re: #62 Gus

Wait till you see who DeMint is pushing as his replacement:

Potential new S.C. senator, if chosen, would be promotion of significance

Rep. Tim Scott likes to say that his political ambitions depend on what God has in store for him.

God may be about to place the likeable South Carolina lawmaker with the broad smile in the United States Senate.

It would be a big move for Scott, who is completing his first term in the House of Representatives, and an even bigger move for a Republican Party desperately seeking diversity.

[…]

He’s a Tea Party fave because he is highly religious:

In 1997, Scott supported having the Ten Commandments posted outside the county council chambers, saying it would remind members of the absolute rules they should follow. The county council then unanimously approved the display and Scott nailed a King James version of the Commandments to the wall. Shortly after, the ACLU and Americans United for Separation of Church and State sued. After an initial court ruling said the display was unconstitutional, the council settled to avoid accruing more legal fees.[11] Regarding the costs of the suit, Scott said, “Whatever it costs in the pursuit of this goal (of displaying the Commandments) is worth it”.[11]