Posted on 10/21/2017 10:43:28 AM PDT by COBOL2Java
The kingmaker’s indictment this week on criminal conspiracy and illegal lobbying charges could mean difficult and, at the very least, awkward circumstances for the remaining Republicans who still rely on him for advice. Not to mention the vacuum it could create if Quinn — who’s advised presidential hopefuls in this early voting state for nearly 40 years — sits out the next White House cycle.
Quinn, 73, began his consulting business in South Carolina in 1978, when the now deep red state was dominated by Democrats. Helping flip control to the GOP, Quinn began advising legions of Republicans within state politics, including his son, state Rep. Rick Quinn. Now, both Quinns are under State Grand Jury indictment, as are a pair of other Quinn clients. Two more – the state’s former House speaker and former majority leader – have already pleaded guilty to misconduct.
Quinn’s been influential in presidential primaries here since 1980, his shop becoming the first stop for Republicans seeking to make a mark in the state’s first-in-the-South primary. For more than 30 years, the state’s primary winner went on to become the GOP nominee, a streak Quinn helped start in 1980, when he was hired by Ronald Reagan.
Quinn started a long relationship with John McCain in 2000, forging a bond despite the Arizona Republican’s primary loss to George W. Bush. The two would team up again eight years later, with Quinn’s firm propelling McCain to South Carolina victory and the Republican nomination.
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I just don’t get it. 73 years old. Shouldn’t he and 25 Senators be enjoying life? Now he gets to face a good portion of his remaining life being some black man’s bi—h.
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The UniParty's bennies are too good to give up.
Not really republican, nor are his “clients”.
How is it no one’s ever heard of this guy?
I retired at 58. Still loving every minute of it. Sitting on our boat right now enjoying a beautiful day. Like you, I just don’t understand why these people can’t leave us alone and enjoy what’s left of their life.
Graham? McCain?
Well, now we know where to place the blame.
Neither are most of the ones inside the Beltway.
“I just don’t get it. 73 years old. Shouldn’t he and 25 Senators be enjoying life? Now he gets to face a good portion of his remaining life being some black man’s bi—h.”
Hubris, and being the power behind the throne can be addicting.
Imagine going from being the kingmaker to being the old fart sitting on the porch. You know, the guy who USED to be somebody.
Same reason The Man Who Would Be King (FDR) was reelected three times.
Praise the Lord that congress codified George Washington’s two term ideal into law after FDR took his dirt nap.
If they hadn’t we might be stuck with Obie from Nairobi for another 30 years. :-(
Or BJC and his hellhound “wife” for an extra eight years.
I could be very happy as an old fart drinking my beer on the porch.
Swamp scum.....
Wonderful, Conservative, Christian, honorable people in South Carolina. One of my favorite places. From the Sweethearts in Spartanburg to the Darlings of Charleston, from Myrtle Beach, to the Low Country, to the font of heroes at Parris Island, a wonderland indeed.
I can never understand how and why they elect such awful politicians.
I sit on my porch and watch the grass grow and the world go by.
I’m just as happy as if I had good sense, which is debatable depending on who you talk to.
Of course I never was one of the Movers and Shakers so I didn’t have much to give up.
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