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Mark Sanford wins primary; faces Steve Colbert's sister
American Thinker ^ | 04/03/2013 | Rick Moran

Posted on 04/03/2013 6:53:54 AM PDT by SeekAndFind

Disgraced former Governor Mark Sanford easily won the runoff election for the Republican nomination in South Carolina's First Congressional District. He will face Democrat Elizabeth Colbert Busch, sister of comedian Steve Colbert, in the special election next month.

From The Hill:

The former governor's runoff win seemed likely as of two weeks ago, when he finished more than 20 percentage points ahead of Bostic in the first round of voting. Bostic got off to a slow start in the two-week primary runoff, hampered by a lack of funds, and while he secured some high-profile endorsements, including from former Sen. Rick Santorum (R-Pa.), he didn't have the time or money to give Sanford a serious challenge.

The district is heavily Republican -- Mitt Romney won it with 58 percent of the vote -- but Colbert Busch has run a strong campaign so far, focused on her business career. National Republicans admit that Sanford's baggage and the unpredictability of special elections mean this race could go either way.

Recent polls reflect that reality: An internal poll from Colbert Busch's campaign and one from the Democratic-affiliated Public Policy Polling found her with a narrow lead over Sanford. While many more Republicans were undecided in both polls and are more likely to vote for Sanford, he'll have to work hard to win the May 7 general election.

Colbert Busch's campaign was quick to slam Sanford following his primary win.

"The families of this district need a representative who they can trust," Colbert Busch campaign spokesman James Smith said. "Mark Sanford simply has the wrong values for our community -- whether that's his terms as Governor or the last time he was in Congress, where he opposed commonsense measures like the Violence Against Women Act, which provides shelters and resources for domestic violence survivors.

(Excerpt) Read more at americanthinker.com ...


TOPICS: Breaking News; Culture/Society; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: South Carolina
KEYWORDS: colbert; colbertbusch; congress; elizabethbusch; marksanford; sanford; sc2013; southcarolina; stephencolbert
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To: Rennes Templar
"You don't say?"
41 posted on 04/03/2013 10:16:18 AM PDT by John 3_19-21 ("as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.")
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To: SeekAndFind
This is a most unfortunate situation.

I cannot bring myself to be for this man's Democratic opponent.

But I also cannot support him.

Another poster was probably correct: The best possible outcome--or, more precisely, the least bad outcome--would be for another Republican to win the seat in 2014...

42 posted on 04/03/2013 10:23:47 AM PDT by AmericanExceptionalist (Democrats believe in discussing the full spectrum of ideas, all the way from far left to center-left)
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To: SeekAndFind

Another “burn the house down if the windows don’t fit” thread.


43 posted on 04/03/2013 10:25:07 AM PDT by The_Media_never_lie (Actually, they lie when it suits them! The crooked MS media must be defeated any way it can be done!)
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To: John 3_19-21

Prima nocte


44 posted on 04/03/2013 10:31:11 AM PDT by Rennes Templar
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To: newzjunkey
And Bruce Herschensohn was nominated for the U.S. Senate in 1992 giving us Barbara Boxer.

I assume you would have preferred Tom Campbell, Herschensohn's primary opponent, as the Republican nominee in 1992--the same Campbell who lost to Dianne Feinstein in 2000 by 19%. That year, I went to a Campbell "rally" at Cal State Northridge. The auditorium was all but empty, with about 14 or so in attendance.

Although Bruce Herschensohn lost to Boxer by less than five percentage points, he got more votes than President George Bush, who at the time was running for re-election, as well as the liberal Republican John "See More Taxes" Seymour, who was trounced by Dianne Feinstein.

Bruce Herschensohn has come closer to beating Boxer than has any other Republican. I believe Herschensohn would have won if President Bush hadn't abandoned California in his re-election campaign.

45 posted on 04/03/2013 10:45:37 AM PDT by Fiji Hill (Io Triumphe!)
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To: Hilda; All
26 posted on 4/3/2013 10:58:22 AM by Hilda: “Supporting perverted Republicans makes it very hard to defend conservative values. Gay marriage, serial marriage, abortion and adultery are all part of the same sickness. Conservatives need to oppose ALL of it.”

You sure got that right.

It does not take a social conservative to understand that a man who cheats on his wife, lies to cover it up, and essentially abandons the governance of his state for his mistress is not someone who ought to be trusted.

In the old days it took a beautiful female spy to get political leaders to do things like that. Somebody correct me if I'm wrong, but I'm not aware that Argentina has sent spies to the United States in recent history. However, it now looks like too many political leaders, including conservative political leaders, are willing to do that without being targeted for blackmail by femme fatales from foreign forces.

Good grief, this is South Carolina. If conservative Republicans in South Carolina can't keep their pants zipped, and then Republican primary voters decide to put them back on the ballot, that says more about the conservative movement than it should.

