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I like Jed Babbin a lot, but he is obscuring the issue a bit by lumping together Democrats and independents. There are a lot of independents who lean conservative and tend to vote Republican. How many Democrats voted in the Republican primaries just to cause mischief is harder to determine...it mattered in Michigan that there was no meaningful race in their own party.

I don't know if SC prevents people from voting in both primaries--if so, Democrats there who care about their own nomination process would have waited to vote next Saturday.

Even if Thompson hasn't officially quit, I don't think he has a chance after his poor showing in SC (a weak third, almost coming in fourth), but he might be able to blunt Huckabee's appeal in the South if he stays in until after Super-Duper Tuesday.

The basic problem is that the only two true conservatives, Hunter and Thompson, flopped as campaigners, so we are left with candidates who are conservative on some issues and liberal on others. Do we make do with half a loaf or get a dangerous leftist who considers conservative views beyond the pale and conservatives as the enemy? That's what we'll have if Hillary or Obama wins in November.

(I'm giving Romney the benefit of the doubt--he sounds conservative now but I have no idea what he actually believes other than that he should be President.)

In South Carolina, John McCain won with 33% of the vote, Mike Huckabee had 30% and Fred Thompson had 16%. Given those margins, it’s pretty clear that the Dems and independents controlled the result in both states.

Does anyone know if the same people would be allowed to show up and vote in the Democrat primary in South Carolina later this week? What would stop them?

Conservative? You bet! Check each one of this links and then we will know for sure!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dzZC92IXHyw

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H5Xc-X8LckQ&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PURfrORhWPc

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l6QNQSTWfiM&feature=related