[Ancesthntr]

This is nothing more than the establishment trying to get Mitt a victory in the South Carolina primary, because historically, the winner of SC gets the nomination.

The only reason McLame won SC last time is because of cross-over voters. Is there still an open primary (the purpose of which I NEVER understood - why allow people who aren't committed to your party vote in its primary)?

Anyhow, this is VERY disappointing. Seems more and more as time goes on that the Tea Party moniker was used to obtain power by the usual crew of self-serving, go-along, get-along RINOs. Not all of them, to be sure, but it seems to be the case here.

[Huck]

The Tea Party failed to put a viable candidate on the field. If you want to beat Obama, you have to pick from the establishment candidates. Romney is a better pick than Newt. Haley made the rational choice.

[FewsOrange]

The only reason McLame won SC last time is because of cross-over voters.

There is one problem with that analysis. The number of people who voted in the Democratic primary in 2008 was greater than the number who voted in the Republican primary.

[mikhailovich]

This is somewhat a slap in the face to Rick Perry, who's consistently cited Haley as a fine governor and got the whole "Boeing" disaster in South Carolina on the minds of voters (and how Obama screwed up.)

Dammit, woman.