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Filler: Tim Scott a solid choice for U.S. Senate

Rep. Tim Scott, left, speaks during a news

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Hooray for Tim Scott, and South Carolina, and even for Gov. Nikki Haley, who just made  her first good decision in years.

Scott, the 47-year-old Republican congressman from Charleston, was announced by Haley today as her choice to replace Jim DeMint in the United States Senate. DeMint is leaving to run the ultraconservative Heritage Foundation, make a few bucks, and get away from his...

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