“conservatives are being “vote split”
This is how mccain won the presidential primary.....”
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Except South Carolina election rules are more like those of Texas. If a candidate in a primary doesn’t get a majority of the vote in that primary, there is a run off (of the top two vote getters) to see who will run in the general election. That was the route that Tim Scott traveled in 2010 —winning the run-off and then advancing to the general election which he won and went to the US House of Reps.
A similar approach was taken by Ted Cruz in Texas. Cruz (along with other candidates) kept David Dewhurst (the RINO GOPe candidate) from getting 50% of the vote in the primary. Dewhurst and Cruz advanced to the run-off where Conservatives rallied around Cruz and sent him to victory.
So I say the more the merrier in the 2014 Republican Senatorial primary. Let’s force little Lindsey into a run-off and then rally around his conservative opponent in that run-off.
I’d actually like to see one of Graham’s primary opponents be of the “effete” persuasion (not that there’s anything wrong with that) to further take votes from him.
then you will see the MSM publishing the evangelicals will stay home because so and so did not win. The MSM will pick Graham for the low information republics. (those senile rio linda types who think the internet is for kids and cellphones are not needed)