Senator Tim Scott

12/18/12, "Tea Party Detractors Cry Foul After Governor Haley Appoints Rep. Tim Scott to U.S. Senate," Breitbart, Kevin L. Martin

"Even the Republican establishment has been silent on the selection on Tim Scott, which is surprising as the establishment seems to forget how poorly it appealed minority voters in the most recent presidential election. Once again, the Republican establishment is a day late and dollar short. The Tea Party Movement has done what all the Rove whiteboards and high paid consultants have not been able to since 2006.

In reality, the establishment sees the appointment as a slap in the face to them and thus no official statement was made.   
 
Those of us in the Tea Party Movement are delighted with Tim Scott's appointment, as it strikes another blow at the left, the media and the Republican establishment, groups that have all leveled false charges against the Tea party. It is only the Tea Party Movement that could convince a Governor from the Old South (who is a minority herself and Tea Party favorite) to appoint a black man to a Senate seat once held by a Dixiecrat.

When the left and Republican establishment can trump that, then they might have something to talk about.

The Tea Party does not need to highlight diversity because grassroots movements are by their very nature, diversity at work."...via Free Republic

=======================================

12/18/12, "Sen. Daniel Inouye, RIP," NRO, by Jim Geraghty

"A senator arrives, and a senator departs this earth in the Morning Jolt…

Great Scott!...

"The editors of the Wall Street Journal notice: 

“Mr. Scott’s appointment requires him to stand for a special election in 2014, though he has a record as a House conservative in sync with Palmetto State values and emerged with the Tea Party. It’s also worth noting that the movement deplored by liberals as retrogressive has done more than anything in years to increase diversity in politics—and not merely of thought. Think

Marco Rubio of Florida, 
Ted Cruz of Texas,  
Susana Martinez of New Mexico, 
Brian Sandoval of Nevada, 
Ms. Haley herself. 

The best news is that Senator-designate Scott’s story isn’t about racial grievance and preference. It’s a measure of personal achievement, political conviction and the opportunities available in modern American politics.”"...






.