http://dumpspratt.com Wed, 17 Mar 2010 17:09:08 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Spratt is one of the incumbents who will be most impacted by the legislation's final drive. Facing a tough re-election campaign this fall against state Sen. Mick Mulvaney (R), Spratt has been unapologetically in favor of passing a reform measure, and intimately involved in the process ... http://dumpspratt.com/2010/03/17/spratt-getting-slammed-over-health-care-bill/ While speaking to a group of Democrats at Lancaster County's 2010 Democrat Convention, Spratt had the following to say regarding ObamaCare. Spratt defended his support of the Affordable Health Care for America Act, a bill that has been debated by U.S. Congress for months. He champions the bill, as well as ... http://dumpspratt.com/2010/03/11/spratt-says-obama-has-done-magnificent-job-on-health-care/ Republicans were quick to point out that Spratt’s fourth-quarter fundraising total included just four donations from South Carolina residents. Roll Call Well that pretty much says it all, doesn't it?  Spratt might be able to get money from special interests around the country, but nobody here in South Carolina wants to see ... http://dumpspratt.com/2010/03/09/spratt-gets-only-four-donations-from-south-carolina/ With national attention being placed on spending, healthcare “reform” and jobs, it’s easy to forget that, as Tip O’neill said, “All politics is local.” With this in mind, I reached out to the Republican candidate for the 5th Congressional District in SC, Michael (Mick) Mulvaney.  Currently Mulvaney is a state senator, ... http://dumpspratt.com/2010/03/05/mulvaney-featured-on-redstate/ Mick Mulvaney will be holding a fund raiser in Charlotte on Friday, March 5th starting at noon.  Details on Facebook. http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=338541629455 http://dumpspratt.com/2010/03/02/mulvaney-fund-raiser-on-friday/ Mick Mulvaney makes Time Magazine's "Ten More Scott Browns" list. Democratic Representative John Spratt has held onto South Carolina's 5th District since 1982, and he hasn't faced a strong challenger since 1996. Challenging him this time around, however, is Republican state senator Mick Mulvaney, yet another small-business owner clamoring to give ... http://dumpspratt.com/2010/02/02/ten-more-scott-browns/ From Carolina Politics Online: Just days after President Obama boasts of spending freezes to quell the public uprising over his administration's breakneck spending spree, he insults the entire nation by introducing a record $3.8 trillion fiscal budget with a projected record breaking $1.56 trillion deficit.  To add insult to injury, our ... http://dumpspratt.com/2010/02/01/spratts-3-8-trillion-budget/ http://dumpspratt.com/2010/01/29/spratts-backdoor-to-govt-run-healthcare/ Public Policy Polling polled the race between Spratt and Mick Mulvaney.  According to the results Spratt leads Mulvaney 46% to 39%.  Sure, Spratt's ahead right now, but this is good news.  When ever an incumbent polls under 50% it's a sign of vulnerability.  Furthermore, Mulvaney has just started the campaign.  ... http://dumpspratt.com/2010/01/29/spratt-leads-mulvaney-by-7-but-under-50/ According to the Daily Kos, Spratt has the ability to ram the Democrats' health care bill through the House and then the Senate using a procedure called reconciliation, which is shielded from any filibuster attempt.  Would ole Bubba risk his own political hide and screw the people of the Fifth ... http://dumpspratt.com/2010/01/26/is-the-weight-of-health-care-on-spratt/