2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumHaley won't appoint a 'placeholder' to fill Senate seat
By NBC's Mark Murray
... "I believe South Carolina will be best served by a U.S. senator who will work hard day in and day out, and put him or herself before the voters at the soonest possible time," Haley said in a statement. "Accordingly, I reject the option of a 'placeholder.'"
Given that the appointment is set to fill the seat until 2014 -- when a special election takes place -- the governor had the option of selecting someone who would hold the seat through '14, but wouldn't run for the position in the special election ...
http://firstread.nbcnews.com/_news/2012/12/10/15823530-haley-wont-appoint-a-placeholder-to-fill-senate-seat?chromedomain=nbcpolitics&lite
Arkana
(24,347 posts)Cha
(297,275 posts)another slave to Plutocracy coming from SC.
Historic NY
(37,449 posts)we know he works hard.
PoliticalBiker
(328 posts)to get in the way of progress until then
struggle4progress
(118,290 posts)Springslips
(533 posts)Since the GOP is in civil war, she doesn't want to pick a member of one faction only to have the other win out--then she would suffer blowback.