Posted on 07/29/2013 5:14:31 AM PDT by cotton1706
Lindsey Graham, who already has one announced challenger in the 2014 South Carolina Republican primary for the United States Senate in businessman Richard Cash, may soon face two more challengers. Both State Senator Lee Bright and Nancy Mace, the first female graduate of the Citadel, are preparing to enter the race soon, according to The Daily Beast.
Graham's allies recently publicly stated they expect he will face multiple challengers. On July 23, former South Carolina Republican Party Chairman Katon Dawson, who runs a Super PAC that supports Graham, the West Main Street Values Fund, told the Washington Examiner that Graham "will face a 'spirited' and 'competitive' primary challenge."
Dawson, however, expects Graham to prevail. "Senator Graham has been one of the most successful politicians at the ballot box and has cut the hide of a South Florida alligator when it comes to campaigns and elections," he said.
In addition to friendly Super PACs and a strong network of supporters in the South Carolina Republican establishment at the state and county levels, the Graham campaign has $6.3 million cash on hand. In contrast, Richard Cash, his only announced opponent, had only $248,396 in cash on hand as of June 30, according to Federal Election Commission records.
Tea Party groups across the state unanimously oppose Graham. They view him as a RINO who does not support the constitutionally limited government values of the movement. However, to date they have not coalesced around a single challenger.
Cash has courted the Tea Party movement but has yet to close the deal. On Thursday, he spoke to the Sumter Tea Party, where he received a pleasant reception, But Cash's campaign theme of what he calls the three Cs"capitalism, Christianity, and the Constitution"has yet to generate the type of Tea Party enthusiasm he hoped to achieve.
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The more who challenge him the more likely he is to win. Unlike death by a thousand cuts, a packed field will split the opposition seven ways from Sunday.
I wouldn’t doubt that several are on his payroll...
why would I LIKE linday Gramnesty?
he is a RINO and a FAG.
ps I do not, nor recommend anyone do social networking in such places as Facebook. unless you want to lose your job, get arrested or divorced.
It’s a page to oust Lindsey, not support him. I’d like to see their number rise so Lindey sees them and gets nervous.
If the opposition does not rally behind a single candidate, Graham will win.
He is probably funding some of these himself.
What happens is that you get 3 or 4 conservatives splitting 70% of the vote and one RINO who then wins with only 30%.
Sort of like how “Mitt” Ronmey got to be our guy last time, despite 70% of the GOP voters wanting someone else (some one more conservative, by the voting patterns)
Each person feels/believes he/she is the only one with all of the "right" positions, etc.
As a result, we get many challengers - which may result in Grahamnesty winning the primary (and general).
VERY frustrating on many levels!!!
you believe that Rand Paul will back Graham? I disagree.
The plan of the GOPe is to divide and conquer the conservatives by throwing a false conservative or two into the primary mix and splinter the vote. That way, Lyndsey wins with 37% of the vote.
My thoughts exactly. All we need is ONE solid challenger not a pack.
The flaw in your argument is that SC still has runoffs. NC doesn’t have runoffs unless the top candidate polls under 40 percent in the primary. But splitting the opposition would be right down the McPain-Graham alley; on that you are right. And what if Jebbie comes into SC to save Graham?
Have another cup of coffee and think that one over again, I think you missed the point. You are barking up the wrong tree.
Jim DeMint backed Graham in 2008.
well THAT’S good news!
I think ALL GOP Primaries should have run-offs
poorly written.
“Surely, the conservatives are not that stupid — again. “
Unfortunately, they probably are. That’s exactly how we got Corker as a senator here ion TN. Two strong conservatives, either of whom would have ben a great senator, ran against him and destroyed each other.
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