Haley Sworn In As 116th Governor of South Carolina (Nikki Haley)

Nikki Haley was sworn in earlier today on the capital steps as our state’s 116th governor. She is also the first female and first non-white governor of South Carolina, if you care about those things. I do not engage in racial or gender politics so it doesn’t matter to me.

She has presented an agenda that I am happy with and I hope that she will do a better job of getting it enacted than former Governor Mark Sanford. Sanford rankled the state legislature more than he needed to, in my opinion, and as a result it cost him a lot of his vision for the state. Haley has pledged to have a better working relationship with the legislature so let’s keep our fingers crossed. She gave a great speech today.

“I’m very proud to add my voice to Jenny Sanford’s and others in endorsing Nikki Haley for governor of South Carolina. Nikki is a strong pro-life, pro-Second Amendment fiscal conservative who served with distinction as a state lawmaker, a reformer who fought her own party to protect the interests of the taxpayer, a proud daughter of immigrants who worked night and day to achieve the American dream, a wife of an officer in the Army National Guard, a board member at her family’s Methodist church, and – most proudly – the loving mother of two beautiful kids.

It’s my honor to join Nikki today at a rally at 5:30 pm at the statehouse in Columbia, South Carolina. If you are in the area, please come by and join us.

In the meantime, Nikki needs our support in her race. She’s the scrappy underdog in a tough competitive primary.

Let’s help this tough, proud daughter of South Carolina shake things up in the Palmetto state.”

- Sarah Palin

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