South Carolina Republican politics: Sen. Tim Scott, Gov. Nikki Haley and former senator Jim DeMint. (photo from South Carolina Republican Party)
U.S. Rep. Tim Scott, left, speaks during a news conference as South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley and Sen. Jim DeMint look on at the Statehouse on Monday, Dec. 17, 2012, in Columbia, S.C. Scott was named as DeMint's replacement in the U.S. Senate. (AP Photo/Rainier Ehrhardt)
U.S. Rep. Tim Scott, left, speaks during a news conference as South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley and Sen. Jim DeMint look on at the Statehouse on Monday, Dec. 17, 2012, in Columbia, S.C. Scott was named as DeMint's replacement in the U.S. Senate. (AP Photo/Rainier Ehrhardt)
Congratulatory public cards for Rep. Tim Scott’s appointment to the Senate were a favorite of many well-wishers. This one is from the National Republican Congressional Committee. (National Republican Congressional Committee)
Congratulatory public cards for Rep. Tim Scott’s appointment to the Senate were a favorite of many well-wishers. This one is from the National Republican Congressional Committee. (National Republican Congressional Committee)
Rep. Tim Scott of South Carolina will join Fox News' Mike Huckabee in Charleston on Saturday for a Republican presidential candidate forum. (Photo courtesy Tim Scott)
The amiable Rep. Tim Scott, South Carolina Republican, is only five months in office, but already hosts presidential town meetings. Rep. Michele Bachmann joins his second event on Thursday in Charleston. (Image courtesy of Rep. Tim Scott)
Rep Tim Scott of South Carolina says no union jobs have been lost in Washington state as a result of the Boeing Co. opening a nonunion plant in his state. The National Labor Relations Board is suing Boeing over it. (Associated Press)
In November, Rep.-elect Tim Scott (left) of South Carolina leads the exit after a Republican news conference about new party faces in the House. House Speaker-in-waiting John A. Boehner (front right) of Ohio also was on hand for the Capitol Hill event. (Associated Press)
