Poll: Gov. Haley's Numbers Below Obama's

 Nikki Haley visiting New York during her ongoing national fundraising tour.

The number of South Carolinians who identify themselves as members of the tea party has fallen to less than 6 percent, and Gov. Nikki Haley’s approval ratings are lower than President Barack Obama’s, according to a poll of state residents released Wednesday.

The survey, taken Nov. 25 through Dec. 2 by Winthrop University, found that 5.7 percent of registered voters said they were members of the tea party, with 90.8 percent saying they weren’t.

The poll also showed that 48 percent of South Carolina residents approved of the job Obama is doing, while 38.3 percent approved of the way Haley is handling her job.

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Nikki Haley's Lies, Sweet Little Lies

Gov. Nikki Haley’s new memoir, “Can’t Is Not An Option,” is untruthful or twists many events, a half-dozen S.C. politicians said last week.

Members of Haley’s own Republican Party — including the speaker of the S.C. House and a former lieutenant governor — say allegations against them are “absolutely not true” and “not true at all.” Democrats, including Haley’s 2010 opponent in the governor’s race, describe the book as “fiction.”

Read more here: http://www.heraldonline.com/2012/04/15/3895387/sc-gov-haleys-memoir-makes-stuff.html#storylink=cpy

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Nikki Haley Promotes Nikki Haley in Taxpayer Funded State Tour

Gov. Nikki Haley toured the state this week to push her plan for tax relief. Top state legislators said the tour was a diversion to distract from bad press in recent months. “Sometimes in politics, you want to change the conversation,” said House Speaker Bobby Harrell.

Nikki Haley has come under fire for using the state plane to jet around the state to promote a tax plan.  Problem is, she has no plan.  In typical Haley fashion, she is attempting to divert attention from her own performance as Governor.  She might have been more convincing had she jetted around Georgia and explained what she has done for them.

Renee Dudley reports in The Post and Courier on Haley's latest, transparent attempt to distract attention from her corruption and failures.

Gov. Haley Vetoes Bill to Deny Savannah Dredging

From The Journal of Commerce

By Peter T. Leach

State legislators argue project will give Port of Savannah an edge over Charleston  

South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley on Monday vetoed a bill both state houses passed unanimously in an attempt to overturn a permit allowing the Port of Savannah to expand at the expense of Charleston’s port.

The bill would have overturned a permit issued by state environmental regulators to allow the Army Corps of Engineers to deepen the Savannah river. The dredging project will allow the port to handle larger ships able to pass through the expanded Panama Canal in late 2014.

Feds Expand Probe of Nikki Haley Finances

From FITSNews

A federal investigation into the finances of the Sikh Religious Society of South Carolina – the temple where S.C. Gov. Nikki Haley’s parents, Dr. Ajit S. “Doc” Randhawa and Raj Randhawa worship – has expanded to include the governor’s personal and campaign finances, multiple sources familiar with the ongoing probe tell FITS.

Specifically, agents are said to be investigating whether Haley and her husband, Michael, received improper payments from the temple – allegations which have revived lingering questions about discrepancies between the couple’s meager pre-gubernatorial income and the lavish lifestyle they enjoyed.

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So Much for the Campaign of Transparency

From The Post and Courier

By Brian Hicks

So this is what transparency looks like in Nikki Haley's world. 

On Thursday, the governor refused to answer questions from our own Renee Dudley -- wouldn't even look her in the eye -- as she was asked for the third day in a row why she withheld documents that show she wasted taxpayer money and hosed the uninsured for the tea party. 

Bill Rogers of the South Carolina Press Association compared her to a "deer in headlights," which may be an insult to deer. They aren't the sharpest critters in the woods, but at least they aren't ethically challenged. 

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