“Would someone from the great state of South Carolina please explain how this liberal joke continues to get elected?”
There was a SC party hack on here about 20 months ago who did explain it. As with Obama supporters, it is all about the jack. He brings stuff to his area, or at least to his circle in his area. Assuming the poster was telling the truth.
He's a Chamber of Commerce guy, too, and it's turning out that a lot of CoC's are hating the tea party.
The grassroots love DeMint, and some are trying to draft him for a prez run. Whereas when LG comes back to SC, he's got a security detail and he sticks to friendly university venues.