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To: Kuksool; fieldmarshaldj; Clintonfatigued; JohnnyZ

I don't think that a conservative will challenge Graham because of a dislike for his mentor McCain, I think it will be because of Graham (i) taking positions that are too liberal for South Carolina conservatives (which might be acceptable to them for an out-of-stater who is running for President but not for one of their Senators) and (ii) perhaps being, in the words of the SC Democrat Chairman, "light in the loafers."

I don't think someone from Up Country SC can or will challenge Graham, which is why Ravenel and Sanford make more sense to me.


12 posted on 10/19/2006 3:33:12 PM PDT by AuH2ORepublican (http://auh2orepublican.blogspot.com/)
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To: AuH2ORepublican; JohnnyZ; Clintonfatigued

As it was, South Carolina would (in the past) have a Senator from the Up Country and Low Country (Thurmond being from the "Up" and Hollings from "Low" -- although there was a 12-year overlap when Olin Johnston and his interim successor, Donald Russell, along with Thurmond represented the Up Country -- Thurmond's elected predecessor, Burnet Maybank was a "Low Country" Senator), so Ravenel could argue that his being Senator would more fairly geographically represent the state (as DeMint, too, is an Up Country Senator).


15 posted on 10/19/2006 4:07:33 PM PDT by fieldmarshaldj (Cheney X -- Destroying the Liberal Democrat Traitors By Any Means Necessary -- Ya Dig ? Sho 'Nuff.)
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