Wilson: Citizens need to be heard on health care

U.S. Rep. Joe Wilson, R-Lexington, is weighing in on the health care reform debate and wants citizens to weigh in.

DeMint targeted by Democrats in TV ad

U.S. Sen. Jim DeMint has been targeted by the Democratic National Committee over his opposition to President Obama's call for Congress to mandate health insurance for all Americans.

DeMint said a failed bid by Obama to get a health care reform plan through Congress would be Obama's "Waterloo." DeMint opposes the plans going through Congress that would mandate health coverage for all Americans and would pose new fees on businesses and new taxes on the wealthy to help pay for universal coverage.

 

DeMint rips Obama from Senate floor

U.S. Sen. Jim DeMint calls President Obama's health care plan radical and his chief economic policy a failure in an exchange of words between the politicians over the president's efforts to get a health care reform bill through Congress.

President Barack Obama referenced DeMint's comments -- though he did not call him by name -- in a speech Monday in which DeMint said Congress' rejection of health care reform would be Obamas' "Waterloo."

This is DeMint's response.

Frazier seeking Lexington House seat

Danny Frazier wants a new political title.

The Lexington Town Councilman is running for state representative in the Republican primary in House District 69.

The district sprawls across a mix of established and new neighborhoods in West Columbia, Oak Grove, St. Andrews, the town of Lexington and the south-eastern shore of Lake Murray.

“It’s time state government stop the bickering and state working together to bring about economic development and jobs,” Frazier said in letter sent to voters.

Frazier, a builder, has been a town councilman for four years.Incumbent Ted Pitts is running for lieutenant governor.

Graham: 'This is about conservative and liberal politics'

U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham said President Barack Obama has nominated "someone of good character" in U.S. Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor. But Graham also said he's undecided if he will vote for her. 

Monday the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee began its confirmation hearing for Sotomayor, who if confirmed would become the nation's first Latina justice on the state's highest court.

Graham said he is still troubled by comments made by Sotomayor, who once said a "wise Latina female" could render better verdicts in some cases than white males.

"If I had said anything remotely like that, my career would have been over," Graham said.

Graham, an attorney, said he does not think Sotomayor is a racist.

"But it bothers me when somebody wearing a robe thinks their experience makes them better than everyone else," Graham said.