Tuesday, Feb. 3, 2004Humiliated Democrats Dump Loyalty Oath Democrats have caved to widespread outrage and dumped what South Carolina's largest newspaper calls a "loyalty oath." The party had planned to force voters in today's primary to swear, "I consider myself a Democrat." Voters in South Carolina do not register by party, but those who refused to sign would have been ejected. Then the uproar started. The media tattled, and hundreds of voters jammed the state party’s phone lines Sunday and Monday to complain. "Some callers were confused, some were concerned, and some, said S.C. Democratic Party chairman Joe Erwin,...