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.
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I do, but I also blame the state Party for letting him appear on the ballot.
Reality wins; satire is dead.
“Democrats are happy to point to him and say Republicans are hypocrites re moral values and personal rectitude”
“personal rectitude” ????????? HUH????
His affair was with a WOMAN!
...as far as people entering through exits and exiting through entrances, ever wonder why we are said to park on driveways and drive on parkways...?
well, why do they call them APARTments when they are built so close to each other? :)
I remember when there were several men a few years back on FR posting pictures of South American hookers in thongs and trashing American women. wonder if that was Mark Sanford?
Ed Markey will, probably, end up winning the special election for U.S. Senate in Massachusetts, so Ed, probably, won’t be continuing in the House for much longer. It would take a miracle for GOP candidate and actual conservative, Michael Sullivan, to win this special election, if Michael, even, gets past the GOP Primary.
Yes, but they don’t have to actually support the candidate that comes out of the primary.
If the state party made it clear that this scumbag wouldn’t receive full support, the primary voters might not have put him on the ballot. I remember Republicans speaking out against David Duke when he tried to use the GOP’s good name to further his own ambitions.
Blame the voters. They had a clear choice. Most voters know little. Voters would vote for Satan if they believed Satan could make the economy hum on all fours. I really believe that.
As I said, there’s blame to spread around.
A legitimate political party should not, cannot, nominate someone who has demonstrated themselves unfit to serve the office they seek. I expect better from the GOP.
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