The 2010 political races are already out of the gate and in South Carolina, the focus is gonna be on the contest for Governor.
In what is supposed to be the “reddest of the red states,” it’s natural to assume that the real front runners are the Republican candidates. No disrespect to State Senator Vincent Sheheen or the other Democratic Party candidates, but there IS that “pie eating” analogy.
So we’re left with the Republican candidates. Well, these days, “Republican” is hardly descriptive. Any party that has both a Bobby Harrell and a Mark Sanford ain’t so much “big tent” as it is philosophically gelatinous. Still, (R) is the magic label in the state, even if it’s as accurate as calling a Democrat “progressive.”
At this writing, there are three front runners for the GOP nomination: Third District Congressman Gresham Barrett, Lt. Governor Andre Bauer and Attorney General Henry McMaster. All of these are smart men with admirable credentials, but each with electability problems.
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