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Posted on 08/26/2013 6:06:31 AM PDT by cotton1706
LAKE WYLIE, S.C. — Some of the early shots in the Republican primary battle against Senator Lindsey Graham have been fired from this tiny community on the northern border of the state where the Civil War began.
A small group called Carolina Conservatives United, one of dozens organized loosely under the flag of limited government, low taxes and strict adherence to the Constitution, sent out images last week of a milk carton bearing Mr. Graham’s face and asked Gov. Nikki R. Haley to issue the state’s version of an Amber Alert to find its missing senator.
“Lindsey Graham has not been seen in the state of South Carolina for most of the last two years,” said Bruce Carroll, the chairman of the group.
Conservatives in South Carolina are eager to oust Mr. Graham, who has enraged the far right for, among other things, reaching across the aisle on immigration and supporting President Obama’s nominations for the Supreme Court. Tea Party supporters called him a community organizer for the Muslim Brotherhood when, instead of heading home for the Congressional break this month, he went to Egypt at the request of the president.
But to stand a chance against the politician who succeeded Strom Thurmond in 2003, conservatives will have to win a civil war of their own. At least 40 groups align themselves along Tea Party and Libertarian lines, and trying to unify them to topple the state’s senior senator will be no easy task.
So far, three people have stepped forward to challenge Mr. Graham in the June primary: State Senator Lee Bright; Richard Cash, a former Congressional candidate; and Nancy Mace, the first woman to graduate from the Citadel and, at the moment, the challenger whose political star is rising the fastest.
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“Lugar Graham” (hat tip to cotton1706 for the rally cry) ping.
I’m bowing! It certainly gets across what needs to happen.
FY..NY Times attempts to sow dissension in the conservative ranks..
They give 'feigned credibility' to Mace and attack Lee Bright. Tells you who they fear and who they don't.
Another challenger, State Senator Lee Bright, tends to support extremely conservative legislation. (Yea Lee!)
... called him(Graham) a community organizer for the Muslim Brotherhood ...
More reasons to like Lee Bright!
Bump that!
If a whole bunch of these people run Graham will win just like Romney won the Presidential Primary.
We need ONE GOOD conservative running - no more.
South Carolina has a runoff. More candidates keep Lindsey under 50%. Then he’d have to win in a runoff against a conservative. And in the meantime, he’d have to spend a ton of money in two elections just to get the nomination, which I don’t think he’ll get.
No. Freepers need to learn how some state elections work.
SC isn't winner take all. If Graham gets less than 50% of the vote, he will be in a run-off with ONE challenger.
At the beginning, the more the merrier, to keep him from getting 50%+.
/johnny
With South Carolina’s runoff format, the better example is Senator Ted Cruz(TX) beating Dewhurst under the same format.
Aunt Lindsey is feckless, duplicitous, treacherous, double dealing, backstabbing corksucker.
Also insidious and traitorous!
And he beat him like a rented mule, too.
/johnny
Republicans:
“Let’s have a primary where as many conservatives as possible burn up their campaign funds SMEARING one another so thoroughly that NONE of them could win a general election!
That’ll show those Democrats!”
Democrats:
‘Those silly conservatives actually PLAN to waste their money fighting one another! Is Comrade Axelrod a genius for promoting chaos — or what?
Now, who has the popcorn?”
Your scenario doesn't play out. Proof of that is Texas, where Dewhurst had 6 challengers, and Cruz won.
/johnny
...and then there is the other side of the coin, take SD for example where there are four going on five or six or seven primary candidates for the vacating, thank heavens, Tim Johnson Democrat extraordinaire.
Winner take all walks away with the seat with only 35% of the vote, if I understand correctly, and there is only one legitimate conservative in the declared, and that would be Stace Nelson. By your voting record you shall be known, and he has one.
Declared
Annette Bosworth, physician
Stace Nelson, State Representative
Larry Rhoden, Majority Whip of the South Dakota Senate
Mike Rounds, former Governor
Potential
Steve T. Kirby, former Lieutenant Governor and candidate for Governor in 2002
William Napoli, former State Senator
Mark Venner, former State Representative
Declared and potential found on wikipedia.org as well as numerous other sources.
“Let’s have a primary where as many conservatives as possible burn up their campaign funds SMEARING one another so thoroughly that NONE of them could win a general election!”
Their money will be well spent if they circle the wagons and ALL attack Graham, AND make Graham deplete his vaunted “warchest”
It’s still South Carolina. A democrat hasn’t sat in that seat since Strom Thurmond switched parties. Whoever defeats Graham in the primary or runoff will win the seat. If Graham succeeds in getting renominated, I would advise conservatives to vote for the democrat anyway, since Graham is a very insidious, treacherous and evil man who needs to be removed from power one way or another. He would not in any way be the “lesser of two evils.” He is the evil.
What this race needs is another RINO to take away votes from Sweet Lindsey.
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