46 posted on 04/03/2013 10:47:52 AM PDT by darrellmaurina
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To: Fiji Hill

If you look at the Cali voting trends over time, it wasn’t about the conclusion, just the timing of total liberal takeover.
Now you have outcomes like DiFi with 63%, Obama with 60%, Dem supermajority in the legislature.


47 posted on 04/03/2013 10:53:34 AM PDT by nascarnation (Baraq's economic policy: trickle up poverty)
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To: SeekAndFind

A refusal to vote for Sanford is a vote to make Nancy Pelosi Speaker. It is also a vote to make Nita Lowrey chairwoman of Appropriations, and Chris Van Hollen chairman of Budget.
Try to read this entire list without becoming ill.
George Miller — Education and Workforce
Henry Waxman – Energy and Commerce
Maxine Waters – Financial Services
John Conyers – Judiciary
Edward Markey – Natural Resources
Elijah Cummings – Oversight and Government Reform
Nydia Velazquez – Small Business


48 posted on 04/03/2013 10:57:31 AM PDT by Aegedius (Veni, vidi, icked-kay utt-bay.)
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To: Aegedius

Yes what happens is there are a number of idiot libs in totally non-competitive 90% Democrat urban districts who build up high seniority. When the party has control, they are the committee chairs.

Scary stuff.


49 posted on 04/03/2013 11:00:25 AM PDT by nascarnation (Baraq's economic policy: trickle up poverty)
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To: nascarnation
If you look at the Cali voting trends over time, it wasn’t about the conclusion, just the timing of total liberal takeover.

Californians elected a conservative governor in 1982 and 186, but by 1992, demographic trends were beginning to favor the Democrats. That was probably the last year the Republicans had a chance to win a US Senate seat or a major state office--with the exception of the 2003 recall election, which was a free-for-all donnybrook.

50 posted on 04/03/2013 11:10:42 AM PDT by Fiji Hill (Io Triumphe!)
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To: SeekAndFind

I understand Mark Sanford has vast experience in international relations specializing in trade, communication, commiseration and fluid exchange with Argentina.


51 posted on 04/03/2013 11:15:27 AM PDT by OKRA2012
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To: DManA

Those who can’t do anything else go into politics.

Wow, and I thought the choice between Obama and Romney was pretty crappy. Colbert or Sanford - we need a none-of-the-above option. If NOTA wins, we get 2 new candidates.


52 posted on 04/03/2013 11:25:45 AM PDT by Pining_4_TX (All those who were appointed to eternal life believed. Acts 13:48)
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To: SeekAndFind

Colbert will probably win, which is a good thing. We’ll win the seat back easily in 2014 with a normal candidate.


53 posted on 04/03/2013 11:38:36 AM PDT by RB156
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To: SeekAndFind
His opponent is Elizabeth Colbert Busch?

We have a slogan: "Stay out da Busches!"

54 posted on 04/03/2013 11:40:49 AM PDT by Verginius Rufus
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To: Fiji Hill

I had heard of Vito Marcantonio because of Richard Nixon (he had used in one of his early campaigns how often his opponent had voted with Marcantonio), but I had not realized that Marcantonio was originally a Republican.


55 posted on 04/03/2013 11:42:57 AM PDT by Verginius Rufus
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To: elcid1970; All

“IMO, Jenny Sanford is waiting for the right moment to nuke her straying ex to the moon & back. Like his fling with the Argie is the ONLY naughty thing he’s ever done?”

I doubt it. She basks in his reflected glory. A governor does not get elected without massive support from his spouse.

Men are fallible. All politicians from governors on up have tremendous opportunities and temptations. Sanford likely has learned something. I would rather have him than his leftist opponent.


56 posted on 04/03/2013 4:50:23 PM PDT by marktwain (The MSM must die for the Republic to live. Long live the new media!)
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To: cotton1706

Sanford will win easy. SC does not like democrats. He was also a good, conservative governor that people liked. The woman issue will not bother him at all. And it shouldn’t. If he were a democrat he would already be president.


57 posted on 04/03/2013 6:29:52 PM PDT by NKP_Vet
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To: highball

Uhmm, but the voters did vote for him. He was not selected. Blame the voters.


58 posted on 04/03/2013 8:58:07 PM PDT by Dave W
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To: SeekAndFind

Most likely outcome is Sanford wins the special election and Democrats are happy to point to him and say Republicans are hypocrites re moral values and personal rectitude. South Carolina could and should have done a lot better than this dude.


59 posted on 04/03/2013 11:11:20 PM PDT by eater-of-toast ("It is much more important to kill bad bills than to pass good ones." --Calvin Coolidge)
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To: highball

Rove must know more than we had hoped for about the inept Republican primary voters of SC. It’s all based on name ID in SC, which explains Thurmond for so many decades; the other candidate was unknown.


60 posted on 04/04/2013 3:15:48 AM PDT by Theodore R. ("Hey, the American people must all be crazy out there!")
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