SC-1 special election - May 7th

[DINGO Joe]

Hilarious.   Is either of his potential opponents wacky enough to enable him to win the runoff?

[DINGO Joe]

So, it's a teabagger vs a douchebagger in the runoff.

[DINGO Joe]

The Rich gadfly vote didn't do so well as Ted Turner Jr. and Chip Limehouse combined to spend $1 million of their own money resulting in a combined 7500 votes.

[DINGO Joe]

Also, Tim Scott could campaign with the eventual candidate, which might boost him.

Aren't Republicans big on touting "responsibility"?  Sanford abandoned his job--went AWOL for the nookie.  You didn't see the great Bill Clinton stop working just because he was getting some.  If Tim Scott campaigned with Sanford it would just be another two faced betrayal of so called Republican "values".

[DINGO Joe]

I wonder if his Argentinian woman gets to come out on stage tonight of if she still has to stay in back like on primary night.


really wasn't that close 56-44

[DINGO Joe]

Guess who showed up? His fiancee.

http://campl.us/ovsz

Little Billy Sanford  looks sad seeing daddy smooching it up with the Argentine

[DINGO Joe]

Did you all expect Bostic to win? Sanford winning is no surprise.

I expected it to be a little closer like 53-47

[DINGO Joe]

In the current climate, I doubt Sanford's dalliances will mean squat, and the "normal" partisan divide will redux itself. It is not as if the Dems are on a roll at the moment - they are not.

I say this knowing next to nothing about the district.

I don't really care about his dalliances although they are clearly awkward, but the fact is that he basically went AWOL from his job as governor, that's more than just a little unprofessional.

It is a win-win situation for the Dems though.  They either pick up a seat they normally wouldn't get or else the GOP gets to add another to their family value all-stars like Captain Abortion in Tennessee and Hooker boy in Louisiana.

[DINGO Joe]

Turnout dropped about 8000 voters from the primary to the runoff --from 53,794 to 46071, with Sanford getting 26000.  In the essentially uncontested Dem primary a little over 16000 voters showed up, with Busch getting 15800.

Last Fall, 290000 votes were cast in the general with the Dem getting 103,000 votes vs 179,000 for Tim Scott.

Just depends on who shows up.  Not terribly profound.

[DINGO Joe]

There will be a radio debate on the 29th.

http://mountpleasant-sc.patch.com/articles/patch-and-scrn-to-host-sc1-debate

Radio? How relevant.